Love and Rockets #28

(December 1988)

Love & Rockets Issue Twenty-Eight - December 1988 (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gary Groth; Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Comics highly recommended by the Bros.!

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Indexer Notes

Includes a list of comics recommended by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez: The Fun House (HarperCollins; 1987 series); Joe's Bar (Catalan Communications, 1987 series); Weirdo (Last Gasp, 1981 series); Hup (Last Gasp, 1986 series); Neat Stuff (Fantagraphics, 1985 series); Yummy Fur (Vortex, 1986 series); Lloyd Llewellyn (Fantagraphics, 1986 series).
Printed on inside front cover.

Boxer, Bikini, or Brief (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 4 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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Somewhere on my body, if you look real close...

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Maggie Chascarillo; Ray Dominguez; Danita Lincoln; Elias Lincoln (three panels, background)

Synopsis

Ray paints Maggie while she poses. The Danita arrives and takes her place.

Reprints

• in Epix (Epix, 1984 series) #3/1990 (71) (mars 1990) ["Boxer, Bikini, or Brief"]
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn] (September 2004)
• in Locas (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2006 series) #2 (Septiembre 2006)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[3] - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #3 - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (September 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Indexer Notes

The title is given in the table of contents, but not in the story

Tear it Up, Terry Downe (Table of Contents: 3)

Locas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as XAIMO)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as XAIMO)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as XAIMO)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as XAIMO)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Terry? Well, she's great. She's beautiful, she's talented, she's very intelligent... and if she ever flicks another cigarette at me, I swear I'll bust her fucking face.

Genre

drama

Characters

Maggie Chascarillo (flashback); Del Chimney (flashback) (1st appearance); Terry Downe; Hopey Glass (flashback); Julie Wree (flashback); Stevie TV; Principal Friet; Coach; Barb

Synopsis

A kaleidoscopic portrait of Terry through the eyes of many people, each giving their own perspective on her, ranging from the time she first arrived to Hoppers as a runaway teen to her current time playing with the band 40 Thieves.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn] (September 2004)
• in Locas (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2006 series) #2 (Septiembre 2006)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[3] - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #3 - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (September 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

Indexer Notes

Del Chimney's first physical appearance, who was mentioned four times previously in the series.

Li'l Ray and the Gang (Table of Contents: 4)

Ray Dominguez / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as SOPLAMOCO JONES)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as SOPLAMOCO JONES)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as SOPLAMOCO JONES)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as SOPLAMOCO JONES)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ray mijo?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

'Litos Carranza (flashback); Chivita Dominguez (Ray's mom); Ray Dominguez (flashback) (featured) (as child); Benny Dominguez (first appearance)

Synopsis

Ray walks around the neighborhood wearing his brother's sweater in this Charles Schulz/Hank Ketcham mashup.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in Locas (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2006 series) #2 (Septiembre 2006)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[3] - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #3 - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (September 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Frida (Table of Contents: 5)

Frida Kahlo / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as BETO [multiple lines])

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as BETO [multiple lines])

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as BETO [multiple lines])

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as BETO [multiple lines])

First Line of Dialogue or Text

1907 - In Coyoacan, Mexico, on July 6, Matilde Calderon Gonzalez and her husband Guillermo Kahlo, a German born photographer, are blessed with a daughter. They name her Frida.

Genre

biography

Characters

Frida Kahlo; Diego Rivera; Tonantzín Villaseñor (single-panel); 'Cachuca' Alejandro Gomez Arias (cameo)

Synopsis

Covering Frida's life from birth to her cremation using many, many art styles.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[7] - Amor y Cohetes (March 2008)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #7 - Amor y Cohetes (June 2008)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Lar' Dog: Boy's Night Out #1398 (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as BIZARRO JAIME NO. 1)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as BIZARRO JAIME NO. 1)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as BIZARRO JAIME NO. 1)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as BIZARRO JAIME NO. 1)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You remember Lar' Dog, Ray. Larry Ybañez?

Genre

drama; humor

Characters

Doyle Blackburn; Ray Dominguez; Lar' Dog; Lily Rivera; Darleen; Larry and Darleen's son; Unnamed music video actress

Synopsis

Ray and Doyle meet up with Lar'Dog, a gruff friend of theirs with a large appetite for self-destruction.

Reprints

• in Epix (Epix, 1984 series) #2/1990 (70) (februari 1990) ["Lar' Dog: Boys' Night Out #1398"]
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in Locas (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2006 series) #2 (Septiembre 2006)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[3] - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #3 - The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (September 2007)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Keywords

soap opera

Lloyd Llewellyn Special (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Daniel Clowes (signed as Clowes [tight])

Inks

Daniel Clowes (signed as Clowes [tight])

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The city is a woman; a sultry, fickle goddess of stone and mortar...

Synopsis

Advertisement for Lloyd Llewellyn Special (Fantagraphics, 1988 series).

Love and Rockets (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as XAIME); Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as XAIME); Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

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Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Love & Rockets 1989 Calendar, Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 [Second Printing], #24, #25, #26, #27, The Complete Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, Love and Rockets: Short Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series); The Lost Women and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series); Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) and The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series).
Inside back cover and preceding page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Colors

Mark Thompson (credited) (color separations)

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies on the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #9 - Flies On the Ceiling (October 1991)
• in Love and Rockets: The Covers (Fantagraphics, 2013 series) (March 2013)
• in Love and Rockets: The First Fifty: The Classic 40th Anniversary Collection (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) #[4] - No. 22 - No. 28+ (2022)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.