The Complete Love & Rockets
#[18] - Locas in Love
(October 2000)
Fantagraphics,
1985 Series
- Price
- 14.95 USD; 22.45 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- On-sale Date
- 2000
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- ISBN
-
1-56097-412-5
- Barcode
- 9791560974115
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (Edited by)
Issue Notes
dimensions- 10.9" x 10" (27.68 cm x 25.4 cm)
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Locas, elles ne pensent qu'à ça (Delcourt, 2009 series) (mars 2009)
-
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Locas in Love
credits, title page / 5 pages
- Characters
- Ray Dominguez; Penny Century
Indexer Notes
Title and publisher pages; indicia, copyright, production and reprint credits; table of contents
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez
- Colors
- Jaime Hernandez; Rhea Patton; Chris Brownrigg; Jess Johnson
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez
- Synopsis
- Twelve different head shot drawings
- Reprints
-
from Maggie and Hopey Color Special (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (May 1997)
-
Maggie and Hopey Color Fun
Locas / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez
- Colors
- Jaime Hernandez; Rhea Patton; Chris Brownrigg; Jess Johnson
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Joey Glass; Janet Polo; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Norma Costigan; Negra
- Reprints
- from Maggie and Hopey Color Special (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (May 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
Three shorter stories interrupt this main one. They are listed just below.
Cocktail Hour
Mini Rivero / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez
- Colors
- Jaime Hernandez; Rhea Patton; Chris Brownrigg; Jess Johnson
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mini Rivero
- Reprints
- from Maggie and Hopey Color Special (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (May 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
This story comes after the fourth page of the previous story
I am Cheetah Torpedah
Cheetah Torpedah / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez
- Colors
- Jaime Hernandez; Rhea Patton; Chris Brownrigg; Jess Johnson
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Cheetah Torpedah; Sonny; Space Girl
- Reprints
- from Maggie and Hopey Color Special (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (May 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
This story comes after the eighth page of the “Maggie and Hopey Color Special” story
6 Degrees of Ray D. Ation
Li'l Ray / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez
- Colors
- Jaime Hernandez; Rhea Patton; Chris Brownrigg; Jess Johnson
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Ray; Eddie; Chuy; Isabel; Margarita
- Reprints
- from Maggie and Hopey Color Special (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (May 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
This story comes after the twelfth page of the “Maggie and Hopey Color Special” story
Penny Century
Locas / comic story / 11 pages
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Fire Water
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Two cowboys get drunk, stagger home through the desert, and encounter a devil.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)
-
[no title indexed]
Locas / comic story / 4 pages
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
La Pantera Negra
Locas / comic story / 4 pages
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Hopey Hop Sacks
Locas / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]
- Synopsis
- Hopey, in the bath, tells Maggie over the phone about Guy Goforth asking her out.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)
-
[no title indexed]
To Be Announced / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So, that's what the inside of the Earth looks like.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #1 (December 1997)
-
[no title indexed]
Locas / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Anything else been happening?
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]
- Synopsis
- Penny gives Hopey a haircut.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Look Out
Locas / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Ray Dominguez; 'Litos Carranza; Big Eddie Ortiz; Lady in Bed
- Synopsis
- Ray's apartment has been burgled, which puts him in a foul mood and makes him reflect on his own teen-age misdemeanour.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
To Be Announced / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm just gonna have to issue you a citation...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Child discovers the mystery of Channel 1 whilst tuning his television.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
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Chiller!
Locas / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; drama
- Characters
- Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century
- Synopsis
- Driving back alone from Penny's place, Maggie follows Penny's advice to take the "Horror Highway" 696. She freaks herself out thinking about all the things that could possibly go wrong, and ends up breaking down in the middle of nowhere.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
-
Ya Can't Win 'Em All
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Snowman; Cousin
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
Locas / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C'mon Mom!
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Negra; Norma Costigan; Bolani
- Synopsis
- Negra and Norma are lounging by the pool when Norma's sometime boyfriend Bolani lets himself in. Negra goes to her room to dress a cut and later spies Norma and the creepy Bolani making love. It's implied Bolani has improper thoughts towards Negra.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
Locas / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is so stupid, Penny. What the hell am I supposed to do when we get there?
