Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection

Collecting the first eight issues of the Hernandez brothers’ foundational alternative-comics series, this 2022 Fantagraphics project presents a restored, oversized 40th-anniversary edition of the original Love and Rockets run. Most closely associated with Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez—along with colorist Carol Kovinick-Hernandez—the volume spotlights the early adventures of Hopey Glass and Maggie Chascarillo in Jaime’s punk-infused Southern California stories. It’s an essential, lovingly produced gateway to one of independent comics’ most celebrated and enduring sagas.