Fantagraphics Books Ongoing Series

LOVE & ROCKETS MONTHLY (2016)

The one true World's Greatest Comics Magazine returns! Fritz decides to move on and one by one she dumps the men in her life — aside from a secret lover whose identity remains unknown! Back in Hoppers, fun frolics as Ray hangs with his brother and new sister-in-law, while Maggie deals with a family crisis. And what's up with that ankle?

This issue of Love and Rockets features none other than love, and rockets! On the Gilbert side of the ledger, Guadalupe and Steve romp through the snow, their mutual love in abundant evidence! In Jaime's multiverse, Princess Anima is in the fight of her life (again) as we careen toward the end of her saga.

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32
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All Issues

Love And Rockets Volume IV #17 (Mature)

Issue #17

$6.99

Love And Rockets Volume IV #17 (Mature)

Release: January 21, 2026
Love & Rockets Magazine #16 (Mature)

Issue #16

$6.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #16 (Mature)

Release: March 12, 2025
Love And Rockets Volume IV #15 (Mature)

Issue #15

$6.99

Love And Rockets Volume IV #15 (Mature)

Release: May 08, 2024
Love & Rockets #14

Issue #14

$4.99

Love & Rockets #14

Release: November 08, 2023
Love & Rockets #13

Issue #13

$4.99

Love & Rockets #13

Release: April 19, 2023
Love & Rockets Magazine #12

Issue #12

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #12

Release: August 24, 2022
Love & Rockets Magazine #11 (Mature)

Issue #11

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #11 (Mature)

Release: March 02, 2022
Love & Rockets Magazine #10 (Mature)

Issue #10

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #10 (Mature)

Release: April 28, 2021
Love & Rockets Magazine #9 (Mature)

Issue #9

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #9 (Mature)

Release: November 25, 2020
Love & Rockets Magazine #8 (Mature)

Issue #8

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #8 (Mature)

Release: January 29, 2020
Love & Rockets Magazine #7

Issue #7

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #7

Release: May 29, 2019
Love & Rockets Magazine #6

Issue #6

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #6

Release: October 31, 2018
Love & Rockets Magazine #5

Issue #5

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #5

Release: April 17, 2019
Love & Rockets Magazine #4

Issue #4

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #4

Release: January 31, 2018
Love & Rockets Magazine #2 (Mature)

Issue #2

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #2 (Mature)

Release: February 22, 2017
Love & Rockets Magazine #1 Gilbert Limited Variant Cover (Mature)

Issue #1

$4.99

Love & Rockets Magazine #1 Gilbert Limited Variant Cover (Mature)

Release: January 10, 2018

Reading Order

  1. Love & Rockets Magazine #1 Gilbert Limited Variant Cover (Mature)

    "The original cover, designed by Jaime, is now out of print but a limited edition variant cover, designed by Gilbert, is now available to order! The comic book event of 2016! Love and Rockets is back as an all-new, ongoing comic book series (Vol. IV for those keeping track at home)! On Jaime's side: What do you do when none of your old punk friends want to be punk any more? And just who does the evil Princess Animus think she is? (Hint: She doesn't know, she has amnesia.) On Gilbert's side: Family drama takes center stage when a Fritz discovers a grandchild she didn't know existed! Old fans and new fans are sure to enjoy the most diverse cast of characters in comics, including Maggie, Hopey, Pipo, Fritz, Tonta, Baby, and many more! Plus other surprises! Grrrowl!"

  2. Love & Rockets Magazine #2 (Mature)

    "The second issue of Love and Rockets picks right up from Issue #1! Over on Jaime's side, it's La Llorona's turn to hit the stage at the punk rock reunion and the Hellmets are closing in on Princess Animus. Is Hopey ready? Is Isla ready? Are you ready? On Gilbert's side, Fritz and her twin daughters meet, making Fritz crazier than ever, while Pipo and her new squeeze visit the mysterious Dr. Emil in prison in an effort to learn just what his secret cosmetic treatment actually is..."

  3. Love & Rockets Magazine #4

    "The 2017 Eisner Hall of Famers are still at the top of their game! In Jaime's half, when the cat's away how will the mice play? Maggie's out of town and Ray is determined to do something outside of his usual routine... but what? And what kind of trouble could Maggie and Hopey possibly get into in Barrio Hoppers at 3AM? Meanwhile, there's a funeral in Palomar and Pipo is deciding if she should attend or not. The rest of the story is a Palomar flashback of Pipo and her two adult lovers Manuel and Soledad."

  4. Love & Rockets Magazine #5

    "The all-new fifth issue finally reveals what happened between Eugene, Maggie, and Hopey at the end of issue #3! Meanwhile, following Gilbert's return to Palomar in issue #4, Fritz's daughter Rosey stays home alone in Mom's mansion for a week, and as expected, idle hands are the devil's workshop! Find out why Love and Rockets is often referred to as the greatest comic book series of all time!"

  5. Love & Rockets Magazine #6

    "On the Gilbert side: Here come the brides! We briefly met Luba's new man in 2012's Love and Rockets: New Stories #5, but he hasn't been seen since. Now they're getting married?!? And so is Guadalupe?!? But to whom? On the Jaime side: Feeling totally abandoned Lumina just wants to go home in the latest installment of the Princess Animus saga. Meanwhile, who the hell is Frank Lopez and how does he fit into the new world?"

