The Complete Love & Rockets
#[21] - Luba: The Book of Ofelia
(December 2005)
Fantagraphics,
1985 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 22.95 USD
- Pages
- 260
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- ISBN
-
1-56097-769-8; 978-1-56097-769-8
- Barcode
- 9781560976998 52295
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (edited)
Issue Notes
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" (27.94 cm x 19.05 cm)
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Luba: The Book of Ofelia
credits, title page / 7 pages
- Characters
- Luba; Khamo; Ofelia; Venus; Maricela; Guadalupe; Doralis; Casimira; Joselito; Socorro; Conchita; Pipo; Sergio; Gato; Marie; Petra; Enrique; Fritz; Jimmy
Indexer Notes
Title and publisher pages; Indicia page with production, reprint and copyright credits; Table of Contents; four full pages of drawings of the book's characters
Luba's Family and Supporting Cast
illustration / 2 pages
- Characters
- Ofelia; Guadalupe; Gato; Jimmy; Maricela; Doralis; Khamo; Socorro; Casimira; Joselito; Conchita; Pipo; Petra; Fritz; Sergio; Venus; Marie; Igor; Fortunato
- Reprints
- from ?
Remember Me
Luba / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Casimira; Ofelia Beltran; Khamo; Joselito; Conchita; Socorro
- Reprints
-
from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #3 (December 1998)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Luba and the Little Ones
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Joselito; Luba; Casimira; Socorro; Conchita
- Reprints
- in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009) which is reprinted
-
in Luba (Delcourt, 2010 series) #1 (janvier 2010) - in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #11 - Ofelia (January 2015)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
Luba / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Socorro... <Socorro, come here!>
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Socorro; Ofelia Beltran; Luba; Casimira; Conchita; Joselito; Khamo
- Synopsis
- Socorro is accepted into a special school and travels north, with Luba, to be interviewed. She's so smart they pass her on to an even better school.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #5 (October 2000)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
The Book of Ofelia
Luba / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Ofelia Beltran; Venus; Casimira; Socorro; Joselito; Conchita; Khamo; Ooli [Rico]
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #3 (December 2002)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
The Book of Ofelia 2
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Khamo; Conchita; Socorro; Joselito; Venus; Casimira; Ofelia Beltran; Ooli [Rico]
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #3 (December 2002)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Spot Marks the Ex
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Gato Reyna; Pipo Jimenez; Guadalupe Reyna; Igor Valdez; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Steve Stranski; Boots Piña
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #3 (December 1998)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
El Show Super Duper Sensacional Fantastico Doralis
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Doralis de los Santos; Luba; Socorro; Fortunato
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #6 (Spring 2002)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Snail Trail
Luba / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Khamo; Luba; Ofelia Beltran; Socorro; Casimira; Joselito; Conchita; Hector Rivera; Jason Sterling; Lavalda
- Synopsis
- Luba's kids, Socorro and Joselito, steal the neighbour's car so they can follow Luba one night. They end up crashing it in the countryside, and have to sneak a ride back to town. There they have to ask a stranger (Hector) to help them make it the rest of the way, and arrive home just before Luba.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #5 (October 2000)
-
Bromear
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Venus Vasquez; Socorro
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #4 (January 2000)
-
Meeting Cute, Fucking Cuter
Luba / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Socorro; Joselito; Petra Martinez; Enrique Escobar; Fortunato; Jerome; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Venus Vasquez; Blackie Okamoto; Hector Rivera; Jason Sterling; Willie
- Synopsis
- Fritz tries to set Petra up with Hector. Hector wants to stay with Fritz, but relents as she's open about her other relationships. The meeting with Petra leaves Hector considering his options.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #6 (Spring 2002)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Buen Viaje, Socorro
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Socorro; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Gato Reyna; Guadalupe Reyna; Venus Vasquez; Khamo; Luba
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #6 (Spring 2002)
-
[no title indexed]
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Luba, if your husband can be gone for days at a time, you can come out with us
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Pipo Jimenez; Luba; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Boots Piña; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Fortunato; Khamo
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
The Fortunato Files
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Boots Piña; Pipo Jimenez; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Fortunato; Galgo; Zanto; Diego; Petra Martinez; Luba; Enrique Escobar
- Synopsis
- Fortunato's supposed true back story as told by Pipo.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- adult; soap opera
The Goddess and the Goof
Luba / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hector Rivera; Petra Martinez; Venus Vasquez; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Marie; Guadalupe Reyna
- Synopsis
- Petra hears that her ex- is getting remarried. This preys on her mind when she goes on a dinner-date with Hector. She then takes him away on holiday and sleeps with him. Hector is falling for her so much he is agonising about whether or not to tell her he slept with Fritz.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #6 (Spring 2002)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
El Baile
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Guadalupe Reyna
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #5 (October 2000)
-
The Glamorous Life
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Venus; Doralis de los Santos; Luba
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #4 (June 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Boots Takes the Case
Luba / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Pipo Jimenez; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Boots Piña; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Guadalupe Reyna; Igor Valdez; Gato Reyna; Jimmy Reyna; Luba
- Synopsis
- Someone is selling secrets about Pipo's T.V. show. Boots is hired to investigate.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #4 (January 2000)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
And So...
