Synopses & Reviews
Brothers Jaime, Gilbert (and occasionally Mario) ushered in a new era of post-underground comics with their groundbreaking comic book series, Love & Rockets, which began in 1982 and continues to this day. Mixing Mexican-American culture, punk rock, and Archie Comics, "Los Bros" have created a body of work that rivals the best literature of its time; The Nation has called Gilbert and Jaime "two of the hidden gems of our impoverished culture." Jaime's punk rock love stories focus on a fictional Los Angeles barrio called Hoppers, while Gilbert's magic realist narratives revolve around the inhabitants of the south of the border town of Palomar. The following volumes (solo collections noted) are currently available:
Synopsis
Notable for their strong female characters and their focus on relationships . rather than on tradtional comic book action, the stories collected in this volume show how the comic format can be used to create characters and situations as detailed and compelling as in any novel.