Love and Rockets: Heartbreak Soup v. 2
Published on 25. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-1-84576-521-7 (ISBN)
Description
In 1982, brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez created "Love & Rockets", an astonishing mixture of magical realism, science fiction, and meditations on the human condition which became one of the most critically acclaimed series of all time. Welcome to the mythical Central American town of Palomar, and meet Luba, the town's larger-than-life mayor. With tales weaving in and out of the town's entire population, "Heartbreak Soup" is a complex tapestry of Latin American life. Multi-award-winning writer and artist, Gilbert Hernandez presents densely plotted and deeply imagined tales, often compared with magic realist authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez - a must for any fan of truly adult comics!
Reviews / Votes
"The graphic equivalent to the fabulism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel laureate." - The Times * "A high point in the comics form, conventional in idiom, but not comparable to any strips before it." - The Washington Post * "An extraordinary, eccentric and very literary cartoonist." - Publishers' Weekly * "Masterful." - Booklist"More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
b/w comic strip
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 190 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84576-521-7 (9781845765217)
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Person
Born in Oxnard, California in 1957, Gilbert Hernandez (also known as 'Gilberto' or simply 'Beto') shot to fame when Love and Rockets was first published in 1981. Alongside his brother Jaime, 'Beto' crafted the 500-page series, Palomar. He has also created Girl Crazy for Dark Horse comics, Eros Comix' Birdland, and Vertigo's Grip: The Strange World of Men, as well as the TV series The Naked Cosmos.