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OF RAGING WOMEN
Volume V
by Los Bros Hernandez
Paperback: 128 pages
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 0930193695
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Volume VI
by Gilbert Hernandez
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ISBN: 0930193822
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All of Jaime Hernandez' work for the LOVE AND ROCKETS comic series is terrific, but this particular book is especially well done. The story of life in the barrio of LA is alternately funny and brutal (sometimes within the same page). Maggie, Speedy, Ray, and the rest of the characters are easy to identify with and care about. And the art is fantastic.
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Volume VII
by Jaime Hernandez
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ISBN: 1560970030
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Volume VIII
by Gilbert Hernandez
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Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560970065
$39.95
"In ten years, the brothers have grown from the 'enfants terrible' of commercial comics into elders of the popular culture tribe."
--TIMES OF LONDON
Chris Jacobs, Fantagraphics Books
Alternative comics!
All-Gilbert book showcasing "Human Diastrophism", about the world's encroachment on Palomar, one of the most ambitious stories ever told in comics. This edition includes new pages not seen in the magazine serialization.
The book begins with a few typical, cute Palomar stories (one of the most brilliant things Gilbert did was to jump the characters ahead 10 years, and look back once in a while; he created instant nostalgia), then launches into its centrepiece, the 100+ page "Human Diastrophism". This is a brilliant story that juggles three or four subplots at a time with ease. Although the premise (a serial killer stalking the Central American town of Palomar) might initially seem a bit over the top, the execution more than makes up for it. The murders become almost secondary to the human drama of the residents of the town, as families are pulled apart, reunited, and the entire town struggles with an invasion of demonic monkeys. All this, and Luba too!
Luba's journey through family-abusing depression, regression into lust, and her final success at reclaiming her dignity is poignant and unforgettable. Marciela and Riri's romance unfolds slowly and is eventually revealed as the foundation of the whole story. Tonzantzin's pathetic, cathartic, and tragic story is the biggest suprise her; she had been pigeonholed as the town slut, and a 2-D figure, but by the end you can't help but feel sympathy for her. Gilbert Hernandez outdid himself with every new installment of "Heartbreak Soup". As he took his characters through each realistic and dramatic experience, they grew more lifelike, and the reader gained something close to friendship with then. Every one of his stories of Palomar affect the reader: This one will probably have the greatest impact.
A fantastic book that stays with you long after you've actually put it down: BLOOD OF PALOMAR and the other 14 LOVE AND ROCKETS paperbacks deserve a place at the table of the great works of the century.
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