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Gato Reyna; Daughter of the Critic
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Kisses for Pipo
Luba / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Boots Piña; Pipo Jimenez; Gato Reyna; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Guadalupe Reyna; Igor Valdez; Fortunato; Doralis de los Santos; Jimmy Reyna; Luba
- Synopsis
- Boots fills the reader in on the history of, and inter-relationships between, the cast, and how those relationships have developed over the years.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #5 (October 2000)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
In Bed With Pipo
Luba / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Pipo Jimenez; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Janus; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Father; Doctor Emil; Fortunato; Cop; Doralis de los Santos; Luba; Igor Valdez; Enrique Escobar
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #2 (December 2000)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That must have hurt like a son of a bitch.
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Khamo; Ofelia Beltran; Socorro; Joselito; Casimira; Conchita; Little Joe
- Synopsis
- Meditations on the meaning of karma as Khamo helps the police bust some drug dealers.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #6 (Spring 2002)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Uno Dos Tres
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Pipo Jimenez
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #7 (Summer 2003)
-
[no title indexed]
Venus / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Go Venus Go
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Venus; Petra Martinez; Yoshio Yoshiki; Miguel Mendoza; Glinda Gonzalez; Tomoko Ito; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Coach; Ref
- Synopsis
- Venus wants to impress at football in front of watching eyes.
- Reprints
- from Measles (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #3 (Summer 1999)
-
The Beloved and the Damned
Luba / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Steve Stranski; Guadalupe Reyna; Igor Valdez; Sean Ogata; Scott the Hog; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Petra Martinez; Junior Brooks; Tyrone Bone; Jaxon; Pipo Jimenez; Bob; Enrique Escobar
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #7 (Summer 2003)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Luba's Science Lesson
Luba / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Khamo; Señor Salazar
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #7 (Summer 2003)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
And Justice for Some
Hector / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Petra Martinez; Hector Rivera; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Venus Vasquez; The Judge; Hector's Ex-Girlfriend; Blackie Okamoto; Jason Sterling
- Synopsis
- Hector attends a court hearing because his ex-girlfriend is trying to slap a restraining order on him.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #7 (Summer 2003)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
The Tao of Doralis
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
- Pipo Jimenez; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Doralis de los Santos; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Luba; Boots Piña; Guadalupe Reyna; Gato Reyna; Daughter of the Critic; Fortunato
- Synopsis
- What happened after Doralis came out in her children's TV show.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Indexer Notes
signed and dated "Beto '03"
[no title indexed]
Hector / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who..?! What..?!
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hector Rivera; Petra Martinez; Venus; Luba
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #5 (September 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Khamo
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Khamo; Luba; Fortunato
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #5 (September 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
Hector / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uh, well, we were in the neighborhood, Blackie, and uh, your light was on...
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hector Rivera; Luba; Blackie Okamato; Fortunato
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #5 (September 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Fortunato
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Fortunato; Luba; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #5 (September 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
Hector / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who do you call to report a missing car?
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Hector Rivera; Khamo; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Guadalupe Reyna; Fortunato
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #5 (September 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Lovers and Hector
Luba / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Hector Rivera; Petra Martinez; Blackie Okamato; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Jason Sterling; Luba; Khamo; Venus
- Reprints
- from Luba's Comics and Stories (Fantagraphics, 2000 series) #5 (September 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Sergio Rocks
Luba / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Guadalupe Reyna; Gato Reyna; Doctor; Pipo Jimenez; Fortunato; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Guadalupe
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Guadalupe Reyna; Doralis de los Santos
- Synopsis
- Guadalupe ponders her insecurities.
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Indexer Notes
signed and dated "Beto '03"
Luba Again
Luba / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Ofelia Beltran; Luba; Boots Piña; Enrique Escobar; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Fortunato; Khamo
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Click!
