<<•>>  edited by Marc Sobel and Kristy Valenti <<•>>  
The feature attraction of this chunky softcover are the extensively researched timelines and character bios for both the Locas and Palomar universes; long time L & R readers will be reminded of characters and events that they had forgotten all about – or at least hadn't thought about in years – and relative newcomers will be clued in to the depths and riches that await them in the pages of Love and Rockets.  In a way, The Love and Rockets Companion is a bit like a family album, one in which readers can immerse themselves and discover their place in and connection to the comics family built around Love and Rockets that has thrived for over thirty years now.  In addition this volume includes extensive interviews with los hermanos Hernandez – including two new major interviews conducted specifically for this volume and appearing here for the first time! The wraparound dustjacket is printed on extra heavy stock and folds out into a poster (the sticker is removable), while the reverse side depicts the Locas and Luba family trees.  This jam-packed volume is a Love and Rockets collector's bonanza!

Hot off the press, it's Marc Sobel's long-in-the-works (17 years!), heavily illustrated, in-depth, from-soup-to-nuts study of the one-and-only Love and Rockets!  Really looking forward to this here at Copacetic HQ.  We'll be back with a bit more to say, but wanted to get it right up on the site for those, like us, who've really been waiting.