{"product_id":"lovers-and-haters-a-love-and-rockets-book-9798875000980","title":"Lovers and Haters: A Love and Rockets Book","description":"The first story collection in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar saga to take place after the events of 2010's \u003cem\u003eHigh Soft Lisp\u003c\/em\u003e is torn from the pages of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets: New Stories, Love and Rockets Vol. IV\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePsychodrama Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e--and expanded with 14 new pages! In \u003cem\u003eLovers and Haters\u003c\/em\u003e, 50-year-old cult movie actress Fritz, in addition to her alcoholism and the ups and downs of her career, must also contend with a controlling lover, Danny; a jealous rival, Mila; a score of younger Fritz imitators, a sex cult; and mad scientists. Also in her orbit is her niece, Killer (sometimes literally, as seen in a \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e-inspired TV show), a teen actress trying to launch a singing career while solving math problems. The specter of Fritz's mother, Maria -- also a cult movie actress -- haunts them all with her beauty from beyond the grave. \u003cp\u003eWith a sprawling cast, \u003cem\u003eLovers and Haters\u003c\/em\u003e is about mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces, complex and often toxic relationships, artists and exploiters, personas and obsessions. It reads like an X-rated \u003cem\u003eThe Substance\u003c\/em\u003e mixed with \u003cem\u003eMommy Dearest\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerformance\u003c\/em\u003e, with an added dash of \u003cem\u003egiallo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHernandez, Gilbert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eGilbert Hernandez\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1957 in Oxnard, California, and is considered one of the greatest living comics writer-artists in the world. In 1982, Hernandez co-created, along with his brothers Mario and Jaime, the ongoing, iconic, internationally acclaimed comic book series \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the greatest bodies of work the medium has ever seen. In addition to his work on \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e, its spinoffs, and side series, Hernandez has released a prodigious amount of original graphic novels and miniseries, such as \u003cem\u003eSloth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBumperhead\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMarble Season\u003c\/em\u003e. He also collaborated with Darwyn Cooke on \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Children\u003c\/em\u003e for DC. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2017 and is the recipient of a Fellow Award from United States Artists and a PEN Center USA's Graphic Literature Award for Outstanding Body of Work. Hernandez lives in Ventura, CA, with his wife and daughter.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705505153298,"sku":"9798875000980","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea9e71fe-5e9a-4b27-85e8-9864901957c6.jpg?v=1762348339","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lovers-and-haters-a-love-and-rockets-book-9798875000980","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}