Love and Rockets #6

(Winter 2002-2003)

Toco (Table of Contents: 1)

Palomar / comic story / 4 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)

Genre

drama

Characters

Jesús; Pipo; Toco; Vicente

Synopsis

A stranger takes Toco to see a horror film and molests him in the theatre. After they leave the man is chased down by a crowd and beaten, off-panel. Toco reunites with Pipo and Vicente who had lost track of him.

Reprints

• in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (August 2003)
• in Palomar (Ediciones La Cúpula, 2005 series) #1 (Agosto 2005)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[2] - Heartbreak Soup (January 2007)
• in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #2 - Heartbreak Soup (May 2007)

Maggie [Part 6] (Table of Contents: 2)

Locas / comic story / 13 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

Bbriiiinnng

Genre

drama

Characters

Hopey; Alarma Kraktovilova; Maggie; Mister Maynez; Mrs. Kraktovilova (Alarma's mom, first appearance); Rosie; Vivian; Beva; Fleelee

Synopsis

After an apparent light earthquake Maggie checks with the residents of the apartment to see what repairs need to be made. Vivian needs back the tchotchke she stole from Sid the Knife but it seems Izzy might have it. After returning from a nighttime errand Maggie encounters Alarma dressed as superhero carrying a particular package.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[22] - Ghost of Hoppers (December 2005)
• in Locas (Fantagraphics, 2004 series) #II - Maggie, Hopey & Ray (June 2009)
• in Locas, Maggie Chascarrillo & Hopey Glass (Delcourt, 2010 series) #[nn] (septembre 2010)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[9] - Esperanza (June 2011)

Keywords

soap opera

Kid Stuff (Table of Contents: 3)

The Kid Stuff Kids / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto -02-)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto -02-)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto -02-)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto -02-)

Genre

drama; children

Characters

Jimmy; Killer; Guadalupe Reyna (off-panel); Arnolfo's Mother; Arnolfo

Synopsis

The kids are sent next door to babysit little Arnolfo.

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[23] - Luba: Three Daughters (2006)
• in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[14] - Three Sisters (2018)

Indexer Notes

First in a series. Later called "Kid Stuff Kids" or variations thereof. Jimmy is Guadalupe's son with Gato Reyna; Killer is her daughter with Hector Rivera.

Julio's Day [Part 6] (Table of Contents: 4)

Julio's Day / comic story / 1 page (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

The crops are dying!

Genre

drama

Characters

Tommy Doakes; Julio Reyes

Synopsis

The perpetual rain is killing the crops.

Reprints

• in Julio's Day (Fantagraphics, 2013 series) (February 2013)
which is reprinted
• in Julio (Atrabile, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #15 - Children of Palomar and Other Tales (2023)

30,000 Hours To Kill (Table of Contents: 5)

Roy / comic story / 4 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)

Characters

Judith; Roy; Bill Hargreaves; Froat; IRS Agent; Drunk Driver; Telemarketer; Judge

Synopsis

Roy is sent to prison for refusing to reveal the identity of the person who tried to rob him.

Reprints

• in Funny Book (Fantagraphics, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #12 - Comics Dementia (2016)

Keywords

arrest; court; jail; jailbreak; prison; riot; robbery

Peterson (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (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)

Genre

humor

Characters

Peterson; Dr. Dalby

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #12 - Comics Dementia (2016)

Me for the Unknown [Part 6] (Table of Contents: 7)

Me for the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mario Hernandez (signed as Mario)

Pencils

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Inks

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

Letters

Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the late 1600's the lands across the isthmus from Marzipan were mostly uninhabited.

Genre

drama

Characters

Captain M'Vina; Dario; Genius Jr.; Debra Lillard; Lily Lillard; Taggert Lillard; Taggert Lillard Jr.; Lunky; Magda; Queen Annina K'rk Svedor; Tempest Perriwinkle Blackmünd; Dario's Unnamed Brother

Reprints

• in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #15 - Children of Palomar and Other Tales (2023)

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

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime) (replies)

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Xochitl Mora; Rory J. Murphy; Brian Morton; Ben. Page also contains a few brief letter replies, indicia, credits, and contact details.

Vato's Gold (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Inks

Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)

Colors

Carrie Whitney (credited)

Characters

Maggie

Reprints

• in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[22] - Ghost of Hoppers (December 2005)

Indexer Notes

Back cover mock beer ad.