Love And Rockets: Heartbreak Soup: The First Volume of 'Palomar' Stories from Love & Rockets

The first volume in a chronological series featuring the complete first series of fifty issues from the celebrated comic book series Love & Rockets includes the provocative "Heartbreak Soup" stories about the inhabitants of Palomar, a small village in a Central American country. Original.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007, Love and Rockets isfinally released in its most accessible form yet: As a series ofcompact, thick, affordable, mass-market volumes that present the wholestory in perfect chronological order. This volume collects the firsthalf of Gilbert Hernandez's acclaimed magical-realist tales of"Palomar," the small Central American town, beginning with thegroundbreaking "Sopa de Gran Pena" (which introduces most of his maincast of characters as children, plus the imposing newcomer Luba), andcontinuing on through such modern-day classics as "Ecce Homo," "Act ofContrition," "Duck Feet," and the great love story "For the Love ofCarmen."
This beautiful, affordable volume collects the first half of Gilbert'smodern-day classic, featuring the acclaimed magical-realist tales ofPalomar, the Central American hamlet, and its memorable inhabitants.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007, Love and Rockets is finally released in its most accessible form yet: As a series of compact, thick, affordable, mass-market volumes that present the whole story in perfect chronological order. This volume collects the first half of Gilbert Hernandez's acclaimed magical-realist tales of "Palomar," the small Central American town, beginning with the groundbreaking "Sopa de Gran Pena" (which introduces most of his main cast of characters as children, plus the imposing newcomer Luba), and continuing on through such modern-day classics as "Ecce Homo," "Act of Contrition," "Duck Feet," and the great love story "For the Love of Carmen."