Luba
Book description
The sequel to the 2003 perennial classic, Palomar. Gilbert Hernandez climaxed his award-winning “Palomar” series at the end of Love and Rockets' original run by leveling the Central American hamlet. But he soon picked up the story of Luba: The hammer-wielding matriarch had emigrated to the U. S. where she…
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1 author picked Luba as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I often like to read graphic novels to relax and immerse myself into other worlds. The art on the page is entertaining and can be read in small vignettes in comparison to a full-length film.
Hernandez’s brilliant series reads like a psychedelic telenovela enlivened with elements of punk and surrealism, spanning the gritty streets of Los Angeles, raunchy LA parties, memories of the Central American town of Palomar, and the 1980s and 1990s code-switching world of Latinx southern California.
A host of individuals from multiple generations hailing from a melange of ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic origins swarm around Luba, the…
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