Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book)

Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories collects his foundational Love and Rockets work into a single, essential volume, published by Fantagraphics in 2003. This ongoing series chronicles the lives, loves, and magical realism of the residents in the fictional Central American town of Palomar, with Hernandez serving as both writer and artist. It remains a landmark of independent comics, celebrated for its deep, humanistic storytelling and its rich, interconnected cast.