Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Year: 1989
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Graphic Novels, Fiction
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9781560978480
1560978481 |
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Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007,
is finally being released in its most accessible form yet: As a series of compact, thick, affordable, mass-market volumes that present the whole story in perfect chronological order.
This volume will collect the second half of Gilbert Hernandez's acclaimed magical-realist tales of "Palomar," the small Central American town, beginning with the landmark "Human Diastrophism," named one of the greatest comic book stories of the twentieth Century by
, and continuing on through more modern-day classics.
"Human Diastrophism" is the only full graphic novel length "Palomar" story ever created by Gilbert. In it, a serial killer stalks Palomar - but his depredations, hideous as they are, only serve to exacerbate the cracks in the idyllic Central American town as the modern world begins to intrude. "Diastrophism" concludes with the death (the suicide, in fact) of one of Palomar's most beloved characters, and a postscript that provides one of the most hauntingly magical moments of the entire series as a rain of ashes drifts down upon Palomar.
Also included are all the post-"Diastrophism" stories, in which Luba's past (as seen in the epic
) comes back to haunt her, and the seeds are sown for the "Palomar diaspora" that ends this dense, enthralling book.
This book is part of the "Love and Rockets" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Julio's Day"
First published in 2013
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 | "Palomar"
First published in 2003
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 | "Beyond Palomar"
First published in 1993
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 | "Heartbreak Soup"
First published in 1987
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