CITIZEN REX (2009)

"Mario Hernandez (W) and Gilbert Hernandez (W/A) On sale July 8 b&w, 24 pages $3.50 Miniseries 'What compels life without a soul?' Comics legends Gilbert and Mario Hernandez join forces to present a bizarre, sexy view of the future and what it means to be human. Twenty years ago, the most famous, lifelike robot in the world was engulfed in scandal, arrested, and deactivated. Since then, an anti-robot movement has developed, while body modification is in and prosthetic limbs have become hot, black-market items. Stories like these are the stock-in-trade of gossip columnist Sergio Bauntin, whose startling revelations earn him the constant scrutiny of both the mob and the city's mysterious investigators, the Truth Takers. When Sergio catches wind of sightings of the long-missing robot celebrity CTZ-RX, all of these interests will collide in violence and intrigue. It's sci-fi adventure with beautiful women by Los Bros. Hernandez!"

"Mario Hernandez (W) and Gilbert Hernandez (W/A) On sale Aug 12 b&w, 24 pages $3.50 Miniseries Water! Electricity! Meat! Tensions are high in our fair city, as the debate over robot rights and human rights turns violent. The return of disgraced, lifelike robot CTZ-RX-Citizen Rex-only throws gas on the fire, though it's not bad news for everybody. It may be the best thing that's ever happened to gossip blogger Sergio Bauntin, whose columns about Rex bring him new levels of notoriety. In this chapter, Rex's secret origin is revealed, along with clues to why he's back, and hints about what the mob has to do with all this. It's Astro Boy meets Mister X by way of David Lynch, as only Los Bros. could do it! 'At an age when artists tend to have settled into refining a successful approach, the Hernandez Brothers are challenging themselves as much as they did a quarter-century ago, and it's a joy to see them freaking out.'-The New York Times"

"Mario Hernandez (W) and Gilbert Hernandez (W/A) On sale Sept 9 b&w, 24 pages $3.50 Miniseries Truth Takers, mad scientists, organized crime . . . everyone wants a piece of the returned CTZ-RX! And they all get one when the mob makes its move, leaving Citizen Rex disassembled and his parts spread out across our fair city. Co-creators of the universally acclaimed Love and Rockets, Mario and Gilbert Hernandez are alternative-comics pioneers. With Citizen Rex, these beloved luminaries re-team for their first major collaboration in years!"

"Mario Hernandez (W) and Gilbert Hernandez (W/A) On sale Oct 14 b&w, 24 pages $3.50 Miniseries Mario and Gilbert Hernandez's peek into a weird and sexy future keeps heating up! Who are the Truth Takers? What is the Cloud Room? Why has Citizen Rex returned from exile? How much longer before the clashing robot and human rights protests tear our fair city apart? Prepare for these questions to be replaced by a whole set of new ones in 'The Truth May Disturb You,' the latest chapter in this Hernandez sci-fi spectacular! "

"If you think Citizen Rex has been wild so far, you won't believe what Mario and Gilbert Hernandez have planned next! Everyone who's anyone in our fair city is attending the ultra-exclusive Blanc Masque gala, forcing all of the story's competing interests into one building as plans are put in motion and deals are struck. Sergio becomes a spy, a rebuilt Rex leads a unit of floppy-bots on a frontal assault of high society, and all hell breaks loose in the private meeting room at midnight! Plus, Rex's motives revealed, and Sergio remembers how he lost his shoes. 'Comics must be hardwired into the Hernandez Family's DNA.'-Comic Book Resources"

"CITIZEN REX #6 (of 6) Mario Hernandez (W) and Gilbert Hernandez (W/A) On sale Dec 9 b&w, 24 pages $3.50 Miniseries After the explosive finish to the Blanc Masque gala, Sergio awakes to find himself . . . on a TV talk show? Secrets come out and dirty laundry is aired when Citizen Rex grants his final interview in 'As the Nights Bite, So the Days Bite Back.' Everything comes back to the very beginning, with the answers behind the mysterious 'block' and Sergio's attack in this startling conclusion to Mario and Gilbert Hernandez's sexy sci-fi epic! The mind-bending finale! 'I tried to give it the feel of a strange late-night foreign movie you're too drunk to remember clearly the next day.' -Mario Hernandez "