Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Poison River is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, published in 1994 after serialization from 1989 to 1993 in the comic book Love and Rockets. It follows the life of the character Luba from her birth until her arrival in the village of Palomar, the scene of most of Hernandez's stories in Love and Rockets.The non-linear, magic realist story is challenging, complex, and experimental. Set in the 1950s–70s, it traces the first eighteen years of the character Luba and her growing extended family as they trek through a fictional Latin American country, with social and political events intruding in their lives. Each chapter focuses on a different character—Luba herslf rarely takes center stage. The story ends with Luba and her family appearing at the outskirts of the village of Palomar at the point where Hernandez's first "Heartbreak Soup" took place.During its serialization between 1989 and 1993, long-time readers found Poison River difficult to follow, and new readers found it disorienting and offputting. Unlike his previous serial, Human Diastrophism, Hernandez made no attempt to mold the story to the serial nature of Love and Rockets. When Poison appeared in book form in 1994, Hernandez considerably expanded the page count, altering and adding panels to improve the reading experience. The book was a turning point for Hernandez and his approach to comics. It is an early example of the growing pains suffered in North American comics' move towards the graphic novel format in the 1980s and 1990s.. }
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- Poison_River abstract "Poison River is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, published in 1994 after serialization from 1989 to 1993 in the comic book Love and Rockets. It follows the life of the character Luba from her birth until her arrival in the village of Palomar, the scene of most of Hernandez's stories in Love and Rockets.The non-linear, magic realist story is challenging, complex, and experimental. Set in the 1950s–70s, it traces the first eighteen years of the character Luba and her growing extended family as they trek through a fictional Latin American country, with social and political events intruding in their lives. Each chapter focuses on a different character—Luba herslf rarely takes center stage. The story ends with Luba and her family appearing at the outskirts of the village of Palomar at the point where Hernandez's first "Heartbreak Soup" took place.During its serialization between 1989 and 1993, long-time readers found Poison River difficult to follow, and new readers found it disorienting and offputting. Unlike his previous serial, Human Diastrophism, Hernandez made no attempt to mold the story to the serial nature of Love and Rockets. When Poison appeared in book form in 1994, Hernandez considerably expanded the page count, altering and adding panels to improve the reading experience. The book was a turning point for Hernandez and his approach to comics. It is an early example of the growing pains suffered in North American comics' move towards the graphic novel format in the 1980s and 1990s.".