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Palomar (comics)

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Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
Date2003
PublisherFantagraphics Books
Creative team
WritersGilbert Hernandez
ArtistsGilbert Hernandez
Original publication
Published inLove and Rockets
ISBN1560975393

Palomar (subtitled The Heartbreak Soup Stories) is the title of a graphic novel written and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez and published in 2003 by Fantagraphics Books (ISBN 1-56097-539-3). It collects work previously published within the pages of Love and Rockets (volume one). Palomar is the fictional town in Latin America where all the stories presented are set.[1] Palomar was included in Time magazine's Best Comics of 2003 list.[2]

Plot

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Set in the titular fictional town in an unnamed Central American nation, Palomar follows Luba, a businesswoman who works at the town's movie theater in order to care for her seven illegitimate children.[1] The comic has drawn praise for its portrayal of female characters and Latin American culture within the often-misogynistic comics industry.[3] The comic notably defies stereotypes about Latin Americans, with the titular town and its residents rarely conforming to stereotypical perceptions and not being treated as "foreign."[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Glaser, Jennifer (2007). "Review of Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories". MELUS. 32 (3): 264–267. doi:10.1093/melus/32.3.264. ISSN 0163-755X. JSTOR 30029805.
  2. ^ Arnold, Andrew (2003-12-18). "Top 10 Everything 2003 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  3. ^ a b Brett Burns, Love in the Time of Comics: The Intersection of Gender and Latino Culture in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar, Diss., (University of Georgia, 2005), accessed December 20th, 2022, https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/burns_brett_t_200508_ma.pdf
  4. ^ Poblete, J. (2023). Los cómics en un país tropical: Palomar de Gilbert Hernández. Revista Iberoamericana, 77(234), 177-193.