  6. Love & Rockets Magazine #7

    "Lumina has been teleported away; who will help free her sister Isla from the clutches of the dreaded Hellmets? What is the Black Widow dinner and what does it have to do with Tonta and her cosplaying friends? Guadalupe and Steve's wedding celebration continues with a performance by Love and Rockets?!?"

  7. Love & Rockets Magazine #8 (Mature)

    "In the new issue of the World's Greatest Comics Magazine (sorry, FF), Rosy spends time with her dad and his wife - and discovers that her mother Fritz made a short film with her dad years ago and sees them young for the first time. Also, Rosy visits the woman who raised her, for possibly the last time. Meanwhile, in 'Princess Animus,' lonely Lumina finally makes it home only to find out things aren't quite the way she left them, and Tonta enrolls in Mr. Dominguez's life drawing class. What could possibly go wrong?"

  8. Love & Rockets Magazine #9 (Mature)

    "Gilbert takes us back to Palomar! Luba's daughter Doralis adapts Pipo's angry memoir of growing up in Palomar as a screenplay, prompting questions about the truth. Meanwhile, on Jaime's side of the ledger: What do you do after you've bullied your favorite teacher's girlfriend? Heck if Tonta knows! Also, the deadly Hellmets continue their search of the elusive Princess Animus!"

  9. Love & Rockets Magazine #10 (Mature)

    "The World's Greatest Comics Magazine (eat it, FF) hits its tenth issue! In Jaime's half, Tonta meets Maggie face to face for the first time! When Titans Clash! Meanwhile, the invasion of Lumina's village sparks the beginning of the end... In Gilbertland, Fritz wears one of her oddest costumes yet, in a story that ties in to the Lagrimas saga from the 3rd and 4th issues of Gilbert's solo spinoff series, Psychodrama Illustrated! "

  10. Love & Rockets Magazine #11 (Mature)

    As we learned in issue #10, so now Maggie and Tonta are buddies! Or are they? And where is Vivian (besides spellbinding us on the cover)?? Hell, even Jaime wants to know! Meanwhile, in the Gilbert Cinematic Universe, Rosy goes to her first comic con with Venus, while a female webcammer with the world's biggest biceps (?) joins the cast! Love and Rockets: still the GoaT!

  11. Love & Rockets Magazine #12

    The 40th anniversary of LOVE AND ROCKETS continues with an all-new issue of the World's Greatest Comics Magazine (sorry, FF). In this issue: wedding bells ring! Maggie and Ray go to a wedding (sorry, no spoilers!) - and wait'll you see the guest list! Also in the Jaime multiverse, things have changed in Isla's and Lumina's village, and not for the better... On the Gilbert side of the ledger, we're gifted a very special episode from one of Fritz's cult favorite sci-fi series, while Rosy shares details of a recent trip to Japan.... Viva la Love y Rockets!

  12. Love & Rockets #13

    Maggie plays nursemaid to her adopted "children" and there's a new queen in Lumina's village. Then, in flashbacks, we follow Fritz's sister Petra from her youth to her days as a bodybuilder. 40 years in, Love and Rockets has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity with a wave of national publicity in 2022 for the Hernandez brothers, culminating in the acclaimed new PBS documentary, Love and Rockets: The Great American Comic Book, now streaming!

  13. Love & Rockets #14

    Still the world's greatest comics magazine, hot off the heels of an Emmy nomination for the PBS documentary, Love and Rockets: The Great American Comic Book! Featuring four all-new stories from Eisner Hall of Famers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez. Fritz remakes her mother Maria's movie twice and both versions are included in Gilbert's half of the issue, with murder, belly dancers, and plutonium all in the mix! Meanwhile, over in Jaime's half, Maggie wants to hang out with kids her own age, while the new Princess Animus wants to eat kids her own age!

  14. Love And Rockets Volume IV #15 (Mature)

    In the latest issue of "the Great American Comic Book" (as described in Los Angeles PBS station KCET's 2022 Emmy-nominated documentary about the Hernandez brothers), Diana Villasenour returns and we see what she's been up to since her sister Tonantzin disappeared! Also: Palomar! Meanwhile,w hyu can't the Hellmet find Princess Animus? And while Tonta's latest shenanigans may finally come to an end this issue, Love and Rockets will never die!

  15. Love & Rockets Magazine #16 (Mature)

    This issue of Love and Rockets features none other than love, and rockets! On the Gilbert side of the ledger, Guadalupe and Steve romp through the snow, their mutual love in abundant evidence! In Jaime's multiverse, Princess Anima is in the fight of her life (again) as we careen toward the end of her saga.

  16. Love And Rockets Volume IV #17 (Mature)

    The one true World's Greatest Comics Magazine returns! Fritz decides to move on and one by one she dumps the men in her life — aside from a secret lover whose identity remains unknown! Back in Hoppers, fun frolics as Ray hangs with his brother and new sister-in-law, while Maggie deals with a family crisis. And what's up with that ankle?