New Tales of Old Palomar is Gilbert Hernandez's much anticipated return to the small Central American town of Palomar, more than a decade after his last Heartbreak Soup' story. The three stories contained within were originally released as a three-issue magazine series. All three issues deal with Palomar's classic characters, such as sweet Pipo, her sharp-tongued sister Carmen, sheriff Chelo and the gang of boys who help start it all - studious Heraclio, fey Israel, disfigured but good-natured Vincente and girl-crazy Jess and Satch.'