{"title":"Mario Hernandez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMario Hernandez\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers a rich dive into the world of graphic novels, blending vivid storytelling with striking artwork. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eChildren of Palomar and Other Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, explore complex characters and immersive narratives that captivate fans of the medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelving into Hernandez's collection promises an experience that balances emotion and action, often set against culturally rich backdrops. These graphic novels invite readers to discover stories where visual and textual elements come together to create something truly memorable.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"children-of-palomar-and-other-tales-by-mario-hernandez-9781683966999","title":"Children of Palomar and Other Tales","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChildren of Palomar and Other Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (the fifteenth volume in our Complete Love and Rockets Library omnibuses and the eighth Gilbert volume) begins with \"Me for the Unknown,\" uncollected since its original 2001–2004 run in \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets Vol. II\u003c\/em\u003e comic books. Written by Mario Hernandez and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez, it traces the Rabelaisian journey of Tagg Lillard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTagg Lillard is a U.S. citizen with a seemingly perfect life working in Latin America. He escapes a death trap clutching important papers, while an imperious CEO and his manservant pursue him through a land plagued by colonialist and corporate greed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso collected: one of their joints from 2008, \"Chiro el Indio.\" In \u003cem\u003eThe Children of Palomar\u003c\/em\u003e suite of short stories (2006–2007; collected in 2013), there are many mysterious visitors, an apparition that haunts childless women, and readers learn how Chelo lost her eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eJulio's Day\u003c\/em\u003e, which originally ran from 2001–2008 and was collected in 2013, a man's life—threaded with war, loss, illness, and forbidden love—spans a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423919685868,"sku":"9781683966999","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683966999.jpg?v=1774769603"},{"product_id":"love-and-rockets-the-first-fifty-by-gilbert-hernandez-9781683965541","title":"Love and Rockets: The First Fifty","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Graphic Novels of 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGilbert and Jaime Hernandez are now recognised as two of the greatest cartoonists in the history of the medium—award-winning, world-renowned, critically acclaimed. But in 1982, when the first issue of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e came out, they (occasionally working with their brother, Mario) were two young, struggling, unknown cartoonists who were bucking the dominant comic book trend of costumed characters and adolescent content with intimate, complex, humane, novelistic stories told in comics form. \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e has appeared in a variety of formats over the years and continues to this day, but the original 50-issue run represents a milestone in comics history. Fantagraphics is celebrating and honouring the 40th anniversary of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e and the debut of the Hernandez's first published comics with a gigantic eight-volume slipcase reprinting each issue in a facsimile edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir organic body of work is available in a series of scrupulously and logically organised graphic novels, but here Fantagraphics honours the original quarterly format by presenting the comics as they appeared between 1982 and 1996, recreating not only the reading experience of tens of thousands of fans, but of a particularly fecund period in comics history when a new generation of cartoonists was exploding the idea of what comics could be. Painstakingly recreated in issue-by-issue facsimile, this boxed set includes every cover, comics page, and letter column (even advertising!) in seven hardcover volumes. 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"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/mario-hernandez.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}