Luba and Her Family: A Love and Rockets Book (Paperback)

Paperback. In the tenth volume of The Complete Love and Rockets Library, and the fourth collecting writer-artist Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar main storyline, his sprawling family saga moves to the United States, where newly immigrated Luba and her sisters, body-builder Petra and therapist/film star Fritz, find their families' and friends' lives becoming more and more intertwined. As the three sisters have "memories of sweet youth," the next generation finds the spotlight: Luba's adult daughter, Doralis, emcees the proceedings in her role as mischievous host of a children's TV show, while Petra's little girl, Venus, has adventures with her aunt Fritz and her best friend Yoshio. At her mother's urging, Venus also writes missives to her fierce, one-armed cousin Casimira, who's back in Palomar. In these stories from 19972001 - never before collected together - Venus tells it like it is! In the latest volume of Gilbert Hernandez s series, the residents of Palomar are forced to move on from their hometown after an earthquake, and the fortunes of Luba, the mayor and matriarch of Palomar, are set to change again. She and her family move up to the U.S., where she is reunited with her sisters Petra and Fritz, and a new chapter begins. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…