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Love and Rockets #4
Love and Rockets, Vol. 4: Tears from Heaven
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Back for a fourth printing, Volume 4 of the Love & Rockets Collection contains all the essential elements of Los Bros. Starting off with Gilbert's epic "Errata Stigmata" title story, and continuing through many, many short stories by both Gilbert and Jaime, including "Penny On the Road Ag'in," the entire "Rocky" saga, "The Reticent Heart," plus a bonus six-page story by Gilbert done for this volume, "The Many Faces of 'Big' Danny Chesterfield," Love & Rockets Volume 4 can't miss. With nearly all the collected volumes back in print, it's now easier than ever to see why Time magazine called this cartooning pair one of the Top 100 Innovators of the Century MATURE READERS. SC, 136pg, b&w
Back for a fourth printing, Volume 4 of the Love & Rockets Collection contains all the essential elements of Los Bros. Starting off with Gilbert's epic "Errata Stigmata" title story, and continuing through many, many short stories by both Gilbert and Jaime, including "Penny On the Road Ag'in," the entire "Rocky" saga, "The Reticent Heart," plus a bonus six-page story by Gilbert done for this volume, "The Many Faces of 'Big' Danny Chesterfield," Love & Rockets Volume 4 can't miss. With nearly all the collected volumes back in print, it's now easier than ever to see why Time magazine called this cartooning pair one of the Top 100 Innovators of the Century MATURE READERS. SC, 136pg, b&w
136 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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Jaime Hernández
273 books458 followersJaime and his brother Gilbert Hernández mostly publish their separate storylines together in Love And Rockets and are often referred to as 'Los Bros Hernandez'.
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February 11, 2026
Love and Rockets, Vol. 4: Tears from Heaven by Jaime Hernández is the 2nd collection from the Love and Rockets graphic novel collection by the Hernandez brothers, Jaime and Gilbert that I've read and while I'm not sure how to describe it, I do know that I'm enjoying very much.
Tears for Heaven is the 4th collection and it contains a variety of stories that are a mix of fiction, Science Fiction and even a bit of mystery. There is some violence, such as in Tears from Heaven, although it is off to the side somewhat. There is some nudity and sex, but nothing drastic.
The people are all beautifully drawn. The stories are all neat, loud, brash and filled with intersting people. The stories are sexy, especially when Luba is in them. There are quirky Sci Fi interludes with Rocky and her robot Fumbles. There is an odd, creepy story featuring Errata Stigmata. It's a bit all over the place but I love the artwork... once again Maggie is one of my favorite characters, drawn just beautifully, even if she doesn't feature as much as she does in The Death of Speedy.
The stories are a mix of Jaime's and Gilberts, les Bros Hernandez. I can't describe it any better except to say, they are different from any graphic novels I've ever read and I will continue to search for more of them... House of Raging Women is on order.. (4.0 stars)
Tears for Heaven is the 4th collection and it contains a variety of stories that are a mix of fiction, Science Fiction and even a bit of mystery. There is some violence, such as in Tears from Heaven, although it is off to the side somewhat. There is some nudity and sex, but nothing drastic.
The people are all beautifully drawn. The stories are all neat, loud, brash and filled with intersting people. The stories are sexy, especially when Luba is in them. There are quirky Sci Fi interludes with Rocky and her robot Fumbles. There is an odd, creepy story featuring Errata Stigmata. It's a bit all over the place but I love the artwork... once again Maggie is one of my favorite characters, drawn just beautifully, even if she doesn't feature as much as she does in The Death of Speedy.
The stories are a mix of Jaime's and Gilberts, les Bros Hernandez. I can't describe it any better except to say, they are different from any graphic novels I've ever read and I will continue to search for more of them... House of Raging Women is on order.. (4.0 stars)
June 24, 2022
New wave and whimsical with a Mexican flair, I really liked this comic book.
June 26, 2007
Maggie and Hopey for president!
