at San Diego Comic Con, I was lucky enough to go to dinner with some people from my publishing company, and Gilbert Hernandez was among them.  It was a total treat!  I told him that the book of collected Palomar stories is among my favorites of all time.  The way he describes life in a little town and the people inside it over time, you can tell if you read the work I’ve been sketching lately that it had an influence. I love this book, and I wanted to tell you.