Love and Rockets, Vol. 8: Blood of Palomar

by Gilbert Hernandez

The Complete Love and Rockets (8), Love and Rockets (Volume 8)

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.html by Gilbert Hernandez The most explosive Heartbreak Soup story ever, "Blood ofPalomar" originally ran in Love & Rockets #21-26. In this saga,a serial killer stalks the streets of Palomar. Gruesome and senseless as hisdepredations are, they are dwarfed by the resulting social and psychologicalcollapse suffered by the inhabitants of the tiny Central American village.Featuring all the Heartbreak Soup players - Heraclio, Luba, Tonantzin,Carmen, Pipo. "Blood of Palomar" is a true graphic show more novel - amasterpiece of comics that can hold its own next to any piece ofliterature. MATURE READERS SC, 8x11, 136pg, b&w show less

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This book was so powerful for me. It created such an intimate feel while reading it that you felt like you were there as an actual witness of what was happening in that town. The Hernandez brothers are so good at story telling that what is not said, only inferred through dialogue and artwork speaks volumes.
Dette er andet bind af nyudgivelsen af Hernandez' værk om Palomar på dansk. Man mærker fra starten, at han nu har styr på sine virkemidler, og specielt de udvidede historier om barndomsvennerne Heraclio og Israel trækker op.

De sidste godt 100 sider er én lang fortælling, der har givet navnet til bind 2, og udgør således i sig selv en graphic novel. Efter min mening viser seriens begrænsninger sig her. Kriminalhistorien er i sig selv temmelig triviel, og i det længere format bliver de faste karakterer mere forudsigelige. Den gennemgående skikkelse, Luba, problematiseres som selvoptaget mor, men temaet forløses ikke rigtig.

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