A 'Love and Rockets' box set cements the Hernandez Brothers' literary legacy
Over four decades, the characters of "Love and Rockets" have collectively survived encounters with monsters, wrestlers' body slams and the mayhem of mosh pits. In friends they have found bonds stronger than family; in family, they've faced their own worst traits. Some have chased sexual pleasure at the expense of emotional attachment; others have engaged in the deceits and elisions of fragile long-term relationships.
Always, they have enthralled.
In the world of comics, there is nothing quite like the work of Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, beloved comic book auteurs — better known as Los Bros Hernandez — who have tracked the lives of largely female characters from reckless youth to anxious middle age.
In the process, they have changed U.S. comics, infusing the form with elements of Latin American folklore and Chicano life. In the 50 issues that make up "Love and Rockets,"
