false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174478685m/405556.jpg 405556 2 <B>The legendary <I>Love and Rockets</I> comic book series continues in a comprehensive series of new paperbacks.</B><BR><BR>Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007, <I>Love and Rockets</I> 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.<BR><BR>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 20th Century by <I>The Comics Journal</I>, and continuing on through more modern-day classics.<BR><BR>"Human Diastrophism" is the only full graphic novel length "Palomar" story ever created by Gilbert. In it, a serial killer stalks Palomar&#151;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.<BR><BR>Also included are all the post-"Diastrophism" stories, in which Luba's past (as seen in the epic <I>Poison River</I>) comes back to haunt her, and the seeds are sown for the "Palomar diaspora" that ends this dense, enthralling book. 3181913 book 4 7 2007 Love & Rockets, Titan Vol 4: Human Diastrophism: The Second Volume of "Palomar" Stories total:94|5:44|4:41|3:9|2:0|1:0| 94 411 129 9 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:13:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:13:38 -0700 2009
Regular readers know that I make my way through graphic novels on a pretty regular basis, u...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 19 06:37:01 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 07:17:17 -0700 2009 Love and Rockets it was Jaime's work that caught my eye - fantastic draftsmanship, great writing and Maggie and Hopie were mad cute. The more I read, the more compelling Gilbert's (aka Beto) work becomes. This, the third collection of "Heartbreak Soup" - from pieces pu...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Feb 24 21:31:54 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 22:56:10 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 11:25:01 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:25:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 03:29:25 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 03:40:01 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Aug 28 21:11:54 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 10:30:02 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 21:11:54 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 10:10:02 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 10:26:36 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 17:34:01 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 15:12:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 17:34:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 06 09:39:17 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 09:39:17 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Nov 27 18:43:48 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 11:01:25 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 18:43:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 13:27:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 13:27:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 20:19:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 20:19:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 09:06:46 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 16:39:38 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 09:06:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 13:53:26 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 17:26:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 13:53:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 08:18:52 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 08:18:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 12:38:03 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 12:38:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 06:59:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 09:13:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 06:59:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 11:34:25 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 11:34:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 05 08:51:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 08:51:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 02 18:36:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 18:36:52 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=405556