In addition to a major article in Time Magazine (see 'Los Bros in Time'), Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez are also featured in the 'Life' section of the online Salon (www.salon.com) magazine for February 20th.  Writer Amy Benfer waxes poetic about the works of the brothers Hernandez in an article entitled 'Real Women' which examines the appeal and the uniqueness of the female characters created by Jaime and Gilbert.  Benfer is unabashed in her praise for Los Bros, 'No one -- in fiction, in film, in theater, in painting -- has made it possible for those fictional women to seem as familiar and immutable as the women who are our sisters, our lovers, our cousins and our friends as completely as have Los Bros Hernandez, Jaime and Gilbert, in their serial graphic novels Love and Rockets.'  Benfer discusses the history of the major Love and Rockets characters through their first 15-year run (1982-1986) as well as the current relaunch of the comic -- noting that 'Jaime's aging punks are more interesting at 40 than they were at 20.'

 

On top of this 4000-word article, Benfer also includes a lengthy, revealing interview with Los Bros ('Los Bros Hernandez Duet, With Kissing') in the same 'Life' section of Salon.  Taken together, the article and interview provide a great appreciation of and entry into the very special world created by the brothers.  Benfer's extensive discussion of the earlier episodes in the series should compel readers to examine the considerable Fantagraphics Love and Rockets backlist.  Retailers understand that with the latest edition of Love & Rockets in the stores now, it is well worth it to try and lure in new customers for this superb series.  Since most of the Love and Rockets backlist remains in print, retailers can introduce new readers to the sprawling, Dickensian scope of this prime example of the unique storytelling potential of comics and graphic novels.