(June 1986)

Fantagraphics, 1982 Series
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Volume
[1]
Price
2.25 USD; 3.15 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1986
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Recommended for mature readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
Fantagraphics Books [serif, with border]
Editing
Gary Groth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

1st printing: May 1986.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Locas / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as JAIME [cross over I])
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as JAIME [cross over I])
Colors
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (colors); Mr. Nels (credited) (color separations)
Letters
typeset
Genre
drama
Characters
Maggie Chascarillo; Terry Downe; Hopey Glass; Daffy Matsumoto; Izzy Ortiz
Reprints

Indexer Notes

from left: Daffy, Maggie, Hopey, Terry, Izzy

Cover Thumbnail for Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #17
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Cover gallery

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

table of contents / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Linda Gorrell (credited as Linda M. Gorell) (typesetting)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Include indicia.
Inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Letters / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gary Groth (credited as Editor) (replies)
Letters
Linda Gorrell (credited as Linda M. Gorell) (typesetting)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters span 0.67 page on inside front cover and 0.33 page on page 33.
Includes letters from Emily Devenport, Michael O'Brien, J.L. Paine, Coby Stites, Robert Toren, Patrick J. Lee and Jeffrey Sommer.

Locas vs. Locos (Table of Contents: 3)

Locas / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as BIG DADDY)
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as BIG DADDY)
Inks
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as BIG DADDY)
Letters
Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (signed as BIG DADDY)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's probably the fuckin' raddest song I've ever heard in my life.
Genre
drama
Characters
Tony Belle; Doyle Blackburn (1st appearance); Maggie Chascarillo; Correo (single-panel); Terry Downe; Febrero Garcia (single-panel); Hopey Glass; Joey Glass; Richard Glass (Joey's dad, 1st appearance); Zero Gravity; Kiko Kurihara (1st appearance); Daffy Matsumoto; Nami Matsumoto (Daffy's unnamed young sister, 1st appearance, single-panel); Izzy Ortiz; Tom Tom (1st appearance); Itsuki Yeto (1st appearance, single-panel); Goo Goo; Noel Matsumoto (Daffy's young sister, single-panel, unnamed)
Synopsis
Joey and Doyle go off to get Joey's Ape Sex record, but each person they contact has lent it to someone else. Maggie is resting due to her poorly healed childhood ankle injury. Izzy is getting evicted leaving Hopey scrambling to find a place for her and Maggie, but Terry offers to take them in. Izzy is moving in to the supposed haunted house she inherited from the deceased Mrs. Galindo.
Reprints
Keywords
soap opera

The Way Things're Going (Table of Contents: 4)

Palomar / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as BETO [same sized lettering])
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as BETO [same sized lettering])
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as BETO [same sized lettering])
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as BETO [same sized lettering])
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vicente came home one day looking pretty beat. He had just lost his job at the plant.
Genre
drama
Characters
Doralis de los Santos; Luba (cameo); Gato Reyna (single-panel, silhouette); Vicente; Saturnino (Vicente's unnamed friend); Nubian Maiden; Guy in a Sharp Suit; The Cook
Synopsis
Vicente and his friend, broke, down and out and unemployed, maintain their friendship while dealing with the harsh indignities of daily life.
Reprints
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

Saturnino's name won't be stated until the "Bullnecks and Bracelets" story in issue nineteen.

Rocket Rhodes (Table of Contents: 5)

Rocky and Fumble / 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
Quit following me!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Fumble (flashback); Rocky Rhodes; Cheetah Torpeda; Eric; Dante
Synopsis
Rocky recalls how her relentless wanderlust for the stars came about, how the temporary space portals she encountered allowed her to fulfill that passion and how she came to be permanently stranded in the planet Mako Mato in this series finale.
Reprints

Duck Feet (Part One) (Table of Contents: 6)

Palomar / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as Beto)
Pencils
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as Beto)
Inks
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as Beto)
Letters
Gilbert Hernandez (credited as Gilbert) (signed as Beto)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Go away! We made a deal, remember? As long as we keep our business here on the edge of town you don't bug us, right?!
Genre
drama
Characters
Ofelia Beltran; La Bruja; Carmen Calderon; Heraclio Calderon; Chelo; Casimira de los Santos; Doralis de los Santos; Guadalupe; Pipo Jimenez; Sergio Jimenez; Luba; Maricela; Boots Piña; Gato Reyna; Theo; Tonantzín Villaseñor; Xiohmara; Meme; Roberto Reyna (dies); Roberto's unnamed grandfather (dies); Jeff Chandler (single-panel photo); Frida Kahlo (single-panel photo); Lorraina; Miguel
Synopsis
Luba has fallen into a deep hole but is too embarrassed to accept help, preferring to find a way out herself. A bruja has arrived in town. Sheriff Chelo nervously indulges her request to get her feet tended to, hoping she'll leave quickly. Unfortunately, Boots steals the bruja's leather sack which contains a baby skull. She throws it over a rooftop after which it falls into the hole where Luba is, hitting her head. The bruja accuses Chelo of stealing it and stares at her intensely.
Reprints
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

The title refers to what the children in the story think La Bruja has when she removes her shoes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Love and Rockets / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
Inks
Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
Letters
Linda Gorrell (credited as Linda M. Gorell) (typesetting)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Back issues

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #15, #16, and the upcoming #18; as well as for Mechanics (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 and #2, and The Complete Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 and #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Fantagraphics Books / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Peter Bagge (credited); Jaime Hernandez; Daniel Clowes (credited); Jim Rohn; Mike Kazaleh (credited); Stan Sakai; William Messner-Loebs (credited as Bill Messner-Loebs); John Byrne (credited); Gil Kane; Howard Chaykin; Dave Gibbons; Chester Gould
Inks
Peter Bagge (credited); Jaime Hernandez; Daniel Clowes (credited); Jim Rohn; Mike Kazaleh (credited); Stan Sakai; William Messner-Loebs (credited as Bill Messner-Loebs); John Byrne (credited); Gil Kane; Howard Chaykin; Dave Gibbons; Chester Gould
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you've enjoyed reading this magazine

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the following comics and magazines about comics: Neat Stuff (Fantagraphics, 1985 series); Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series); Lloyd Llewellyn (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Threat (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); The Adventures of Captain Jack (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Critters (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Journey (Fantagraphics, 1985 series); The Doomsday Squad (Fantagraphics, 1986 series); Anything Goes (Fantagraphics, 1986 series; The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series); Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series); Nemo: The Classic Comics Library (Fantagraphics, 19983 series).
Printed on inside back cover and preceding page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
E. C. Segar
Inks
E. C. Segar
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Popeye owned the first jeep
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye (Fantagraphics, 1984 series).
Back cover

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Locas
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Letters
  4. 3. Locas vs. Locos
    Locas
  5. 4. The Way Things're Going
    Palomar
  6. 5. Rocket Rhodes
    Rocky and Fumble
  7. 6. Duck Feet (Part One)
    Palomar
  8. 7. ["Back issues"]
    Love and Rockets
  9. 8. ["If you've enjoyed reading this magazine"]
    Fantagraphics Books
  10. 9. ["Popeye owned the first jeep"]
    Popeye
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