(May 1985)

Fantagraphics, 1982 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
On-sale date:
1985-05
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

First printing: May 1985; 2nd printing indicia on-sale date: ?


[none] (Table of Contents)

Palomar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Colors:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Tonantzín; Diana; Theo
Reprinted:
  • in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 [Tears from Heaven]

[none] (Table of Contents)

Letters / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gary Groth
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Letters of comment from M.T. Lunsford, McDonough GA; Ian Smyth, Westmidlands England; Amy Fairweather; John MacLeod, Guelph ON; Monica Sharp, Holtiville CA; Albert Godot, Porter TX; Patrick Perry, Boulder CO; Paolo Cantatore, New York, NY; E. Hope Shaw, Brighton, MA; Lisa Pace; Andrew Tashan

Indexer Notes

Inside front and inside back covers


Slug Fest (Table of Contents)

Heartbreak Soup / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Pencils:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
Letters:
Gilbert Hernandez (signed)

Content Information

Genre:
Drama; Soap
Characters:
Tonantzín Villaseñor; Diana Villaseñor; El Clavo; Diana; Theo; Chelo; Tipín Tipín; Carmen; Chelo
Synopsis:
Tonantzín gathers babosas
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]

Rocky's Birthday Surprise (Table of Contents)

Rocky and Fumble / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils:
Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Inks:
Jaime Hernandez (signed)
Letters:
Jaime Hernandez

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Rocky Rhodes; Fumble; Rhoda; Needra; Cheetah Torpeda; Mr. Bakers; Rongo Ragney
Synopsis:
Fumble is kidnapped by a robot hater.
Reprinted:
  • in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 [Tears from Heaven]
  • in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 Series) #[nn]

The Reticent Heart (Table of Contents)

Palomar / comic story / 11 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; Jesús; Israel; Vicente; Satch; Luba; Ofelia; Maricela; Tonantzín; Diana; Theo; Guadalupe; Chelo; Manuel
Synopsis:
Heraclio recalls a sexual encounter he had with Luba when he was fifteen years old
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) / 3 pages (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ads for Comics Journal #100, Graphitti Design's Love & Rockets t-shirt and for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [none]
    Letters
  2. 2. Slug Fest
    Heartbreak Soup
  3. 3. Rocky's Birthday Surprise
    Rocky and Fumble
  4. 4. The Reticent Heart
    Palomar
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
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