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- 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]; Socorro; Joselito; Casimira; Guadalupe Reyna; Gato Reyna; Pipo Jimenez; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Enrique Escobar; Venus; Petra Martinez; Maricela; Doralis de los Santos; Ofelia Beltran; Khamo; Luba
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #8 (Summer 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
La Luba
Luba / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Ofelia Beltran; Doralis de los Santos; Luba; Socorro
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Burning for You
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Khamo; Maricela; Maricela's Companion
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Pipo's Burden
Luba / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Pipo Jimenez; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Of Two Minds
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Venus; Petra Martinez; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Hector Rivera
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
But the Little Girls Understand
Luba / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Fortunato; Guadalupe Reyna; Gato Reyna; Jimmy Reyna; Maricela; Ofelia Beltran; Doralis de los Santos; Khamo
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
Luba / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fortunato
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Khamo; Luba
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
Fritz and Pipo, Sittin' in a Tree...
Luba / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Pipo Jimenez; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Petra Martinez; Igor Valdez; Enrique Escobar; Guadalupe Reyna
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
God Willing
Luba / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Venus; Hector Rivera; Petra Martinez; Ofelia Beltran
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[Luba #9 back cover]
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Ofelia Beltran
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #9 (Fall 2004)
-
[no title indexed]
Luba / comic story / 25 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop crying honey. It's not good for you.
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Venus; Luba; Ofelia Beltran; Pipo Jimenez; Boots Piña; Fritz [Rosalba Martinez]; Sergio Jimenez Reyna; Gato Reyna; Petra Martinez; Hector Rivera; Marie; Fortunato; Khamo; Casimira; Joselito; Conchita; Doralis de los Santos; Guadalupe Reyna; Maricela; Jimmy Reyna; Igor Valdez; Socorro; Khamo; Enrique Escobar; Ooli [Rico]
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #10 (Winter 2004/2005)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Characters
- Tonantzin; Gato Reyna; Toco
- Reprints
- from Luba (Fantagraphics, 1998 series) #10 (Winter 2004/2005)
- from ?
-
Indexer Notes
signed and dated "Beto '01"
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Luba: The Book of Ofelia
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Luba: The Book of Ofelia
-
3.
The Book of Ofelia
-
4.
Luba's Family and Supporting Cast
-
5.
Remember Me
Luba -
6.
Luba and the Little Ones
Luba -
7.
["Socorro... <Socorro, come here!>"]
Luba -
8.
The Book of Ofelia
Luba -
9.
The Book of Ofelia 2
Luba -
10.
Spot Marks the Ex
Luba -
11.
El Show Super Duper Sensacional Fantastico Doralis
Luba -
12.
Snail Trail
Luba -
13.
Bromear
Luba -
14.
Meeting Cute, Fucking Cuter
Luba -
15.
Buen Viaje, Socorro
Luba -
16.
["Luba, if your husband can be gone for days at a time, you can come out with us"]
Luba -
17.
The Fortunato Files
Luba -
18.
The Goddess and the Goof
Luba -
19.
El Baile
Luba -
20.
The Glamorous Life
Luba -
21.
Boots Takes the Case
Luba -
22.
And So...
Luba -
23.
Kisses for Pipo
Luba -
24.
In Bed With Pipo
Luba -
25.
["That must have hurt like a son of a bitch."]
Luba -
26.
Uno Dos Tres
Luba -
27.
["Go Venus Go"]
Venus -
28.
The Beloved and the Damned
Luba -
29.
Luba's Science Lesson
Luba -
30.
And Justice for Some
Hector -
31.
The Tao of Doralis
Luba -
32.
["Who..?! What..?!"]
Hector -
33.
Khamo
Luba -
34.
["Uh, well, we were in the neighborhood, Blackie, and uh, your light was on..."]
Hector -
35.
Fortunato
Luba -
36.
["Who do you call to report a missing car?"]
Hector -
37.
Lovers and Hector
Luba -
38.
Sergio Rocks
Luba -
39.
Guadalupe
Luba -
40.
Luba Again
Luba -
41.
Click!
Luba -
42.
La Luba
Luba -
43.
Burning for You
Luba -
44.
Pipo's Burden
Luba -
45.
Of Two Minds
Luba -
46.
But the Little Girls Understand
Luba -
47.
["Fortunato"]
Luba -
48.
Fritz and Pipo, Sittin' in a Tree...
Luba -
49.
God Willing
Luba -
50.
[Luba #9 back cover]
-
51.
["Stop crying honey. It's not good for you."]
Luba -
52.
[no title indexed]
-
53.
[no title indexed]
-
54.
[no title indexed]
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