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After long absences, two of the biggest-name "alternative" titles happen to have both returned this past month. Peter Bagge's "Hate" ran for 30 issues from 1990 to 1998. "Love and Rockets," by Los Bros. Hernandez (Gilbert, Jaime and sometimes Mario), ran for 50 issues from 1981 to 1996. Now "Hate" has returned in the first of a series of annual editions, while "Love and Rockets" begins a new quarterly schedule...
...other side of the "Hate" coin, "Love and Rockets" returns with a strong first issue. Now would be the time to jump onto this battleship in the small pond of "alty" comix. Speaking from personal experience, it can become very difficult to pick up in the middle of a Hernandez brothers story...
...bonus, Mario Hernandez, the oldest brother and only occasional contributor, appears as the writer of a new series called "Me for the Unknown." Mario specializes in creating semi-sci-fi tales of corporate conspiracy and the individual's struggle against them. Gilbert's straightforward drawings make the story easier to follow than Mario's ambitious style...
...Love and Rockets" can be found at better comic shops, or even third-rate ones, with a bit of luck. There are many collected volumes of both series. I recommend the first three "Hate" collections, and throw up my hands at selecting any of the 18 volumes of Hernandez Bros. work. Any of them will be worth reading. Better to start at the beginning, I guess...
...Hernandez said he stands by the apology but has second thoughts about its page-one status...