Hernandez, Gilbert

Sloth by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
6 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 762 libraries worldwide
Graphic Novel. From the award-winning co-creator of legendary underground comic "Love & Rockets" comes "Sloth", a surrealistic romantic drama set against a background of haunted lemon orchards, teenage love affairs, and darkness on the edge of town. When troubled teenager Miguel Serra decides to induce himself into a coma, he awakens one year later a shadow of his former self. Revered as an urban legend, and slothful in appearance and movement, he embarks on a journey across a desolate suburban wasteland where the answers to his problems are rarely forthcoming. With a host of off-beat characters and unusual situations, this beautifully illustrated voyage into a Lynchean world guarantees to knock you out!

Palomar : the heartbreak soup stories by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
7 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 497 libraries worldwide
Reprints every "Palomar" comic written and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez between 1982 and 2003, tracing the lives of the residents of the mythical Latin American village from the arrival of Luba, the guiding material spirit of Palomar, to her departure twenty years later.

Love and rockets : new stories by Jaime Hernandez ( Book )
8 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 384 libraries worldwide
A collection of Love and Rockets tales finds Penny Century acquiring super-powers at a terrible personal cost and rampaging through the galaxy pursued by a motley group of superheroes led by Maggie's girlfriend Angel.

Chance in hell : from the story "Empress of the Known Universe by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 225 libraries worldwide
Follows the life of a young orphan who is taken out of the slums and eventually marries a successful man, only to discover that she is most comfortable living in poverty.

Love and rockets. No. 2, New stories by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
14 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 216 libraries worldwide
A collection of graphic stories, including parts three and four of Ti-Girls Adventures, the story of superheroes gone wild, "Sad Girl," in which a teenaged girl named Killer sets out to get revenge against her ex-boyfriend, and "Hypnotwist," a wordless tale of a woman's surreal journey through the night.

Luba by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
4 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in Spanish and English and held by 211 libraries worldwide
Collects more than eighty adventures with Luba, along with her friends and family, as she adjust to her life after moving out of her Latin American village to live in the United States. Contains adult content.

Amor y Cohetes : a love and rockets book by Jaime Hernandez ( Book )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 193 libraries worldwide
Collects a variety of one-shot stories and other series such as "My Love Book," "A Folk Tale," "War Paint," "Frida,"and "Hernandez Satyricon" in which the characters deal with love, friendship, and bizarre occurrences. Contains adult content.

Luba in America by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
5 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and Spanish and held by 189 libraries worldwide
Follows the lives of Luba, the enigmatic and bosomy matriarch from the mythical Central American village of Palomar, and her half-sisters Petra, a sexy lab technician, and Fritzi, a psychiatrist.

Human diastrophism by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
5 editions published between 1989 and 2007 in English and held by 182 libraries worldwide
Reprints the second half of Gilbert Hernandez's tales of Palomar, the small Central American town, in which a serial killer stalks Palomar, and the modern world begins to intrude upon the idyllic town.

Heartbreak soup : the first volume of 'Palomar' stories from love & rockets by Gilbert Hernandez ( Book )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 160 libraries worldwide
Reprints of comics written and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez between 1982 and 2003, tracing the lives of the residents of the mythical Latin American village from the arrival of Luba, the guiding material spirit of Palomar, to her departure twenty years later.