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Lovers and Haters TP: A Love and Rockets Book (MR) - 0925FB0750
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Lovers and Haters TP: A Love and Rockets Book (MR)

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Description

The first story collection in Gilbert Hernandez’s Palomar saga to take place after the events of 2010’s High Soft Lisp is torn from the pages of Love and Rockets: New Stories, Love and Rockets Vol. IV, and Psychodrama Illustrated—and expanded with 14 new pages! In Lovers and Haters, 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 Doctor Who-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.With a sprawling cast, Lovers and Haters 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 The Substance mixed with Mommy Dearest and Performance, with an added dash of giallo.

Who might be interested in reading?

  • Fans of complex family sagas and character-driven narratives.
  • Readers who enjoy mature themes and intricate relationship dynamics.
  • Enthusiasts of cult cinema and dramatic storytelling.
  • Those intrigued by stories of personal and professional struggles in the entertainment industry.
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Lovers and Haters TP: A Love and Rockets Book (MR)

PRODUCT INFORMATION

cover type

Soft Cover

artist

Gilbert Hernandez

writer

Gilbert Hernandez

rating

MATURE

series name

Love and Rockets

print color

Black & White

number of pages

120

publisher

Fantagraphics

issue number

1

initial order due

Sep 25, 2025

final order cutoff

Oct 06, 2025

in store date

Nov 12, 2025

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