Love and Rockets #7

(July 1984)

Letters (Table of Contents)

letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Groth

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Letters of comment from Roger Weddall Fitzroy, Australia; Richard Bruning Madison, WI; Jua; Pete Scott Harworth, Great Britain; James Laws Sebastian New York, NY; Jon Turnbow Olympia, WA; Aaron Headly Chester Springs, PA; and Benno Schmidt Brookline, MA.

[Mechanics / Las Mujeres Perdidas part two] (Table of Contents)

Mechanics / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jaime Hernandez

Pencils:

Jaime Hernandez (signed)

Inks:

Jaime Hernandez (signed)

Letters:

Jaime Hernandez

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction; Drama

Characters:

Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century; Rand Race; Doctor Beaky; Machi; Chiness; Dot Winks; Benso; H. R. Costigan; Joe

Synopsis:

Maggie and Race arrive in Rio Frio for a job.

Reprints:

• in Epix (Epix, 1984 series) #11/1985 (november 1985)
• in The Lost Women and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) #[nn] (May 1988)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn] (September 2004)
• in Maggie the Mechanic: A Love and Rockets Book (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn] (January 2007)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #3 - Las Mujeres Perdidas

Indexer Notes

This story has had multiple titles over the years. The title "Las Mujeres Perdidas" wasn't used until the final page of the concluding chapter in Love & Rockets #11. Later reprints have titled this "The Lost Women" and most recently "Mechanics" once again.

Act of Contrition Part 3 (Table of Contents)

Heartbreak Soup / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gilberto Hernandez

Pencils:

Gilberto Hernandez (signed)

Inks:

Gilberto Hernandez (signed)

Letters:

Gilberto Hernandez (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Characters:

Archie Ruiz; Luba; Mrs. Ruiz; Chelo; Maricela; Casimira; Martin; Guadalupe; Ofelia; Doralis

Synopsis:

Luba attempts to get a part to repair the movie projector.

Reprints:

• in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #[nn] (August 1987)
• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)
• in Heartbreak Soup: A Love and Rockets Book (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn] (January 2007)

Locos (Table of Contents)

Locas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jaime Hernandez

Pencils:

Jaime Hernandez (signed)

Inks:

Jaime Hernandez (signed)

Letters:

Jaime Hernandez

Content Information

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Speedy Ortiz; Carlos; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Jack Reubens

Reprints:

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 - Tears from Heaven (January 1988)
• in The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes (Smithsonian Institution / New College Press, 2004 series) #[nn] (2004)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn] (September 2004)
• in Maggie the Mechanic: A Love and Rockets Book (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn] (January 2007)

Keywords:

soap opera

The Whispering Tree (Table of Contents)

Palomar / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gilberto Hernandez

Pencils:

Gilberto Hernandez (signed)

Inks:

Gilberto Hernandez (signed)

Letters:

Gilberto Hernandez

Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Characters:

Doralis; Guadalupe; Ofelia

Synopsis:

Guadalupe tells Doralis a ghost story

Reprints:

• in The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) #[nn] (May 1988)
• in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)
• in Heartbreak Soup: A Love and Rockets Book (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn] (January 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Letters:

Typeset

Indexer Notes

In the first edition of this issue these two pages are a promo/catalog for various Fantagraphics products

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Mario Hernandez

Inks:

Mario Hernandez

Colors:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 - Tears from Heaven (January 1988)

Indexer Notes

back cover