(December 1997)

Fantagraphics, 1997 Series
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Price
2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD
Pages
28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
ISBN
?
Barcode
074470901259 11
Editing
? (Gary Groth)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Colors
? (Jaime Hernandez)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Arm In Arm
Genre
drama; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Penny Century; Ray Dominguez; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
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Keywords
soap opera

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Penny Century (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Letters
Jaime Hernandez

Genre
drama
Characters
Ray Dominguez; Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Synopsis
Ray has moved to a new town (Hollywood?) where he doesn't know anyone and doesn't fit in. He soliloquizes about the past, his sporadic sexual encounters with Penny Century and how he had fallen for her, plus his failed relationships with Danita Lincoln and Margarita Chascarrillo.
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Keywords
soap opera

Fire Water (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; western-frontier
Synopsis
Two cowboys get drunk, stagger home through the desert, and encounter a devil.
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Indexer Notes

Two-pager without text. Might more properly be called surreal.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Locas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Letters
Jaime Hernandez

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, Maggie. It doesn't sound to me like life is so tough there in Los.
Genre
drama
Characters
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Negra; Norma Costigan
Synopsis
Maggie is working for Negra's mom, doing paperwork, and chauffering Negra.
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Keywords
soap opera

La Pantera Negra (Table of Contents: 5)

Locas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Letters
Jaime Hernandez

Genre
drama
Characters
Negra; Bubbles; Sparky; Norma Costigan; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
Synopsis
Norma (Negra's mom) catches Negra roaming the streets with her girlfriends, and takes her back home in a temper. Norma then talks things over with Maggie.
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Keywords
soap opera

Hopey Hop Sacks (Table of Contents: 6)

Locas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Letters
Jaime Hernandez

Genre
drama
Characters
Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]
Synopsis
Hopey, in the bath, tells Maggie over the phone about Guy Goforth asking her out.
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Keywords
soap opera

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

To Be Announced / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez
Colors
?
Letters
Jaime Hernandez

First Line of Dialogue or Text
! So, that's what the inside of the Earth looks like.
Genre
drama; children; fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
Child discovers what the inside of the earth looks like.
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Arm In Arm"]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Penny Century
    Locas
  4. 3. Fire Water
  5. 4. ["Gee, Maggie. It doesn't sound to me like life is so tough there in Los."]
    Locas
  6. 5. La Pantera Negra
    Locas
  7. 6. Hopey Hop Sacks
    Locas
  8. 7. ["! So, that's what the inside of the Earth looks like."]
    To Be Announced
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gordon Keys
  • Vik-Thor Scott Rose
  • Steven Samuels
  • Jim Van Dore