Luba in America by Hernandez, Gilbert

Gilbert Hernandez

Luba in America

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Luba in America spotlights Gilbert Hernandez's most beloved Love & Rockets character. Luba, of course, was the central figure of Hernandez's Palomar, the south-of-the-border town...
Luba in America spotlights Gilbert Hernandez's most beloved Love & Rockets character. Luba, of course, was the central figure of Hernandez's Palomar, the south-of-the-border town that Gilbert documented for 15 years in the original Love & Rockets series (1981-1996). In this collection, however, we find Luba has moved to America, starting an entirely fresh new chapter in her life. The book begins with Luba traveling to the big city, supposedly having left Palomar to pave the way for her husband to join her in America. Readers quickly discover, however, that she has a direr mission. Luba fears that her political history has left a threat to her family from the old country, and she believes that the only way to end this threat lies in America. The resulting action is an awesome blend of political intrigue, sexuality, and Gilbert's characteristically human portrayal of his characters, most notably his women.

<strong>Gilbert Hernandez</strong> 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 <em>Love and Rockets</em>, one of the greatest bodies of work the medium has ever seen. In addition to his work on <em>Love and Rockets</em>, its spinoffs, and side series, Hernandez has released a prodigious amount of original graphic novels and miniseries, such as <em>Sloth</em>, <em>Bumperhead</em>, and <em>Marble Season</em>. He also collaborated with Darwyn Cooke on <em>The Twilight Children</em> 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.<br><br><i>This title is only available via back order</i><br>

Genre
Graphic Novel
Pages
168
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN
9781560974673

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