| #971666 in Books | 2007-12-17 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.30 x.70 x7.60l,1.35 | File type: PDF | 256 pages||6 of 15 people found the following review helpful.| these books are weird|By Todd W. Rittenhouse|I guess when i started reading these i liked the l.a. stories better than the mexican ones, and wanted them to be all about hispanic life in l.a. Over time though the characters in the mexican stories started to become better. Plus luba's got big boobs.|1 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| H||In a real world, not the screwed-up world we have now, [Gilbert Hernandez] would be considered one of the greatest American storytellers. It's so hard to do funny, tragic, local and epic, and he does all simultaneously, and with great aplomb. -- Junot Diaz, au
Two classic Love and Rockets graphic novels in one beautiful volume: "Poison River" traces the backstory of Luba, from child to teenage mob bride to her escape to Palomar; "Love and Rockets X" is a wide-ranging, Altman-esque story set in early-1990s L.A.
For the first half decade of Love and Rockets, Gilbert Hernandez focused on fleshing out his small Central American hamlet of Palomar. But eventually this became too restrictive ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Beyond Palomar (Love & Rockets) | Gilbert Hernandez.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.