(April 1983)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- On-sale date:
- 1983
- Indicia Publisher:
- CX Comics, a division of Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
- Brand:
- CX Comics Experimental
- Editing:
- Gary Groth
- Format:
- black and white with color covers; 8.5" x 11"; saddle-stitched; was on-going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia on-sale date: Spring, 1983. 1st printing: April 1983; 2nd printing: ?
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Love and Rockets / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Colors:
- Roberta Gregory
Content Information
- Characters:
- Maggie; Penny Century; Dinosaurs
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [Music for Mechanics]
Comics Can Be Art and Here Are Some of the Reasons Why (Table of Contents)
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gary Groth
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- First page of Groth's discussion on literacy, art and this issue's Mechanics story. The page also includes the table of contents, production credits and indicia.
Mechanics (Table of Contents)
Mechanics / comic story / 40 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Drama; Romance; Fantasy
- Characters:
- Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Rand Race; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century; Duke Morales; Vicki Glori; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]; Terry [Theresa Leeanne Downe]; Yax Haxley; Ben Ruben; Tse Tse [Rosa Colores Arriaga Banuelos]; Rena Titañon; Pedro Rodriguez San Jo; Sancho San Jo; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Bernie Carbo; Doctor Numura Mumura; Speedy Ortiz; Tiger Rosa (Wrestler); Maria Bravo (Wrestler); Vicki Glori (Wrestler); Ruben; Ki Ki
- Synopsis:
- Maggie and Rand Race are sent to fix a downed ship in a volatile jungle country where dinosaurs still live and the leader is an oppressive dictator.
- Reprinted:
- in Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [pts. 1-3 only]
- in Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2 [pts. 4-5 only]
- in Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #3 [pt. 6 only]
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [Music for Mechanics]
- in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn]
- in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
1st appearance of Terry Downe, Vicki Glori, and Rena Titañon
Radio Zero (Table of Contents)
Errata Stigmata / comic story / 10 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Mario Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Science Fiction; fantasy
- Characters:
- Errata Stigmata (Intro); Bubbles; Valentia; Old Lady
- Synopsis:
- Errata Stigmata and her friend Bubbles blow up an embassy.
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [Music for Mechanics]
- in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #[nn]
- in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 series) #[nn]
[“There they are! The Polaris Apartments! Go around to the alley way, now!”] (Table of Contents)
Somewhere in California... / comic story / 10 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Mario Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Mario Hernandez
- Inks:
- Mario Hernandez
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Vodor; Xed; Zezbar [Zizbah]; Tony; Noalda; King Svedor of Marzipan; Katie; Cluzia; Mosca
- Synopsis:
- Aliens, the deposed King of Marzipan and drug dealers all are at the Polaris Apartments.
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [Music for Mechanics]
- in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 Series) #[nn]
¿Music for Monsters? (Table of Contents)
Bang and Inez / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Bang Bang; Inez; Killiaak monsters
- Synopsis:
- Bang Bang and Inez stop 5 Killiaak monsters from stealing a deadly disease.
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [Music for Mechanics]
- in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 Series) #[nn]
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gary Groth
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Groth's essay continued from the inside front cover. Also, a small Jaime drawing on the lower left corner.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
illustration / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Colors:
- Tom Mason
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Characters:
- Monster X
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 [Music for Mechanics]
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Comics Can Be Art and Here Are Some of the Reasons Why
-
2.
Mechanics
Mechanics -
3.
Radio Zero
Errata Stigmata -
4.
[“There they are! The Polaris Apartments! Go around to the alley way, now!”]
Somewhere in California... -
5.
¿Music for Monsters?
Bang and Inez -
6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
[no title indexed]
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