Unlike in his previous serial, " Human Diastrophism ", Hernandez made no attempt to mold the instalments into episodes to fit the serial nature of " Love and Rockets ".
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Hernandez followed " Human Diastrophism " with " Poison River ", a longer, more complex and again politically-tinged graphic novel, after which he scaled back his Palomar stories and largely back away from politics.
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Aside from Riri and Maricela, other characters from earlier Hernandez works include the unnamed " dudes " who made minor appearances as tourists in Palomar in " Human Diastrophism " ( 1989 ) and Fritz the psychiatrist from the erotic " Birdland " ( 1992 ).
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Over the years, the " Palomar " stories became longer, more complex and more daring, especially in the long story " Human Diastrophism ", in which a serial killer appears in Palomar, whose identity is only known by an unstable artist who slowly loses his mind.
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"Human Diastrophism " appeared in " Love and Rockets " 21 26 ( July 1987 June 1988, and then in a revised and collected form as part of " The Complete Love and Rockets, Volume 8 : Blood of Palomar " from Fantagraphics Books.
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Critic Charles Hatfield called " Human Diastrophism " " one of the signal examples of alternative comics from the 1980s ", and reviewer Tom Knapp called it " a landmark volume that belongs in the collection of any collector of graphic novels or, for that matter, any form of quality storytelling ".
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Moleworth sees parallels with these characters and characters in " Human Diastrophism " : between Raskolnikov and Heraclio, who fears the discovery his teenage affair with Luba; and Luba with Jean Valjean, both of whom rise from disreputable backgrounds and harassment from the law to become mayor of their communities, and for whom the romantic lives of their children become a focus in their stories.
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The word " diastrophism " refers to the deformation of the earth, such as by earthquakes; Hernandez defines it as " the action of forces that deform the Earth's crust and so produce continents, mountains, etc " . " Human diastrophism " thus refers metaphorically to the great changes that take place in the lives of those in Palomar through the events in the story.
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The word " diastrophism " refers to the deformation of the earth, such as by earthquakes; Hernandez defines it as " the action of forces that deform the Earth's crust and so produce continents, mountains, etc " . " Human diastrophism " thus refers metaphorically to the great changes that take place in the lives of those in Palomar through the events in the story.
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In issues 21 26 appeared " Human Diastrophism " a complex story in which politics and the outside world intrude on the insular Palomar and his longest and most complex work " Poison River " appeared in 29 40 . " Love and Rockets X " ran alongside " Poison River " and Jaime's eight-part " Wig Wam Bam ".
