{"product_id":"angels-and-magpies-a-love-and-rockets-book-9781683960904","title":"Angels and Magpies: A Love and Rockets Book","description":"The sublime, the superpowered, and the senior citizen converge in \u003cem\u003eAngels and Magpies\u003c\/em\u003e, which collects the \u003cem\u003eGods and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Love Bunglers\u003c\/em\u003e graphic novels from the \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets Vol. III: New Stories\u003c\/em\u003e series, as well as Hernandez's 2006 serial for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. In the latter, Maggie pays a visit to Queen Rena, who is living out her twilight days on an island after a lifetime as a wrestler and an adventuress. In the Ti-Girls segment, superheroics get a screwball spin when Angel of Tarzana and Maggie square off against Dark Penny Century. In the \"Love Bunglers,\" held as perhaps Hernandez's greatest masterpiece in his decades-spanning career, and one of the great graphic novels of all time (it was hailed by \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the best stories of the year), the past and present converge as Maggie and Ray's reunion is threatened by long-buried family secrets. This is the thirteenth volume in \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Love and Rockets Library\u003c\/em\u003e and chronologically the sixth part of the Locas storyline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHernandez, Jaime:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJaime Hernandez\u003c\/strong\u003e is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning (Will Eisner Hall of Famer; Harvey, Ignatz, and PEN Award-winner;\u003cem\u003e L.A. Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize) cartoonist and a lifelong Los Angelean.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493111992594,"sku":"9781683960904","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a631d763-9f56-4330-8276-7a6df7bddbe1.jpg?v=1730629501","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/angels-and-magpies-a-love-and-rockets-book-9781683960904","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}