Luba in America spotlights Gilbert Hernandez's most beloved Love & Rocketscharacter. Luba, of course, was the central figure of Hernandez'sPalomar, the south-of-the-border town that Gilbert documented for 15years in the original Love & Rockets series (1981-1996). Inthis collection, however, we find Luba has moved to America, startingan entirely fresh new chapter in her life. The book begins with Lubatraveling to the big city, supposedly having left Palomar to pave theway for her husband to join her in America. Readers quickly discover,however, that she has a direr mission. Luba fears that her politicalhistory has left a threat to her family from the old country, and shebelieves that the only way to end this threat lies in America. Theresulting action is an awesome blend of political intrigue, sexuality,and Gilbert's characteristically human portrayal of his characters,most notably his women.

A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.

Included in this collection from two of the most brilliant cartoonistsAmerica are some of the finest achievements from Los. Bros! Jaime'sclassic stories 'Izzy-in-Mexico' and 'Spring 1982' demonstrate hisnarrative and graphic mastery, and his tongue-in-cheek soap opera'Ninety-Three Million Miles from the Sun... and Counting' is a classicMaggie and Hopey story. All this, plus 'Li'l Ray' (done in the style ofclassic Dennis the Menace comics), 'Below My Window Lurks MyHead' (Ray vs. Danita's jealous and murderous ex-husband), and more.While Gilbert has only two major stories in this volume, they're someof his best: 'Frida' is an extraordinary comics biography of theMexican surrealist Frida Kahlo, and 'A Folk Tale' is a funny and verymodern re-telling of...well, a classic folk tale.