- Genre
- drama; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]
- Synopsis
- Isabel is supposed to give a reading from her new book, but can't leave her house because she has grown so big. She ends up giving the reading at home, and outs Hopey as the starter of the Ray's Liquor Store blaze.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Space Girl
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Space Girl
- Synopsis
- Space Girl moans about her day to an alien bartender.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #2 (March 1998)
-
Penny Century
Locas / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; drama
- Characters
- Penny Century; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]
- Synopsis
- Nude Penny leaves an open bottle of wine on a table.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #4 (January 1999)
-
Loser Leave Oxnard
Locas / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Negra; Norma Costigan; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Bolani; Guy Goforth
- Synopsis
- Hopey is making heavy work of bartending at Norma's party and gets the sack. The party turns sour after Bolani strips and urinates in the pool. Negra flees. Hopey has to call around all her friends to get a lift home, and as a last resort has to ask Goforth.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #4 (January 1999)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
¡Inquiritis!
Locas / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Penny Century; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]
- Synopsis
- Penny is hiding out at Isabel's, where they reminisce before going out to buy groceries. On the television news they hear that Penny's husband H.R. Costigan has slipped into a coma.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #4 (January 1999)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
To Be Announced / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes the devils with their ice creams!
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #4 (January 1999)
-
One More Ladies' Man
Locas / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Ray Dominguez; Joe; Velvet [Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis]; Negra; Negra's Friend; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Penny Century; Danita Lincoln
- Synopsis
- A visit to a strip-club leaves Ray in a melancholic mood. He goes for a drive and encounters Negra and her friend, who have broken down. He gives them a lift, which does nothing to improve his mood. He winds up in Denny's All Night, where he sees Hopey and Goforth, and spends the rest of the night thinking about the past.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #4 (January 1999)
-
Nobody? So...
Locas / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Penny Century; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]
- Synopsis
- Penny and Isabel say goodbye, but Penny leaves before hearing H. R. Costigan has died.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #4 (January 1999)
-
[no title indexed]
To Be Announced / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ok, so I wake up gasping in the middle of the night because I see someone prowling
- Characters
- Ray Dominguez
- Synopsis
- Ray has a nightmare.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #3 (September 1998)
-
La Blanca
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- La Blanca
- Synopsis
- The strange story of a ghost.
- Reprints
- from Measles (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #2 (Easter 1999)
-
- Keywords
- Ghost
Indexer Notes
“A true story.” “A tip of the hat to Mom Hernandez for a great tale...”
Cocktail Hour
Mini Rivero / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mini Rivero; Space Girl; Donny Esmond
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #4 (January 1999)
-
Home School
Locas / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- drama; children
- Characters
- Teacher; Isabel Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Chepa; Chabela; Chabela's Boyfriend; Mrs. Galindo; Margarita/Perla [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Quina Chascarillo; Margarita/Perla's Father [Nacho Chascarillo]
- Synopsis
- Big sister Chabela tasks kid sister Isabel with babysitting toddler Maggie. At first Isabel takes out her frustrations on Maggie, but later, after some child-like introspection, feels bad about doing that, and a bond starts to develop between the two castaways.
- Reprints
- from Penny Century (Fantagraphics, 1997 series) #3 (September 1998)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Locas in Love
-
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Locas in Love
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
Maggie and Hopey Color Fun
Locas -
5.
Cocktail Hour
Mini Rivero -
6.
I am Cheetah Torpedah
Cheetah Torpedah -
7.
6 Degrees of Ray D. Ation
Li'l Ray -
8.
Penny Century
Locas -
9.
Fire Water
-
10.
["Gee, Maggie. It doesn't sound to me like life is so tough there in Los."]
Locas -
11.
La Pantera Negra
Locas -
12.
Hopey Hop Sacks
Locas -
13.
["So, that's what the inside of the Earth looks like."]
To Be Announced -
14.
["Anything else been happening?"]
Locas -
15.
Look Out
Locas -
16.
["I'm just gonna have to issue you a citation..."]
To Be Announced -
17.
Chiller!
Locas -
18.
Ya Can't Win 'Em All
-
19.
["C'mon Mom!"]
Locas -
20.
["This is so stupid, Penny. What the hell am I supposed to do when we get there?"]
Locas -
21.
Space Girl
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22.
Penny Century
Locas -
23.
Loser Leave Oxnard
Locas -
24.
¡Inquiritis!
Locas -
25.
["Here comes the devils with their ice creams!"]
To Be Announced -
26.
One More Ladies' Man
Locas -
27.
Nobody? So...
Locas -
28.
["Ok, so I wake up gasping in the middle of the night because I see someone prowling"]
To Be Announced -
29.
La Blanca
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30.
Cocktail Hour
Mini Rivero -
31.
Home School
Locas -
32.
[no title indexed]
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33.
[no title indexed]
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- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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