New Tales of Old Palomar #2
In "The Children of Palomar," Gilbert Hernandez crafts a quietly tense, atmospheric tale set before the earliest stories of Love and Rockets, following young Gato and his friends as they wander into a storm-lashed plain beyond Palomar, separated from the town by a deep crevice. With no word from the boys, Chelo must search for them, only to face the unsettling presence of mysterious Caucasian scientists who’ve taken the children in after subduing them with a strange gas. The story unfolds with Hernandez’s signature blend of quiet observation and subtle mystery, his distinctive art and lettering bringing the isolated landscape and growing unease to life.
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Young Gato and the boys are away from Palomar, playing in a lightning drenched plain separated from the mainland by a large crevice. With their whereabouts unknown to everyone, can Chelo find where they are? And who are the mysterious Caucasian scientists who have taken the boys in after gassing them with a pacifying gas? A story taking place before the earliest issues of Love and Rockets.
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