Narcos, machismo, violenza. E la bellezza abbagliante di Maria M., che nemmeno Io squallore della società criminale americana degli anni Cinquanta riesce a oscurare.

L'inquieto adolescente Miguel Serra ne ha piene le scatole della vita. L'unica alternativa che vede è sprofondare volontariamente in coma. Ma un anno dopo, Miguel diventa una leggenda metropolitana vivente dopo essersi risvegliato praticamente senza alcun danno, fatta eccezione per il passo impigrito. Ben presto, un limoneto infestato, il misterioso Uomo Capra e l'omicidio entrano in collisione quando Miguel, la sua ragazza Lita e il loro miglior amico Romeo esplorano le periferie della terra desolata che è l'adolescenza. Riuscirà Miguel a trovare l'amore? O si è svegliato dal suo sonno solo per impedire un altro suicidio nel mondo del rock and roll? In questo ipnotico racconto di formazione, Gilbert Hernández definisce abilmente cosa significa essere davvero vivi in una terra dove la vita non è preziosa.

Narcos, machismo, violenza. E la bellezza abbagliante di Maria M., che nemmeno lo squallore della società criminale americana degli anni cinquanta riesce a oscurare.

In the concluding half of this brutal, original crime noir graphic novel series from the co-creator of Love and Rockets, Maria M. has come to America for a better life, marrying—and unexpectedly leaving a drug kingpin. The kingpin’s son, Gorgo, learns Maria’s secret: she was raped, and ran away from her husband to hide her illegitimate pregnancy. She goes back to her old work as a stripper and Gorgo, heartbroken by her absence, shuns society. When they reunite, the reunion sparks the most violent gangland bloodbath in history. Though Maria M. works perfectly on its own terms as violent, sexy pulp entertainment, readers of Hernandez’s previous books will recognize its lead character. In a meta-twist worthy of the genre, Maria M. the graphic novel is also the B-grade biopic of the mother of Hernandez’s most beloved character, Luba!

For the first time ever, legendary comics creators Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) and Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER) have joined forces for a surreal project unlike anything you've ever read before!

When a white orb washes up on the shore of a remote Latin American village, a group of children naturally poke at the strange object to see what it is. The orb explodes, leaving the children completely blind. And when a beautiful young woman who may be an alien is found wandering the seafront, she's taken in by the townspeople, but soon becomes a person of interest to a quirky pair of undercover CIA agents, and the target of affection for a young scientist. Can they come together to prevent an all-out alien invasion and save the souls in this sleepy, seaside town?

Collects THE TWILIGHT CHILDREN #1-4 of the four-issue miniseries.

In this eighth annual volume of New Stories, Jaime takes us to the punk reunion that Maggie & Hopey were road tripping to last issue. Will Hopey actually show up, or will Maggie have to go it alone? Hell, will anybody show up? Lots of old friends and enemies make appearances in the second chapter of this latest Locas epic. Also, what happened to Princess Animus? The film may have broke but the movie was most definitely not over. All this and Tonta, too! Meanwhile, Gilbert serves up the second and concluding part of “The Magic Voyage of Aladdin,” which establishes the rivalry of its two stars, Fritz and Mila. Who’s Mila, you ask? And to make matters worse, who are the Fritz lookalikes that are coming out of the woodwork? You’ll have to read Love and Rockets: New Stories No. 8 to find out!

Kitten, Maribel, and Gaby are three very different childhood friends about to celebrate their sixteenth birthdays, which all happen to fall on the same day. But someone's missing--their fourth friend, Una, who's imprisoned in Tijuana. So the trio set out to give Una the ultimate birthday gift--freedom--even if it means taking on an entire city!

Prepare yourself for some sweet sixteen super-action, madcap plot twists, identity crises aplenty, and--of course--gorgeous girls galore! You'll go crazy over this lighthearted, rowdy, and sexy romp from Pen Center USA Award winner Gilbert Hernandez!

Quando una sfera bianca giunge sulla spiaggia di uno sperduto villaggio dell'America Latina, una serie di eventi misteriosi metterà in moto una caccia all'alieno che potrebbe costare milioni di vite.

Chi è il misterioso Mike Chang, perché ha perso la memoria, e come fa a condizionare la mente di chiunque incontri? Chi sono i Wonderboys e le Mystery Girls, e soprattutto che c'entra quella strana bambina con un occhio solo? Gilbert Hernandez, co-creatore di 'Love and Rockets', ci stende di nuovo con un mix di curve mozzafiato, gang criminali, fantascienza, thriller, romanticismo e critica sociale.

In questo quinto volume della raccolta completa delle storie di Love and Rockets di Gilbert Hernandez, ormai la famiglia di Luba, dopo aver lasciato l'America Centrale, si è stabilita in California. La storia si concentra sul rapporto conflittuale fra Luba e sua cugina Ofelia: le cose si complicano quando Ofelia si accinge a scrivere un libro incentrato su Luba. Dal passato riaffiorano dolorosi ricordi, segreti e risentimenti che minano ancora di più gli equilibri già precari fra le due donne. Nel frattempo, le nuove generazioni della famiglia dimostrano che il talento di mettersi nei guai può essere ereditario, e le sorelle di Luba, Fritz e Petra, sono coinvolte in un pericoloso girotondo di scambi di amanti.

