Clearly, this is The Year of Gilbert Hernandez.  The Children of Palomar is his third new hardcover to be released so far this year, and we understand that another is on schedule to be released before the year is out – in addition to an all new issue of Love and Rockets: New Stories!!!  This volume collects the complete three issue "Ignatz" series, New Tales of Old Palomar, originally published in 2006-08.  These stories display Beto's talent for up close and personal stories set amidst deftly rendered landscapes that are by turn haunting and enchanting.  These stories marked the long-awaited return to the the land of "Heartbreak Soup" and readers will once again get the chance to spend time with their pen and ink pals, Pipo, Carmen, sheriff Chelo, Heraclio, Israel, Vicente, Jesús, Satch and more as they walk the dusty streets of Palomar...