Love and Rockets

We are not the mainstream. That's a truth understood by anyone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or in any other way queer. We are not the audience. We are not the market. We are not the people. It's also a truth understood by a lot of people with a passion for comics...

From the Fantagraphics site comes this fun photograph of a fan's Love and Rockets tattoos based on Hopey (left) and Maggie (right), from Jaime Hernandez's decades-long "Locas" saga. The characters first appeared a billion years ago, and their complex and ever-evolving relationship (sometimes friends, sometimes lovers, sometimes together, sometimes apart) has endeared the pair to multiple

Gilbert Hernandez's comics, from his work in Love and Rockets to standalone volumes like last year's Love from the Shadows, have often included some pretty intense sexual content. But he's only ever released one project that qualifies as full-on pornography: Birdland, a three-issue miniseries from 1990-1991 and a one-shot sequel from 1994, later collected as a single volume...

As 2011 draws to close, ComicsAlliance has assembled its annual list of the best comics and graphic novels of the year with the help of our editors, writers, and readers. Like any list, it is naturally subjective, but we've packed it chock full of eleven comics that have awed us, excited us, and entertained us over the last 12 months and books that we're passionate about recommending...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Youth in revolt ^ What kind of animals? % Black and white and/or red all over ¢ New wave soundtrack % AVENGERS #17 Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita Jr. con...

Relaunching comic books with new #1 issues and alternate takes on familiar characters is nothing new in the world of super-hero comics, with the ongoing DC Comics relaunch as the latest and greatest example. Rebooting without the baggage of old stories can add new life to characters -- or completely misinterpret them in very fundamental ways...

Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Flashbacks ^ Dissolves % Fades ¢ Cuts ^ % ¢ AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #667 Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos start "Spider-Island" in earnest, after months of leadup. I'm kind...

Between its hundreds of combined panels, parties, events and contests, Comic-Con can make for a pretty overwhelming week if you're not careful. Have heart, though, ComicsAlliance readers! We're here to help you make the most of your pending adventure into the heart of pop culture's ultimate obstacle course...

This week's issue of "The New Yorker" features a profile on Nikki Finke, the much-feared Deadline Hollywood blogger who has Hollywood suits running scared. And, like many issues of the magazine, the article features a nifty drawing of Finke by indie comix legend Jaime Hernandez...

The legendary indie comic "Love and Rockets" has been following the adventures of Maggie, Hopey, Luba, et al. for over 25 years, and co-creator Jaime Hernandez has taken the fan-favorite to the world of fashion with a series of "Love and Rockets" from Stussy that "showcase his passion for Rock 'n Roll and horror films...