The original seminal Love & Rockets comic book series which ran for 50 issues from 1981 to 1996 singlehandedly defined the post-underground generation of comics that spawned Daniel Clowes Chris Ware and so many others. Now collected into 15 volumes Love & Rockets is a body of work that The Nation has described as "one of the hidden treasures of our impoverished culture." Created by brothers Gilbert Jaime and Mario Hernandez three Southern California Mexican-Americans armed with a passion for pop culture and punk rock Love & Rockets gave a voice to minorities and women for the first time in the medium's then 50-year history and remains one of the greatest achievements in comic book history.