As I understand it, this is a collection of individual comics, and it reads very much like a graphic short story collection. Set in the small community of Palomar, these comics follow an enormous cast of characters over time, and the individual stories, being all set in the same time and space, are interconnected through plot and character. It's very effectively done, but I admit I would have liked a cheat sheet at the beginning, to help keep track of who everyone is and how they're related.

I've read a couple of the other Love and Rockets anthologies, and I think this is my favourite so far. I like the variety of stories, and the emphasis on diverse characters. Luba, especially, stands out. In any number of comics and other media, a character with her figure would struggle to be more than one-note, or would descend into a joke. There's a real character that exists alongside her sex appeal, however, and her relationships with friends and family, as well as her business ambitions, make her feel like a person instead of a caricature. I say that even though there's something of caricature about the whole book, an amused tongue-in-cheek look at small-town life, and the squabbles and alliances that form in kitchens and bedrooms and with the kids playing in the street.

I don't know that I love it, exactly, but I do find it interesting, and that's good enough.