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Am finding Beto’s work in these increasingly difficult, tbh! A lot of these stories strike me as pointlessly cruel and uhhh schlocky and misogynistic, at this point (he obviously thinks he’s working at a level above this and he really isn’t?)

“In fact, while we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers”

Always crying a little :^) I think nobody writes about nostalgia and memory quite like Jaime

Iiiii do not really get what Gilbert was doing at this point in his career. Feels like he had a shift away from wanting to do serious narratives (which, whatever) but the result is sooooo sleazy and absurd and honestly makes me feel gross to read a lot of the time

Hopey and Maggie 😭

So far somewhat lighter in tone compared to the previous Palomar books, and a lot more narrow in scope. Which all ends up making the darker moments that are here feel even more startling? Venus as a little girl has more internal monologues than any character Beto has written before. Reminds me of what Jaime does with Maggie.

Maggie!!!!

We didn’t even get to talk about Speedy ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

So far very compelling and also very sad to me!

Hopey!!!

“Mechanics” still leaves me with a profound sense of “well we all gotta start somewhere”

In order to get to some of the best cartooning you'll ever see..........you first have to read "mechanics" again

“Heartbreak soup” is a really bleak and upsetting, but also surprisingly meditative and soulful story. He hasn’t quite found his voice visually yet but I liked this a lot more than Jaime’s early stuff - honestly so moving