January 16, 2023
As a lifelong Californian, I'm almost ashamed by the fact that it took the passion of a friend and fellow writer from North Carolina and a fine piece by Sam Thielman in the New Yorker to call my attention to Los Bros Hernandez and the Love and Rockets underground comics franchise. Blessed with an amazing books and games shop in my newly adopted hometown of Livermore, CA, I am now able to chase down any comic or graphic novel imaginable, so I took the time recently to grab this 2002 edition of Love and Rockets Book 4 - Tears from Heaven, and it did not disappoint.
Since their humble beginnings in 1981, the three brothers behind Love and Rockets, Jaime, Gilbert, and Mario Hernandez, have held fast to the maxim that each can do whatever he wants with his stories. As a result, a book like Tears from Heaven, a bound collection of stories originally released as individual comic books, is necessarily a whiplash of disconnected narratives. Surprisingly, this disconnection in no way detracts from the unique casts of characters each brother has created or the penetrating themes the stories address, from love, power, and family to social morality, sexuality, stigmatization, and more. And I have to admit, reading about an underground comics franchise created in the early 1980s by three Latino kids from L.A., I did not expect the clean and vivid artwork one finds in these comics. That visual clarity combines with storylines that intermittently shock, amuse, and entertain in ways that are both original and prescient.
Since their humble beginnings in 1981, the three brothers behind Love and Rockets, Jaime, Gilbert, and Mario Hernandez, have held fast to the maxim that each can do whatever he wants with his stories. As a result, a book like Tears from Heaven, a bound collection of stories originally released as individual comic books, is necessarily a whiplash of disconnected narratives. Surprisingly, this disconnection in no way detracts from the unique casts of characters each brother has created or the penetrating themes the stories address, from love, power, and family to social morality, sexuality, stigmatization, and more. And I have to admit, reading about an underground comics franchise created in the early 1980s by three Latino kids from L.A., I did not expect the clean and vivid artwork one finds in these comics. That visual clarity combines with storylines that intermittently shock, amuse, and entertain in ways that are both original and prescient.
August 12, 2018
¡¡¡INCREDIBLE!!!
April 27, 2010
This is the third book of Love and Rockets that I've read. (The Library didn't have #2 on the shelf.)
I'm quite impressed with Jaime's art work and his stories are deep and intriguing. I really love Gilbert's stories of Palomar. What I appreciate about both of them is the depth of their story telling. Now that I've read a few of their books, I can see the layering of the stories and the attention to detail.
In this book, with Jaime, we get a detailed back story of one of the characters that takes place as the same timeline as in book #1. Also, Gilbert's story recalls an incident that also happened in book #1.
Outstanding artwork and story telling!
I'm quite impressed with Jaime's art work and his stories are deep and intriguing. I really love Gilbert's stories of Palomar. What I appreciate about both of them is the depth of their story telling. Now that I've read a few of their books, I can see the layering of the stories and the attention to detail.
In this book, with Jaime, we get a detailed back story of one of the characters that takes place as the same timeline as in book #1. Also, Gilbert's story recalls an incident that also happened in book #1.
Outstanding artwork and story telling!
May 9, 2012
In spite of a fairly gruesome and chilling start with the origins of Errata Stigmata, this volume felt much more light-hearted than the three before it. There's a big Palomar party with the requisite drunkenness & fighting; some Penny Century goofiness; scattered Locas lore, including a little info on Izzy's background; and the introduction of space-adventurer-wannabe Rocky and her robo-sidekick Fumble. All good fun. (This edition -- like the previous -- includes a full colour cover section!)
July 8, 2012
A bit too much Maggie-Hopey stuff and Gilbert's detout into the less than essential Errata Stigmata drops this down to a three. But there is still plenty of great Palomar action from Gilbert Hernandez, together with tantalising Rocket Rhodes pieces by Jaime.
July 16, 2009
Back in the day, I really wanted a tattoo of Errata Stigmata on my arm.
December 19, 2009
Love & Rockets Vol. 4: Tears from Heaven by Jaime Hernandez (1987)
December 12, 2014
Errata Stigmata, Penny, Maggie, Hopey fun.
December 16, 2009
An unesay blend of magic and gritty realism. Well done, if you like that sort of thing.
September 12, 2016
poor thing. :c
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