Love and Rockets, Vol. 15: Hernández Satyricon

Love and Rockets #15

by Los Bros Hernandez, Gilbert Hernández, Jaime Hernández

This concluding volume collects the "unclassifiable" stuff from the previous three years, including the stories where Jaime and Gilbert drew each other's characters. It's easily the wildest and most outlandish volume yet, featuring lots of hard-to-find stories, illustrations, and special features, including Gilbert's experimental, autobiographical "My Love Book," Jaime's adaptation of stories written as a child, and the glorious return of wayward brother Mario

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

154 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Owen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel bad giving this only 2 stars - not that it's any less great than anything else Los Bros. have done, it just feels a little scatterbrained since it is a collection of odds & ends that weren't previously reprinted, like they really had to dig in order to come up with enough material to fill pages.

[Eric T. Voigt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being introduced to a whole cast of characters who I'm supposed to be treating as old friends could've felt off-putting, but the stories are so well-crafted and the art is envy-inspiring, not breath taking... eye-taking?, so it wasn't that much of an issue for me starting way later in the series than I should've for my own safety. They treated me gently.

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I probably should have held off on reading this volume until having read more of the previous ones-- I've only read one or two others before and that was years ago, so the little vignettes contained in this book didn't mean as much to me as if I had been more familiar with the characters and their stories. That said, it was an enjoyable read nonetheless!

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the Hernandez brothers having fun with somewhat throwaway but still entertaining stories. One particularly amusing story is about Gilbert Hernandez and his wife Carol, with each of them drawing the other.

[Chelsea Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our Christmas! and Easter Hunt!

[Gessy Alvarez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Completely crazy and disorganized but I enjoyed it nonetheless.