(January 1985)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 2.50 USD; 3.25 CAD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- On-sale date:
- 1985-01
- Indicia Publisher:
- Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
- Brand:
- Fantagraphics Books
- Editing:
- Gary Groth
- Format:
- black and white with color covers; 8.5" x 11"; saddle-stitched; was on-going Series
Issue Notes
Original publication date needs to be confirmed. 1st printing: ? 1984; 2nd printing: December 1991.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
cover / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
- Colors:
- Janet Toombs (separations)
Content Information
- Characters:
- Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Rand Race; Luba; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Chelo; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Errata Stigmata; Rocky; Fumble; Heraclio; Carmen; H.R. Costigan; Rena Titañon; Archie; Ray; Tipin' Tipin'; Penny Century; H. R. Costigan; Duke Morales; Archie; Speedy Ortiz; Yax Haxley
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #5 [House of Raging Women]
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
[“I dunno, Mag. I've been thinking about this for some time now.”] (Table of Contents)
Locas / comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]
- Synopsis:
- Maggie and Hopey discuss getting a new writer and artist.
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 [Tears from Heaven]
- in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn]
- in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Notes (Table of Contents)
text article / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gary Groth
- Letters:
- typeset
[Las Mujeres Perdidas part five] (Table of Contents)
Mechanics / comic story / 16 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Drama; Action
- Characters:
- Penny Century; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Rand Race; Joe; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Rena Titañon; Dot Winks; Vicki Glori; Terry [Theresa Leeanne Downe]; Joey Glass; Luthor; Kato; Carlos; Licha; Speedy Ortiz; 'Litos; Monica Miranda Zandinski; Duke Morales; Tony Belle; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]
- Synopsis:
- Hoppers adjusts to life without Maggie.
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #3 [Las Mujeres Perdidas]
- in Lost Women and Other Stories, The (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) #[nn]
- in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn]
- in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
The story is not given the title "Las Mujeres Perdidas" until the final page of next issue's story.
[none] (Table of Contents)
Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gary Groth
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Letters of comment from Beth Adams, Boston MA; Jack Neigenfind Dauphin PA; Karl Heitmueller Jr, Lancaster PA; Chris Brasted, Southampton UK; Kate Coffee, Indianola OK; Monica Sharp, Holtville CA; John MacLeod, Ontario CN
Los Bros. Hernandez Sketchbook (Table of Contents)
illustration / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
- Letters:
- typeset
Ecce Homo (Table of Contents)
Heartbreak Soup / comic story / 16 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Drama; Soap
- Characters:
- Heraclio; Carmen; Tonantzin; Luba; Vicente; Israel; Maricela; Guadalupe; Pipo; Sergio; Manuel; Tipín Tipín; Borro; Chelo; Satch; Gato; Archie Ruiz; Ofelia; Martín; Diana
- Synopsis:
- Palomar has a village picnic.
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 [Tears from Heaven]
- in Reticent Heart and Other Stories, The (Fantagraphics, 1988 Series) #[nn]
- in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Fantagraphics, 2003 Series) #[nn]
- in Heartbreak Soup (Fantagraphics, 2007 Series) #[nn]
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- In the second edition this page is a promo for Love & Rockets merchandise
Ready? Set? Go! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- Tonantzín Villaseñor; Luba; Gilbert Hernandez [as El Gilberto]; Errata Stigmata
- Synopsis:
- Gilbert's characters complain about their condition.
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 [Tears from Heaven]
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[“I dunno, Mag. I've been thinking about this for some time now.”]
Locas -
2.
Notes
-
3.
[Las Mujeres Perdidas part five]
Mechanics -
4.
[none]
Letters -
5.
Los Bros. Hernandez Sketchbook
-
6.
Ecce Homo
Heartbreak Soup -
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
Ready? Set? Go!
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