La saga di Palomar, il lavoro di 'Beto' Hernandez, si sposta negli USA. Luba e le sue sorelle, Petra e Fritz, devono lasciare il Centro America, intrecciando ulteriormente le loro vite e quelle delle loro famiglie e dei loro amici.

Told from a female zombie's perspective, IZOMBIE is a smart, witty detective series with a mix of urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn "Gwen" Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person until she eats the next brain. She sets out to fulfill the dead person's last request, solve a crime, or right a wrong.

The inspiration behind the hit CW series created by Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) is now collected in its entirety for the first time ever in his oversized omnibus edition! This critically acclaimed series from Chris Roberson and Michael Allred is a can't miss for fans of the show and graphic novel lovers alike! Collects issues #1-28.

From comics luminary and Love and Rockets cocreator Gilbert Hernandez comes a mind-bending genre mashup unlike any other! Never before collected,Grip: The Strange World of Men returns in an expanded edition with new story pages! When Mike Chang wakes up with no memory and nothing but a lipstick smudge and someone else's suit and ID, he finds himself thrown into a world of criminal gangs, crime-fighters, people who swap skins, and a tiny, one-eyed girl with bizarre powers! Discover one of Hernandez's creepiest, sexiest, most action-packed comics extravaganzas! CollectsGrip #1-#5 with new pages.

The seventh annual volume of Love and Rockets: New Stories, the most important and enduring alternative comics series in the history of the medium, finds Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez writing and drawing at the top of their game. In Jaime’s stories, Maggie and Hopey take a much-needed break from their humdrum domestic lives and go on a road trip to visit a “sick friend.” And, when the cat’s away, Ray visits some old, sick friends of his own. Plus Tonta’s nutty family! Gilbert offers a suite of stories, including “The Magic Voyage of Aladdin,” a sweeping epic of derring-do in which Morgan Le Fey (Fritz) teams up with Aladdin to stop the evil Circle from obtaining the magic lamp; “The Golem Suit,” a WWII sci-fi thriller starring “Killer”; and “Daughters and Mothers and Daughters,” in which flashbacks to Luba’s mother Maria reveal how ugly secrets of the past affect their family today.

In Ofelia, the sisters, the kids, and the cousins are all settled comfortably in California after leaving Palomar in Luba and Her Family. Luba and her cousin Ofelia’s relationship has always been fraught, but when Ofelia threatens to write a book about Luba, past memories, secrets, resentments, and pain resurface. Meanwhile, Luba’s children—genius Socorro, recently out-and-proud Doralis, and prickly Maricela—show that a talent for trouble may be hereditary. Luba’s sisters, Fritz and Petra, swap lovers (as usual), but . . . are Fritz and family friend Pipo sittin’ in a tree? These vividly drawn characters are charged with Hernandez’s trademark complexity; they live, love, age, fight— and die—in this sweeping, multi-generational saga.

Gilbert Hernandez’ characters bid “Farewell, My Palomar” as they exit the Eden of the Central American town in Volume 10 of the Love and Rockets Library (at least for the time being). Locals have begun to drift up to the United States to seek their fortunes, but when an earthquake levels Palomar, ever-resourceful Luba and her clan are on the move once again. In the U.S. the lives of Maria’s daughters — mayor and matriarch Luba, body-builder Petra, and therapist/film star Fritz — and their families become more and more intertwined. Mischievous children’s show hostess Doralís MCs many (but not all) of the sisters’ romances, and exploits are detailed in missives from comics-loving Venus to her fierce, one-armed cousin Casimira.

After the new drug 'Spin' turns its users into zombies, beautiful Fatima may be the only thing protecting humanity from an all-out apocalypse.

A woman comes to the U.S. from LatinAmerica to escape her shady past,only to fall into a new shady life.After a go at the adult entertainment business,Maria marries a drug lord and herdangerous past is nothing compared to hernew life in America. The drug lord’sson, Gorgo, secretly falls in love with herand he watches over her like a guardianangel. Danger and corruption (and ofcourse sex) drive the first half of thislove story.Long-time Love and Rockets readers will find the storyline familiar... and that’sbecause, in an Adaptation-style meta twist, MariaM. is actually the B-moviefilm adaptation of the life story ofLuba’s mother Maria, as previously seen in its“real” version in the classic graphicnovel Poison River (available in the BeyondPalomar collection) — starring Maria’s owndaughter playing her own mother.Confused? Don’t be! Maria M. will work perfectly on its own terms as the kind of violent, sexy pulptale that GilbertHernandez has proven so adept at thesepast several years, and the “source material” for the story will just provideanextra layer of delight for thecognoscenti.Part two of Maria M. will be released in 2014.

