by Gilbert Hernandez New Tales of Old Palomar returns us to where the first Heartbreak Soup story left off. All three chapters deal with the classic characters of Palomar, like Pipo, her sister Carmen, sheriff Chelo, and the gang of boys who help start it all: studious Heraclio, tall and fey Isreal, disfigured but good natured Vicente, and always horny Jesus and Satch. In book one, 'Children of Palomar', there are mysterious thieves stealing food from wherever they can grab it the quickest, then they're off like lightning. Sheriff Chelo and some citizens do their best to solve the mystery, but nobody seems to be able to catch the bandits in action until Pipo puts her soccer-trained legs to work and goes after them herself. We are reintroduced to the classic style of the Palomar stories, in which everybody in town helps one another. That is, with the exception of a person or two, who decide to ignore that tradition.