Love and Rockets Volume 15: Children Of Palomar And Other Tales (Graphic Novel)

Love and Rockets Volume 15: Children Of Palomar And Other Tales (Graphic Novel)
Mario Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez
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Trade Paperback
h237 x 194mm - 242pg
17 Jan 2023 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781683966999
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Children of Palomar and Other Tales (the fifteenth volume in our continuing series The Complete Love and Rockets Library and the eighth Gilbert volume) begins with ' Me for the Unknown,' uncollected since its original 2001-2004 run in the Love and Rockets Vol. II comic books. Written by Mario Hernandez and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez, it traces the Rabelaisian journey of Tagg Lillard. A U. S. citizen with a seemingly perfect life working in Latin America, he escapes a boat rigged to explode - clutching a satchel filled with important papers. Presumed dead, he decides to assume a new identity. But he is pursued by an imperious CEO and his manservant through a land plagued by colonialist/corporate greed, which fomented political unrest. In the ' New Tales of Old Palomar' short stories (2006-2007) - previously collected as The Children of Palomar - there are many mysterious visitors, an apparition that haunts childless women, and readers learn how Chelo lost her eye. Then, there are a select
Gilbert Hernandez was born in 1957 in Oxnard, California, and is considered one of the greatest living comics writer-artists in the world. In 1982, Hernandez co-created, along with his brothers Mario and Jaime, the ongoing, iconic, internationally acclaimed comic book series Love and Rockets, one of the greatest bodies of work the medium has ever seen. In addition to his work on Love and Rockets, its spinoffs, and side series, Hernandez has released a prodigious amount of original graphic novels and miniseries, such as Sloth, Bumperhead, and Marble Season. He also collaborated with Darwyn Cooke on The Twilight Children for DC. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2017 and is the recipient of a Fellow Award from United States Artists and a PEN Center USA' s Graphic Literature Award for Outstanding Body of Work. Hernandez lives in Ventura, CA, with his wife and daughter. Mario Hernandez (b. 1953, Oxnard, California) co-created Love and Rockets, the long-running, internationally acclaimed comic book series. In 1981, he and his younger brothers, Gilbert and Jaime, self-published the first Love and Rockets zine. The Hernandez brothers' anthology title became Fantagraphics' flagship comic in 1982 when the independent began publishing it. He drew and wrote the occasional story for Love and Rockets, such as "Somewhere in California," and still contributes writing, story ideas, and dialogue. In 1993, his one-shot solo comic, Brain Capers, was published, and he worked on projects such as Mr. X, Citizen Rex, and the anthology Real Girl. He won an Inkpot Award in 2012 and lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and children.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781683966999
Published: 17 Jan 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: Fantagraphics
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 237mm
Width: 194mm
Pages: 242

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