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Julio's Day

by Gilbert Hernandez

Julio's Day

Hardcover, 104 pages, W W Norton & Co Inc, List Price: $19.99 |

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Love and Rockets creator Gilbert Hernandez's latest graphic novel is a haunting portrait of the 20th century, filtered through the life of the titular Julio. Born in 1900 and dying in 2000, Julio sees a lifetime of war, grief and death — but also grace and hope.

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Exclusive First Read: 'Julio's Day' By Gilbert Hernandez

April 2, 2013 • Read an exclusive excerpt of Love and Rockets co-creator Gilbert Hernandez's latest, Julio's Day, with an introduction from author Brian Evenson. It's a lovely, hallucinatory, often wordless story of a man whose life spans the 20th century, and the close-knit community he lives in.