{"product_id":"lovers-and-haters-a-love-and-rockets-book","title":"Lovers and Haters: A Love and Rockets Book","description":"The first story collection in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar saga to take place after the events of 2010's \u003cem\u003eHigh Soft Lisp\u003c\/em\u003e is torn from the pages of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets: New Stories, Love and Rockets Vol. IV\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePsychodrama Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e--and expanded with 14 new pages! In \u003cem\u003eLovers and Haters\u003c\/em\u003e, 50-year-old cult movie actress Fritz, in addition to her alcoholism and the ups and downs of her career, must also contend with a controlling lover, Danny; a jealous rival, Mila; a score of younger Fritz imitators, a sex cult; and mad scientists. Also in her orbit is her niece, Killer (sometimes literally, as seen in a \u003cem\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/em\u003e-inspired TV show), a teen actress trying to launch a singing career while solving math problems. The specter of Fritz's mother, Maria -- also a cult movie actress -- haunts them all with her beauty from beyond the grave. \u003cp\u003eWith a sprawling cast, \u003cem\u003eLovers and Haters\u003c\/em\u003e is about mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces, complex and often toxic relationships, artists and exploiters, personas and obsessions. It reads like an X-rated \u003cem\u003eThe Substance\u003c\/em\u003e mixed with \u003cem\u003eMommy Dearest\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerformance\u003c\/em\u003e, with an added dash of \u003cem\u003egiallo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-13: 9798875000980\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Hernandez, Gilbert, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Nov 2025)","offer_id":45657250693317,"sku":"9798875000980","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9798875000980.jpg?v=1768889933","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/lovers-and-haters-a-love-and-rockets-book","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}