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Hernandez's books are essential for lovers of graphic novels and those interested in arts and culture alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lovers-and-haters-by-gilbert-hernandez-9798875000980","title":"Lovers and Haters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first story collection in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar saga to take place after the events of 2010's \u003cem\u003eHigh Soft Lisp\u003c\/em\u003e is torn from the pages of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets: New Stories, Love and Rockets Vol. IV\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePsychodrama Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e—and expanded with 14 new pages!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLovers and Haters\u003c\/em\u003e, 50-year-old cult movie actress Fritz, in addition to her alcoholism and the ups and downs of her career, must also contend with a controlling lover, Danny; a jealous rival, Mila; a score of younger Fritz imitators; a sex cult; and mad scientists. Also in her orbit is her niece, Killer (sometimes literally, as seen in a \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e-inspired TV show), a teen actress trying to launch a singing career while solving math problems. The spectre of Fritz's mother, Maria—also a cult movie actress—haunts them all with her beauty from beyond the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a sprawling cast, \u003cem\u003eLovers and Haters\u003c\/em\u003e is about mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces, complex and often toxic relationships, artists and exploiters, personas and obsessions. 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An eighth volume densely collates selected essays, reviews, and profiles that appeared in the popular (and unpopular) press between 1982 and 1996, along with over 100 pages of additional, rarely-seen comics from the period by all three Brothers, plus dozens of book and magazine covers—a virtual history of the growth of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e and the simultaneous rise of the literary comics movement of which they were exemplars and trailblazers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduct dimensions for \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets: The First Fifty\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSlipcase: 9.5\"W x 11.5\"H x 9\"D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 27.4 lbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424966951148,"sku":"9781683965541","price":763.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683965541.jpg?v=1774768265"},{"product_id":"love-and-rockets-the-sketchbooks-by-gilbert-hernandez-9781683968795","title":"Love and Rockets: The Sketchbooks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez developed their skills as artists in public, in the pages of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e, and as quickly as any artists ever have. 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