The Children of Palomar
| The Children of Palomar | |
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| Creator | Gilbert Hernández |
| Date | 2013 |
| Series | Palomar |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | New Tales of Old Palomar (Ignatz series) |
| Issues | 1–3 |
| Date of publication | 2006–2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | High Soft Lisp (2010) |
| Followed by | Lovers and Haters (2025) |
The Children of Palomar is a comics compilation by American cartoonist Gilbert Hernández, published in 2013. It collects five stories originally published in 2006 and 2007[1] in the three-issue series New Tales of Old Palomar.[2]
The stories and vignettes of The Children of Palomar take place in Hernández's fictional Latin American village of Palomar, the setting of many of his early stories.[3] They feature many of the characters from these older stories, such as Tonantzín, Diana, Chelo, and Pipo, at different times in their lives.[1] The narratives focus primarily on the female characters, and include elements of magic realism.[3]
In an interview in 2007, Hernández stated he would cease creating stories set in Palomar; he said he had "finally outgrown the place".[2]
References
Works cited
- Publishers Weekly staff (2013-07-15). "Children of Palomar". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- Royal, Derek Parker (2013). "Hernandez Brothers: A Selected Bibliography". ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies. 7 (1). University of Florida. ISSN 1549-6732. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
- Sacks, Jason (2013-08-30). "Review: Children of Palomar is a Fascinatingly Weird Journey to a Familiar Place". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2017-08-19.