Research Catalog

Title

Luba in America / Gilbert Hernandez.

Author

Hernandez, Gilbert

Publication

Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2001.

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Details

Description

1 v. (unpaged) : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

Follows the lives of Luba, the enigmatic and bosomy matriarch from the mythical Central American village of Palomar, and her half-sisters Petra, a sexy lab technician, and Fritzi, a psychiatrist.

Series Statement

• The Luba trilogy ; v. 1
• Hernandez, Gilbert. Luba trilogy v. 1.

Subject

• Mexicans > United States > Fiction
• Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social life and customs > Comic books, strips, etc

Genre/Form

• Graphic novels
• Erotic comic books, strips, etc.
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Graphic novels.
• Alternative comics – U.S.A. – 2001.
• Graphic novels – U.S.A. – 2001.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

El Show de Doralis 1 -- Letters from Venus 3 -- Letters from Venus: Life on Mars 9 -- Venus 16 -- Letters from Venus: Driven by Beauty 17 -- El Show Super Sensacional de Doralis 23 -- Quackin' in The New Age 24 -- Mama's Boy 25 -- Driven by Beauty: A Beto Burlesque 37 -- Letters from Venus: Who Cares About Love? 39 -- Kidney Stoned Again 45 -- Letters from Venus: That Family Thing 46 -- Letters from Venus: Goddess of Love 53 -- Luba in America: Chapter One 60 -- The Sisters, The Cousins, and The Kids 69 -- El Show Super Duper Sensacional de Doralis 74 -- That Family Thing Again 76 -- The Old Man Sets Up 79 -- Fuckin' Steve! 80 -- La Sorpresa 84 -- Luba in America: Chapter Two 85 -- As You Know it 93 -- Damp and Snuggy 101 -- All in The Family 105 -- Pipowear 109 -- Luba in America: Chapter Three 110 -- Poseur 118 -- Luba's Cousin Ofelia 126 -- A Cada Quien Io Suyo 127 -- Memories of Sweet Youth 128 -- Venus Gives Us the Lowdown! 144 -- El Show Super Duper Sensacional de Doralis 153 -- Firstborn 166 -- Venus Tells it Like it is! 167.

ISBN

1560974672

OCLC

• 49013591
• SCSB-12387339

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library