I’m halfway through the Luba hardcover and oh my – I’m in love! Seriously, it’s Hernandez’s best since Heartbreak Soup!
Why?
I guess it’s because it’s so wonderfully character driven, all the stories lock into each other, the characters are all so rich and diverse, and *shock horror* Luba is tolerable!
All of Luba’s kids – from big to small, are all so adorable, and so full of quirkiness. I love how Hernandez has made all of them, except for Socorro, have homosexual tendencies.
I love Fritz and her cute little lisp (being a girl that has a slight lisp, I can relate), I love Venus and how 
she acts way beyond her years, I love how handsome Sergio is, I love how vivacious Doralis acts and how a whole TV show is dedicated to her crazy ways – really there isn’t that much NOT to love!
Sergio - not just a hunk, but a soccer star as well!
The only characters that give me a bit of an uneasy feeling are Gato - he’s big and ugly and creepy – and Khamo – I just don’t trust the guy!
Stay tuned for a full review after I finish the wonderful trip that has been the “Luba” hardcover!
Drawn and Quarterly
Fantagraphics Books
Apr 15, 2011 @ 01:22:15
I’m very fond of the Luba omnibus because it adds more depth to the Palomar characters and the storytelling is so rich. You don’t trust Khamo? I think its the character Fortunato that is not to be trusted. He’s a womanizer and he practically sleep with any woman. I knew you were going to like the omnibus as well as Venus. I became instantly smitten with Venus because of her love of comics. I started collecting comics (and cards which I still own to this day) at age 11 and it was full speed ahead.
This omnibus definitely adds more character depth in Luba. I think this omnibus is where you see another side to her complex character.
Apr 16, 2011 @ 02:55:01
I actually hadn’t happened across Fortunato untill last night – yeah, he has shifty eyes and I don’t think he’s that hot at all!
Yeah, that’s why I like Venus too – I was obsessed with Archie, Casper, Richie Rich as a kid – I’m hoping to actually do a post on Archie soon – I wouldn’t mind catching up on my Archie stories! (Though I did stumble across a few new Archie’s in my local newsagent that had posters of Glee in it?! Weird) – When my husband and I have kids in the future, I’m going to take them to heaps of comic book stores and get them into comics – there’s something comforting about comics – I don’t know if it’s just because it reminds me of my childhood, or because of the artwork – but it evokes feelings in me that no novel can (though I’m still a bit novel reader as well)