The Complete Love & Rockets #8 - Blood of Palomar [2nd & 3rd Editions]

(February 1996)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Love and Rockets Book 8: Blood of Palomar (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 6 pages (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

title and publisher pages; indicia, production credits, table of contents

Welcome to Palomar (Table of Contents: 3)

Palomar / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Reprints

• from The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) (May 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Sugar 'N' Spikes (Table of Contents: 5)

Palomar / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Genre

drama

Characters

Vicente; Pipo; Jesus; Toco; Israel

Synopsis

Vicente recounts what happened when he got into a kicking contest with Pipo.

Reprints

• from The Reticent Heart and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1988 series) (May 1988)

Space Case (Table of Contents: 6)

Heartbreak Soup; Palomar / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Genre

drama

Characters

Theo; Maricela; Guadalupe; Ofelia; Luba

Synopsis

Guadalupe tries to find out if the sky goes on forever.

Reprints

• from Anything Goes! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #4 (May 1987)

Keywords

soap opera

Heraclio's Burden (Table of Contents: 7)

Palomar / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Genre

drama

Characters

Heraclio; Tonantzin; Diana; Luba; Pipo; Sergio; Maricela; Guadalupe

Synopsis

Luba and Pipo get Heraclio to babysit.

Reprints

• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (August 2003)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (September 2007)

Indexer Notes

This story from 1989 first appeared in this volume

Cast of Characters (in order of appearance) (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

typeset

Characters

Guadalupe; Maricela; Luba; Doralis; Heraclio Calderon; Carmen Calderon; Khamo; Casimira; Ofelia Beltran; Archie Ruiz; Diana Villasenor; Tonantzin Villasenor; El Alcalde [Jesus (Chuy) Bernal]; Chelo; Humberto; Augustin; Concha; Boots; Chango; Riri; Pipo; Geraldo Mejia; Dude #1 [Gerry]; Dude #2 [Steve Stranski]; Chancla; Martin "El Loco"; Tomaso; Theo; Sven Andersson; Debbie; Miguel; Detective Borro; Xiohmara; Howard Miller

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #25 (March 1988)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (September 2007)

Human Diastrophism (Table of Contents: 9)

Palomar / comic story / 105 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Genre

drama

Characters

Guadalupe; Maricela; Peter; Luba; Antonino; Heraclio Calderon; Khamo; Ofelia Beltran; Archie; Tonantzin; Diana; Chelo; Humberto; Augustin; Doralis; Chango Valdes; Riri; Concha; Casimira; Theo; Carmen; Pipo; Martin; Dude #1 [Gerry]; Dude #2 [Steve Stranski]; Chancla Piña; Tipin' Tipin'; Alcalde; Tomaso; Geraldo Mejia; Boots; Debbie; Bruce; La Li; Borro; Miguel Ramos; Xiohmara; Manuel; Howard Miller; Cathy

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #21 (July 1987), #22 (August 1987), #23 (October 1987), #24 (December 1987), #25 (March 1988), #26 (June 1988)
• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (August 2003)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (July 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (September 2007)

Keywords

soap opera

Indexer Notes

The story runs continously without the chapter title pages included in the original issues. It has been expanded to include six additional pages. In addition, some occasional minor tweaks were made to individual panels.

Cover Gallery and Chapter Headings (Table of Contents: 10)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Human Diastrophism (part 2) (Table of Contents: 11)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

Indexer Notes

Title page

[Love & Rockets #22 back cover] (Table of Contents: 12)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #22 (August 1987)

[Love & Rockets #23 cover] (Table of Contents: 13)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Characters

Guadalupe

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #23 (October 1987)

Human Diastrophism (part 3) (Table of Contents: 14)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Characters

Khamo

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #23 (October 1987)

Indexer Notes

This was the title page in Love & Rockets #23.

Human Diastrophism (part 4) (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #24 (December 1987)

Indexer Notes

This was the title page in Love & Rockets #24

[Love & Rockets #24 back cover] (Table of Contents: 16)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Human Diastrophism (part five) (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Human Diastrophism (part six) (Table of Contents: 18)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

[Love & Rockets #26 back cover] (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Characters

Tonantzin

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #26 (June 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[Love & Rockets #21 front cover] (Table of Contents: 22)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez [as Beto] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #21 (July 1987)

Indexer Notes

Back cover illustration with a summary of the book contents.