Luba Conquers the World

Luba Conquers the World
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1996
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Hernandez bids a fond farewell to the citizens of Palomar, whose multi-generational adventures he has chronicled since 1983 in the pages of Love and Rockets. This 136 page volume collects all the Palomar and Luba orientated stories from #41 to #50. With new material, fleshing out some of the characters and events in these stories, plus a cover gallery. This edition marks the end of one of the greatest epics in comics history and has been especially published as a collectors edition.

Luba

Luba
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2005
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

by Gilbert Hernandez In his first graphic novel in two years, Hernandez's The Book of Ofelia begins with Luba, Ofelia and company trying to acclimate to life in America. When Ofelia decides to chronicle her life with Luba in a tell-all book, she discovers inspiration in Luba's young children - the one-armed Casimira, Socorro with the photographic memory, the loner Joselito and the silent Conchita. See Latino soap opera and soft-core porn, with touches of magic-realism, all in one!

Human Diastrophism

Human Diastrophism
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2007-07-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1560978481

"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 Poison River) comes back to haunt her, and the seeds are sown for the "Palomar diaspora" that ends this dense, enthralling book.

Palomar

Palomar
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2003
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

For the first time ever, Gilbert Hernandez's Heartbreak Soup stories from Love & Rockets are collected in one 500-page deluxe hardcover edition, finally presenting the epic as the single novel it was always intended to be. Set in the mythical Central American town Palomar, the stories weave in and out of the town's entire population, crafting an intricate tapestry of Latin American experience. Luba, the guiding spirit of Palomar, has been universally hailed as one of the great characters of contemporary fiction. Ideal for fans and new readers alike.

Poison River

Poison River
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1997
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Volumes cover the Hernandez Brothers' work from the first Love & Rockets series, 1982-1996, calendar illustrations from 1989-1993, covers from the series, and hard to find drawings from various publications.

Wigwam Bam

Wigwam Bam
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1994
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Jaime's definitive statement on post-punk culture. Maggie, Hopey, and the rest of Las Locas prowl Los Angeles, the East Coast, and parts in between trying to recapture the carefree spirit of those early days a decade ago.

Blood of Palomar

Blood of Palomar
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 1989
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A serial killer stalks the usually placid streets of the tiny Central American town of Palomar in "Human Diastrophism," the novel-length story in this all-Gilbert Hernandez Love & Rockets Collection. The tangible loss of life is accompanied by the less tangible but no less real loss of the social and psychological ligaments that bind the inhabitants of Palomar together. As the story progresses, it becomes evident that the killer is merely the most obvious symptom of the encroaching modern world; even after the crisis is resolved, the ripples continue to spread throughout Palomar... With over three dozen sharply etched characters interwoven in a confidently complex narrative, "Blood of Palomar" confirms Gilbert Hernandez's position as one of the finest and boldest comics storytellers of his generation. Book jacket.

The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft -- Pearson eText

The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft -- Pearson eText
Author: Rebecca L Stein
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2015-08-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317350219

This book emphasizes the major concepts of both anthropology and the anthropology of religion and examines religious expression from a cross-cultural perspective while incorporating key theoretical concepts. It is aimed at students encountering anthropology for the first time.

Chester Square

Chester Square
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1996
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

The original, seminal Love & Rockets comic book series, which ran for 50 issues from 1981 to 1996, singlehandedly defined the post-underground generation of comics that spawned Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, and so many others. Now collected into 15 volumes, Love & Rockets is a body of work that The Nation has described as "one of the hidden treasures of our impoverished culture." Created by brothers Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, three Southern California Mexican-Americans armed with a passion for pop culture and punk rock, Love & Rockets gave a voice to minorities and women for the first time in the medium's then 50-year history and remains one of the greatest achievements in comic book history.

Julio's Day

Julio's Day
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2013-04-20
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606996061

It begins in the year 1900, with the scream of a newborn. It ends, 100 pages later, in the year 2000, with the death-rattle of a 100-year-old man. The infant and the old man are both Julio, and Gilbert Hernandez's Julio's Day (originally serialized in Love and Rockets Vol. II but never completed until now) is his latest graphic novel, a masterpiece of elliptical, emotional storytelling that traces one life -- indeed, one century in a human life -- through a series of carefully crafted, consistently surprising and enthralling vignettes. There is hope and joy, there is bullying and grief, there is war (so much war -- this is after all the 20th century), there is love, there is heartbreak. This is very much a singular, standalone story that will help cement Hernandez's position as one of the strongest and most original cartoonists of this, or any other, century.