GILBERT HERNANDEZ Interview! 40 Years of Love & Rockets!

[@groove2519]

Speaking of beginnings, Gilbert's book ‘Marble Season’ is a fantastic look at growing up in the ‘60s. A fun, breezy read. So much of his work seems underrated right now. All the Fritz B-film books are incredibly entertaining: Chance In Hell, The Troublemakers, Love from the Shadows, Maria M. (Most of his graphic novels, really: Girl Crazy, Loverboys, Speak of the Devil.) His Luba Trilogy is a masterpiece: Luba in America, The Book of Ofelia, Three Daughters-later republished in expanded form as Luba and Her Family, Ofelia, and Three Sisters. His earlier Palomar stuff is obviously extremely revered. (Poison River is wonderfully insane!) His most recent work (L&R IV -era) is so super-simplified, I have a hard time with it. But damn, he's got a great back catalog. I really think of him as an author first and foremost, but the cartooning is a big part of it. I stayed away from the series for years based on preconceptions and was glad I finally broke through that.

[@TheComicLounge]

He's one of the best to ever do it. I'll have to check out Marble Season.

[@cyberpunkholiday]

Thanks for this! Gilbert is a legend.

[@TheComicLounge]

Glad you liked it!

[@peterlinfield]

Oh shit! Can't wait to watch this when I have a minute. Love and Rockets remains a huge blind spot for me but I read Blubber last year and it blew my mind. So absurd, explicit, weird, gross, hilarious, and just an absolute freakshow delight. Can't wait to discover more of Gilbert's work.

[@TheComicLounge]

Yeah, I still need to pick up Blubber. But I recommend all of Love and Rockets!

[@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249]

Just found your channel. I will be watching more but I loved every minute of this interview. L&R has been a part of my reading life for almost 40 years and it was bittersweet to hear Gilbert talk about plans for some of these decades-old stories to have a conclusion. But also great to know they might have a planned end rather than drift off into the ether.

[@TheComicLounge]

So happy you liked this! Yeah Los Bros Hernandez are legends! You should check out the interview I did with Jaime as well!