Presents an illustrated biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.

by Gilbert Hernandez In his first graphic novel in two years, Hernandez's The Book of Ofelia begins with Luba, Ofelia and company trying to acclimate to life in America. When Ofelia decides to chronicle her life with Luba in a tell-all book, she discovers inspiration in Luba's young children - the one-armed Casimira, Socorro with the photographic memory, the loner Joselito and the silent Conchita. See Latino soap opera and soft-core porn, with touches of magic-realism, all in one!

Gilbert Hernandez’s sprawling family saga focuses on 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 Doralís 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 ― never before collected together ― Venus tells it like it is!

Surveys the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Luba people of Zaire.

Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Graphic Novels: the sequel to the 2003 perennial classic, Palomar.

For use in schools and libraries only. In this variation on the story of The Fisherman And His Wife, a young Ukrainian girl must repeatedly return to the wren she has rescued to relay her parents' increasingly greedy demands.

...In conjunction with an exhibition ... presented by the Museum for African Art, New York (2 february - 8 september 1996)

For the first time ever, Gilbert Hernandez's Heartbreak Soup stories from Love & Rockets are collected in one 500-page deluxe hardcover edition, finally presenting the epic as the single novel it was always intended to be. Set in the mythical Central American town Palomar, the stories weave in and out of the town's entire population, crafting an intricate tapestry of Latin American experience. Luba, the guiding spirit of Palomar, has been universally hailed as one of the great characters of contemporary fiction. Ideal for fans and new readers alike.

Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez's 'Love & Rockets' virtually defined alternative comics in the 80s. Now, more popular than ever thanks to the re-launch of his seminal comic book series earlier this year, Gilbert releases his first graphic novel since the re-launch, which spotlights the artist's most beloved character in a year when her creator is appearing on the pages of Time, Vibe and the L.A. Times. This collection is an awesome blend of political intrigue, sexuality and Gilbert's characteristically human portrayal of his characters. Illustrated in b/w throughout.