Love and Rockets enters its fourth decade with the latest installment of this acclaimed graphic novel-format iteration, featuring both old friends and new faces, and some genuine surprises... The cover shows Gilbert’s new star Killer in a pose and milieu that will bring back memories for long-time fans — imitating the hammer-wielding Luba in her adopted Palomar. That’s because Killer has discovered that her great-grandmother Maria (Luba’s mother) starred in a late 1950s crime movie, and begins to delve into the details of her family’s twisted history. Complicating things is the fact that Luba’s half-sister Fritz played Maria in an amped-up biopic version of her life, creating a postmodern alternate version of the classic “Poison River” which originally told Maria’s story (in a tie-in release, see page 52 for the graphic novel version of this movie, Maria M. Part One)! In the other half of the book, Jaime continues to explore his intriguing new character Tonta: In “Fuck Summer,” Tonta is talked into joining the summer swim team but can’t figure out why the brand new swim coach knows her — so, with help from friends, she sets out to find the answer. Meanwhile, something far more sinister is brewing behind the scenes...

Five women stand in a police lineup; four of them are garishly dressed, impressively endowed superwomen — perfectly normal, because this is, after all, the cover of a comic book. A closer look, however, reveals a fifth woman who seems thoroughly out of place — mousy, in bathrobe and curlers, smoking a cigarette, she appears to have been suddenly yanked from her breakfast table. Surely, this diminutive, dowdy woman is here by mistake — or is she? From the very first cover of the very first issue of Love and Rockets in 1982, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez have created artwork that has subverted, contradicted and celebrated the history of the comic book medium, inverting familiar tropes and creating some of the most iconic images in comics over the past three and a half decades, inviting fans and readers into their world. Amazingly, many of the covers created by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez for the various iterations of Love and Rockets over the past 35 years have never been collected or have only been reprinted in black-and-white. Love and Rockets: The Covers will not only rectify this problem, but present them without trade dress (logos, marketing hype, etc.), allowing the original cover illustrations to communicate on their own. This will be a gorgeous, oversized art book and the perfect gift for fans of the series that virtually defines alternative comics.

New Tales of Old Palomar is Gilbert Hernandez’s much-anticipated return to the small Central American town of Palomar, more than a decade after his last “Heartbreak Soup” story. Originally released as a three-issue magazine series in the acclaimed international “Ignatz” format, New Tales Old Palomar is finally collected into one handsome book. All three issues deal with the classic characters of Palomar such as sweet Pipo, her sharp-tongue sister Carmen, sheriff Chelo, and the gang of boys who help start it all: studious Heraclio, tall and fey Israel, disfigured but good-natured Vicente, and girl-crazy Jesús and Satch. In the first story, “Children of Palomar,” mysterious, fast-moving thieves are stealing food from wherever they can grab it; Sheriff Chelo and some citizens do their best to solve this mystery, but nobody seems to be able to catch these bandits in action until Pipo puts her soccer-trained legs to work and goes after them herself. In the second, Gato, Soledad, Guero, Pintor, and Arturo go exploring a bottomless chasm and come face to face with... well, we won’t spoil the surprise. The third and last story focuses on one of Palomar’s most beloved characters, the gorgeous but troubled Tonantzín: Everybody in Palomar seems to take the supernatural with a grain of salt, but young Tonantzín is determined to uncover the mystery of the laughing baby that only appears to her, haunting her daily life. What is the baby’s link to the giant stone idols that stand outside the small town...?

During the 1990s and 2000s, Peter Bagge worked mostly on his “Buddy Bradley” stories in Hate and a series of standalone graphic novels (Apocalypse Nerd), but in between these major projects this ever-energetic cartoonist also cranked out dozens of shorter stories, which are now finally being collected in this riotously anarchic book. Peter Bagge’s Other Stuff includes a few lesser-known Bagge characters, including the wacky modern party girl “Lovey” and the aging bobo “Shut-Ins” — not to mention the self-explanatory “Rock ’N’ Roll Dad” starring Murry Wilson and the Beach Boys. But many of the strips are one-off gags or short stories, often with a contemporary satirical slant, including on-site reportage like “So Much Comedy, So Little Time” (from a comedy festival) and more. Also: Dick Cheney, The Matrix, and Alien! Other Stuff also includes a series of Bagge=written stories drawn by other cartoonists, including “Life in these United States” with Daniel Clowes, “Shamrock Squid” with Adrian Tomine, and the one-two parody punch of “Caffy” (with art by R. Crumb) and “Dildobert” (with art by Prison Pit’s Johnny Ryan)... plus a highlight of the book, the hilarious, literate and intricate exposé of “Kool-Aid Man” written by Alan Moore and drawn by Bagge. (Other collaborators include the Hernandez Brothers and Danny Hellman.) Bagge is one of the funniest cartoonists of the century (20th or 21st), and this collection shows him at his most free-wheeling and craziest... 50 times over.