Love and Rockets #20

(Summer 2007)

La Maggie La Loca (Table of Contents: 1)

Locas / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Colors

Steven Weissman (signed)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Genre

drama

Characters

Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Tse Tse [Rosa Colores Arriaga Bañuelos]; Cabby Wearing a Hawaiian Shirt; Delfino; Rena Titañon; Swimsuit Model; Photographer; Techo; The Bus Driver; The Flight Attendant [Atenas]

Synopsis

Maggie visits Rena in her remote tropical island home.

Reprints

• from The New York Times Magazine (The New York Times, 1896 series) #4/23/2006 (April 23, 2006), #4/30/2006 (April 30, 2006), #5/7/2006 (May 7, 2006), #5/14/2006 (May 14, 2006), #5/21/2006 (May 21, 2006), #5/28/2006 (May 28, 2006), #6/4/2006 (June 4, 2006), #6/11/2006 (June 11, 2006), #6/18/2006 (June 18, 2006), #6/25/2006 (June 25, 2006), #7/2/2006 (July 2, 2006), #7/9/2006 (July 9, 2006), #7/23/2006 (July 23, 2006), #7/30/2006 (July 30, 2006), #8/6/2006 (August 6, 2006), #8/13/2006 (August 13, 2006), #8/20/2006 (August 20, 2006), #8/27/2006 (August 27, 2006)
• in The Art of Jaime Hernandez: The Secrets of Life and Death (Harry N. Abrams, 2010 series) (2010)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #13 - Angels and Magpies (December 2017)

Indexer Notes

Has additional pages not included in its original appearance. Published uncensored for the first time. It's spread out over twenty-four pages taking up about 62% of the top part of each page. "Gold Diggers of 1969" runs parallel to it just below.

Gold Diggers of 1969 (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Genre

children

Characters

Perla / Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Maggie's Mom [Quina Chascarillo]; Esther Chascarillo; Bill Collector; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Chepa; Tia Vicki [Vicki Glori]; Ralph; Harry; Igor; Nacho Chascarillo; Calvin Chascarillo (new born)

Synopsis

Quina juggles pregnancy and taking care of her children while trying to avoid the bill collector in this tale featuring Maggie as a child.

Reprints

• in The Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin, 2006 series) #2008 (2008)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #13 - Angels and Magpies (December 2017)

Indexer Notes

Spread out over twenty-four pages taking about 38% of the bottom part of each page.

Venus and You (Table of Contents: 3)

Venus / comic story / 7 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; children

Characters

Venus Vasquez; Yoshio Yoshiki; Hector Rivera; Sandy Bobo; Jason Sterling; Blackie Okamoto; Marie; Petra Martinez; Pipo Jimenez; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Guadalupe Reyna; Glinda Gonzalez; Sister Margaret

Synopsis

Venus and friends attend Fritz's movie premiere, a remake of a remake titled "Lie Down in the Dark." A role originally played by her mother Maria.

Reprints

• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

Keywords

soap opera

Indexer Notes

As usual, the artist marks the story's end with a small heart symbol in the lower right corner of the final panel. This may be hard to notice at first glance.

The End (Table of Contents: 4)

Fritz / comic story / 2 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)

Characters

Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]

Synopsis

Fritz takes questions from the audience after the movie showing.

Reprints

• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

Venus and You 2 (Table of Contents: 5)

Luba / comic story / 3 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)

Characters

Hector Rivera; Venus; Jason Sterling; Blackie Okamoto; Pedro Pacotilla; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Sandy Bobo

Synopsis

Venus and all discuss the merits or lack thereof of Fritz's movies.

Reprints

• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

Untitled (Table of Contents: 6)

Fritz / comic story / 3 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

satire-parody

Characters

Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Fanboy #1; Fanboy #2

Synopsis

Two fanboys talk about Fritz and her long lost porn film.

Reprints

• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

You People (Table of Contents: 7)

Fritz / comic story / 1 page (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

Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Pipo Jimenez

Reprints

• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

Keywords

soap opera

The High Road (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Characters

Blackie Okamoto; Sandy Bobo; Jason Sterling

Synopsis

The trio walk in the woods after taking an unnamed psychedelic drug.

Reprints

• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

Venus and You 3 (Table of Contents: 9)

Luba; Venus / comic story / 7 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; children

Characters

Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Venus; Guadalupe Reyna; Yoshio Yoshiki; Pipo Jimenez; Petra Martinez; Vic; Marie; Luba

Synopsis

Venus and her interactions with her Aunt Fritz, her newly-married mother Petra, and her now-divorced Aunt Luba.

Reprints

• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

Keywords

soap opera

Love and Rockets, Issue 20 (Summer 2007) (Table of Contents: 10)

letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (replies)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from David Lotempio, Michael Metzger, Mike Todd and Dylan X.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Colors

?

Letters

Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Boot Angel [Angel Rivera]; Luba; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Hector Rivera; Sandy Bobo

Indexer Notes

Back cover featuring two illustrations. Jaime does the top half, Gilbert the bottom.