Love and Rockets #7 [Regular Edition]

(July 2019)

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes images of variant covers; promo for Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez other new books; Convention schedule for the Hernandez's; indicia.

99° (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I know I shouldn't ask why you were an absolute sex cyclone the day you came home from your punk reunion thing.

Genre

drama

Characters

Maggie Chascarillo; Ray Dominguez

Synopsis

Maggie and Ray in bed post-coitus in a story narrated from Ray's point of view.

Tonta (Table of Contents: 3)

Tonta / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you think you'll visit me at college, Tonta?

Genre

drama

Characters

Jolena Castor; Judy Fair; Gomez; Jennilee; Kim; Muñeca; Gwen Stefanski; Tonta; Stefanino

Synopsis

Tonta and friends cosplay at the CalCon comics convention as they prepare to go their separate ways for college. Jolena has invited her family to what one of her daughters calls a "Black Widow" dinner but of them only Tonta shows up.

And Another Punk Rock Reunion (Table of Contents: 4)

Fritz; Killer / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's gotta be weird to have an instant teenage daughter, Steve.

Genre

drama

Characters

Love and Rockets: El Fontanel; Sean Ogata; Scott the Hog; Rex Walker
Gerry; Pipo Jimenez; Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez; Dora "Killer" Rivera; Rosario; Steve Stranski; Igor Valdez

Synopsis

Guadalupe and Steve hold a punk rock reunion party as all three iterations of the Love and Rockets band play. Fritz reprises her degrading relationship with Scott.

Diva (Table of Contents: 5)

Killer / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Warriors of a nuclear dawn...

Genre

drama

Characters

Chino; Guadalupe; Amy Jones; Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez; Blackie Okamoto; Dora "Killer" Rivera; Hector Rivera; Steve Stranski; Jason Sterling

Synopsis

Part-time music critic Hector writes a negative review of his daughter Killer's live gig without recognizing who she was.

In no Particular Order (Table of Contents: 6)

Killer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pretty obvious playlist you've got here, Hector.

Genre

drama

Characters

Blackie Okamoto; Dora "Killer" Rivera; Hector Rivera; Jason Sterling

Synopsis

The characters namecheck a wide variety of classic tunes as Hector takes pride in the good taste he's imprinted on his daughter. Includes a large playlist for both Hector and Killer.

Fast Bath (Table of Contents: 7)

Fritz / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm not leading Fritz on.

Genre

drama

Characters

Danny Chulo; Corazon; El Fontanel (single-panel); Pipo Jimenez; Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez; Sean Ogata; Dora "Killer" Rivera (single-panel); Scott the Hog (death); Tikitik; Ulu; Wilfer

Synopsis

Fritz's (as always) debased relationship with Scott continues. Pipo tells him to say he loves her in order to get her to drop him. Now married to her for the third time, he does as asked. She drops him and later he dies of cardiac arrest.

Indexer Notes

The debased relationship Fritz had with Scott was seen in early-to-mid 2000s Love and Rockets stories. Collected in the Love and Rockets Library #14: Three Sisters book.

Animus! (Table of Contents: 8)

Animus / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)

Letters

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Meek, Meek, Mareek! Bareek!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Animus (last panel); Lumina; Merlon; Calcetina; Stefanovich

Synopsis

Merlon takes possession of the See Stone now that Lumina has brought it back. Later on however it explodes, setting Animus free.

The Complete Love and Rockets Library (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Colors

?

Genre

drama

Characters

Love and Rockets: El Fontanel; Sean Ogata; Scott the Hog
Gerry; Guadalupe; Pipo Jimenez; Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez; Sean Ogata; Steve Stranski; Igor Valdez

Synopsis

Three illustrations.

Indexer Notes

Back cover in color with publisher's logo, price, and barcode.

top panel (left to right): Sean, Scott, El Fontanel (on drums), Fritz
middle panel: Gerry, Igor, Guadalupe, Steve
bottom panel: Pipo

In the Fantagraphics variant this is a Jaime-drawn image of Ray and Maggie, distracted, in the missionary position.