Gilbert Hernandez: "Palomar" and "Luba"

It's just been announced that in february Fantagraphics will publish a collection of his sequel to his classic "Palomar/Heartbreak Soup"-saga. The book, called "Luba", collects 3 previously available volumes - about Luba's life in America after she leaves Palomar - in one thick 600 page hardcover. I've never read these stories, so it's pretty much a must-buy for me.

For those who want to start at the beginning: The old 500 page "Palomar" hardcover collecting his classic "Heartbreak Soup" stories is sold out, but the stories are also available in two new cheap softcovers - "Heartbreak Soup" and "Human Diastrophism". These are some of the true high points of US indie-comics, and they're highly recommended. I've got fond memories of reading Danish translations of these stories at my local library back in the mid-1980s when I was 14 or 15 years old. Back then I didn't know latin American writers like Gabriel Garcia Marques and Isabel Allende, so entering the Latin American town of "Palomar" was a completely new and alien and exciting world. It was was raw and cute and funny and sexy.