(January 1986)

Fantagraphics, 1982 Series
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Volume
[1]
Price
2.25 USD; 3.15 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Recommended for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, with border]
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

1st printing: December 1985.
This issue has variants:

Rena (Table of Contents)

Locas / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
Colors
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime); Mark Thompson (credited as Wim Jr.) (color separations)
Letters
Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)

Genre
drama
Characters
Rena Titañon
Reprints

Letters (Table of Contents: 1)

Letters / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
Linda M. Gorell (credited) (typesetting)

Synopsis
Letters of comment from Rolf Rotvel, Holbjerg Denmark; Monic Sharp; Gary Dunaier; Otto Schweppe, Greebrae CA; Steve Dovas, New York City
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page 1 is inside front cover; page 2 is inside back cover.

The inside front cover includes a sample Luba panel (from Act of Contrition, part three) in Swedish from the magazine POX.

Besides additional letters, the inside back cover also includes a order form ad for the series. In the first printing, the ad includes a small-size image for the following issue's cover plus subscription info. In the second printing, the ad announces the reprinting of the first fifteen issues in the series plus L&R Bonanza.

[Locas at the Beach] (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)
Letters
Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Maggie, when I get married, we're going to own a yacht and sail to the islands every weekend.
Genre
drama
Characters
Maggie Chascarillo; Correo (1st appearance); Terry Downe; Enero Garcia (1st appearance); Febrero Garcia (1st appearance); Miercoles Garcia (1st appearance); Hopey Glass; Zero Gravity; Daffy Matsumoto; Izzy Ortiz; Speedy Ortiz; Monica Miranda Zandinski; Mister Lopez [Tio Lencho Lopez]; Mrs. Garcia; Carlos; Tia Rosalba
Synopsis
Hopey coaxes Maggie into getting Mister Lopez's fruit truck fixed, notwithstanding the leering comments from the Garcia brothers. Later on, Maggie meets the newly arrived Correo who shows some interest in her. Terry dresses down her Missiles of October bandmates and then tries to break up Hopey and Maggie by talking trash about the latter.
Reprints
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

Untitled here. The table of contents title is ""At the Beach" A Locas story". Wouldn't officially be titled "Locas at the Beach" until the trade paperback collections started coming out.

Holidays in the Sun (Table of Contents: 3)

Palomar / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Genre
drama
Characters
Jesús Ángel; Laura (dream sequence); Luba (dream sequence); Toco (single panel hallucination); Tonantzín Villaseñor (dream sequence); Obregon; Dromundo (silhouette on hill); Carlos; Marcos; Laura and Jesus's unnamed baby (flashback)
Synopsis
Jesus, in an island prison, fantasizes constantly about the women in his life all the while dealing with the reality of his incarceration. A follow-up to The Laughing Sun story from issues eight and nine.
Reprints
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

On page six it's stated that it's been a dozen years since Jesus first set eyes on Luba, meaning that amount of time has passed since the series started.

At Home With Rick Geary (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Some Guys, You Just Don't Want to Mess With (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Queen Rena: Life at 34 (Table of Contents: 6)

Locas / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)
Letters
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)

Genre
drama
Characters
Bernie Carbo; Bull Marie; Duke Morales; Rena Titañon; Sharkey Horwitz; Rosie [Rose Ramelli]
Synopsis
A flashback story taking place during Rena's younger days. Rena, on foot, chases Sharkey in the desert for stealing and beating up Rosie. They're met with law enforcement officer Bull Marie, who puts Sharkey in her paddy wagon and punches out Rena, leaving her stranded, unconscious. She's found by Duke and Bernie, the latter who later takes her out on a date. Later on, Rena and Rosie confront Sharkey near the Mexican border after finding out he's been released from jail.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Takes place a few years after the previous issue's "The Little Monster" story.

Do You Know Where It's At?!? (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Rena
    Locas
  2. 1. Letters
    Letters
  3. 2. [Locas at the Beach]
    Locas
  4. 3. Holidays in the Sun
    Palomar
  5. 4. At Home With Rick Geary
  6. 5. Some Guys, You Just Don't Want to Mess With
  7. 6. Queen Rena: Life at 34
    Locas
  8. 7. Do You Know Where It's At?!?
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