An event 40 years in the making! The Los Angeles Public Library is pleased to present Jaime, Gilbert, and Mario Hernandez aka Los Bros Hernandez in conversation with actor and comedian Chris Estrada, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Love and Rockets. In 1982 when the first issue of Love and Rockets came out,Gilbert and Jaime (occasionally working with their brother, Mario) were young, struggling, unknown cartoonists who were bucking the dominant comic book trend of costumed characters with intimate, complex, humane stories told in comics form. Now in its 40th year of publication, L&R has appeared in a variety of...

Don't miss a book signing with Liniers (Ricardo Siri) for his new collection, Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere! He'll be at Still North Books & Bar on September 29th at 7:00 pm.   About the book: In the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes, Mutts, and Krazy Kat, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to...