Love and Rockets #17
In "Blackouting," Gilbert Hernandez crafts a quiet yet potent story of memory, loss, and the lingering echoes of past choices. As Julio and Tommy grapple with fleeting encounters and shifting identities, Araceli returns from the Vietnam War, forever changed, while Julio Tomas seeks refuge from the law—leaving his son Julio Juan in the care of his mother, Renata. The emotional weight of absence and return settles over the characters with a rare, understated power. Cover by Gilbert Hernandez.
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Julio and Tommy are confused by a passing group of hippies. Araceli goes off to volunteer in the Vietnam War to help the troops. The police are looking for Julio Tomas so he drops off his son Julio Juan with his mother Renata. Araceli comes back from the war but not before Tommy passes away.
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