Love & Rockets annual collections begin soon

We've mentioned previously that Fantagraphics is shifting from the regular comic book format to big, annual collections of Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez' "Love and Rockets" stories and the first such volume appears this September, Publishers Weekly reports.

What to expect from "Love and Rockets: New Stories"?

"I'm going to minimize serialization," Gilbert vowed. "I'm not saying I'm going to limit my subjects, though. I'm going to be a little more experimental visually, as well." The brothers will split up the pages 50/50, with a little give-and-take in case one brother has a 75-page brainstorm. And while long-established characters may appear, they won't hog the spotlight. Gilbert will stay away from his fictional town of Palomar for the time being and Jaime said that while his iconic characters, Maggie and Hopey, will show up, they won't necessarily be the main focus of the stories.

"They'll still be around because in my world—my 'Locas' world—people are still coming in," explains Jaime. Ironically, some of those people are superheroes—the book features a new story about Maggie’s friend Penny Century and how she gets super-powers.


Here's a look at the first volume's cover:

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