(Summer 1983)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- On-sale date:
- 1983
- Indicia Publisher:
- Fantagraphics Books
- 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: Summer 1983. First print date needs to be confirmed. 1st: ?, 1983; 2nd printing: April 1991. The cover brand is "CX Comics Experimental" for the first printing, and "Fantagraphics Books" for the second one.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Colors:
- Janet Toombs
Content Information
- Characters:
- "Atoma"; super-powered baby
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 (in black & white)
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Kim Thompson
["I loved you... but you didn't love me..."] (Table of Contents)
Love and Rockets / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Drama
- Characters:
- Penny Century; "Atoma"; suicidal woman (dream sequence only)
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 Series) #[nn]
Sopa de Gran Pena (Table of Contents)
Palomar / comic story / 22 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Drama; Soap
- Characters:
- Tipin' Tipin'; Zomba; Gato; Carmen; Augustin; Lucia; Pipo Jimenez; Chelo; Gordo; Toco; Heraclio; Vicente; Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Jesus Angel; Israel Diaz; Manuel; Arturo; Soledad Marquez; Guero; Pintor; Luba; Ofelia; Maricela; Sheriff Borro
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #[nn]
- in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Fantagraphics, 2003 Series) #[nn]
- in Heartbreak Soup (Fantagraphics, 2007 Series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
First appearance of all characters except Luba, who first appeared in a story of questionable canonicity, "BEM" from #1; introduction of the Central American village of Palomar. Title, Sopa de Gran Pena, translates to "Heartbreak Soup". The story continues into the following issue.
Maggie vs. Maniakk (Table of Contents)
Maggie the Mechanic / comic story / 9 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez; Mario Hernandez (Maniakk's dialogue)
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Soap; Super Hero
- Characters:
- Maniakus Rex (Maniakk); Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Giggles Galore; Venetia Vendetta; Penny Century; Ultimax; unnamed Satellite City mayor
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn]
- in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
First appearances of:
Maniakk; Giggles Galore; Venetia Vendetta; Ultimax; unnamed Satellite City mayor
["So ya wanna?"] (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #[nn]
- in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 Series) #[nn]
Somewhere in California (Table of Contents)
comic story / 15 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Mario Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Mario Hernandez
- Inks:
- Mario Hernandez
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez (pgs. 7 & 13 only)
Content Information
- Characters:
- Brian Vinton; Joleen; Tony; Omor; Nefar; Sedrik; Kled; Afa Riengold; Dalvor Amorte; Aunt Verlika; Jan; Jelik; Fred
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 Series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
First appearance of all characters.
Locas Tambien (Table of Contents)
Locas / comic story / 1.9 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Soap
- Characters:
- Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Penny Century; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]; Terry [Theresa Leeanne Downe]; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Joey Glass; Tony Belle
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Ten Years of Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1992 Series) #[nn]
- in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn]
- in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
La Chota vs. Roy Cowboy (Table of Contents)
comic story / 0.1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Genre:
- Humor
- Characters:
- La Chota; Roy Cowboy
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Ten Years of Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1992 Series) #[nn]
- in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #[nn]
- in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
Locker Room interviews By and By (Table of Contents)
comic story / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks:
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Letters:
- Gilbert Hernandez
Content Information
- Characters:
- Dr. Smith; unnamed starving "Lower Side" family
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #[nn]
- in Amor y Cohetes (Fantagraphics, 2008 Series) #[nn]
Toyo's Request (Table of Contents)
comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Letters:
- Jaime Hernandez
Content Information
- Characters:
- Bernie Carbo; Rena Titañon; Duke Morales; Toyo; Zono Hibonales; Bull Marie
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 [Chelo's Burden]
- in Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #3
- in Maggie the Mechanic (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[nn]
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Letters:
- Typeset
Indexer Notes
The 2nd edition of this issue has a Jim Woodring "Jim" promo on this page.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
illustration / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks:
- Jaime Hernandez
- Colors:
- Gary Kwapisz; Pepfield J.
Content Information
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Love & Rockets, The (Fantagraphics, 1985 Series) #2 (in black & white)
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
["I loved you... but you didn't love me..."]
Love and Rockets -
3.
Sopa de Gran Pena
Palomar -
4.
Maggie vs. Maniakk
Maggie the Mechanic -
5.
["So ya wanna?"]
-
6.
Somewhere in California
-
7.
Locas Tambien
Locas -
8.
La Chota vs. Roy Cowboy
-
9.
Locker Room interviews By and By
-
10.
Toyo's Request
-
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
[no title indexed]
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