LOVE & ROCKETS LIBRARY GILBERT GN (2025)

"This beautiful, affordable volume collects the first half of Gilbert's modern-day classic, featuring the acclaimed magical-realist tales of Palomar, the Central American hamlet, and its memorable inhabitants."

"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 The Comics Journal, and continuing on through more modern-day classics. 'Human Diastrophism' is the only full graphic novel length 'Palomar' story ever created by Gilbert. Also included are all the post-'Diastrophism' stories, in which Sheriff 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."

"Collects two groundbreaking works: '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."

"The fifth volume of Gilbert Hernandez's complete Love and Rockets material! In Ofelia, the sisters, the kids, and the cousins are all settled comfortably in California. When Ofelia threatens to write a book about Luba, past memories and pain resurface. Meanwhile, Luba's children show that a talent for trouble may be hereditary. These vividly drawn characters live, love, age, fight-and die-in this sweeping, multigenerational saga."

"High Soft Lisp, and more, the children are growing up and lovers have come and gone. Luba, Petra, and Fritz have all settled in Los Angeles are moving on to the next phases of their lives and careers. Venus shoots a backyard superhero movie, Fritz becomes a B movie actress, and children's TV show host Doralis has the grandest of finales. "