New Love
#4
(May 1997)
Fantagraphics,
1996 Series
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD
- Pages
- 28
- On-sale Date
- 1997-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [stacked]
- Barcode
- 074470901266 06
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
1st printing: May 1997
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Colors
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ugly girl
- Reprints
Drink, Fucker!
comic story / 3 pages
- 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
- Two drinkers
- Synopsis
- Bar philosophy from two friends drinking together.
- Reprints
-
in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[17] - Fear of Comics (October 2000) - in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
- in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #12 - Comics Dementia (2016)
-
Mosquito
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Primitives; Mosquito
- Synopsis
- A murder in the village- a folk tale about how the mosquito was born.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[17] - Fear of Comics (October 2000)
- in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
- in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #12 - Comics Dementia (2016)
-
Who Cares About Love?
Venus / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Letters from Venus
- Genre
- drama; children
- Characters
- Carlos; Fritz; Glinda Gonzalez (1st appearance); Petra; Sergio (unnamed); David Vasquez; Joey Vasquez (unnamed); Venus; Yolie (unnamed); Yoshio; Kat (Carlos's girlfriend, unnamed)
- Synopsis
- Assorted misunderstandings- Venus thinks she's in love with Carlos the comic book store clerk, but Petra is having a fling with him. Venus leaves the store crestfallen once she catches Carlos and Kat in an embrace. Petra trashes the store in a rage once Carlos tells her they can't see each other anymore.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[19] - Luba in America (2001)
- in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
-
in Luba (Delcourt, 2010 series) #1 (janvier 2010) - in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[10] - Luba and Her Family (2014)
-
You Don't Change a Person's Mind, He Just Stops Arguing
comic story / 0.33 page
- 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; satire-parody
- Reprints
Father's Day
comic story / 3 pages
- 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
- Dad; Mother; Daughter
- Synopsis
- A father goes in search of his absent teenage daughter.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- slice of life
Kidney Stoned
Wilson / comic story / 0.33 page
- 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
- Wilson
- Synopsis
- Wilson is present at a birth.
- Reprints
Are the Kids All Right?
comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Seth (credited); Gary Groth (credited)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Editing
- Seth (credited) (copy-editing); Gary Groth (credited) (edited by)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Gary Groth; Seth
- Synopsis
- Two intellectuals in superhero costumes bemoaning contemporary culture.
- Reprints
Your New Favorite Pin-Up!
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Synopsis
- A nude self-portrait.
- Reprints
The Fights
Twelve-Forty Two / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- biography; sports
- Characters
- John Lester Johnson; Jack Dempsey
- Synopsis
- Events in the life of John Lester Johnson- a six panel sequence focusing on the Jack Dempsey/John Lester Johnson fight from 1916 and its effects on Dempsey's career.
- Reprints
The Love Swine
comic story / 0.33 page
- 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
- Synopsis
- An attempted child kidnapping at a playground.
- Reprints
Roy
Roy / comic story / 3 pages
- 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
- Roy, why do have that picture up?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Judith; Roy; Unnamed Homeless Woman; Roy's Co-Workers
- Synopsis
- Roy keeps his spirit and does good.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This first panel incorporates this issue's front cover illustration, depicted as a wall painting discussed by the characters.
Kidney Stoned Again
Fritz; Venus / comic story / 1 page
- 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; children
- Characters
- Enrique; Fritz; Venus; Fritz's High School Friend
- Synopsis
- Venus recounts to Fritz what she thinks she told her about her model boyfriend and how they met.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #[19] - Luba in America (2001)
- in Luba (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (March 2009)
- in Luba (Delcourt, 2010 series) #1 (janvier 2010)
- in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[10] - Luba and Her Family (2014)
-
- Keywords
- slice of life
Coming Attractions Featured in the Next Coruscating Issue of New Love
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Venus / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Colors
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto)
- Genre
- drama; children
- Characters
- Carlos; Fritz; Glinda Gonzalez; Petra; David Vasquez; Venus; Yoshio Yoshiki
- Synopsis
- Venus plays with dolls of her friends and relations.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Drink, Fucker!
-
2.
Mosquito
-
3.
Who Cares About Love?
Venus -
4.
Equinox, Jr.
-
5.
You Don't Change a Person's Mind, He Just Stops Arguing
-
6.
Father's Day
-
7.
Kidney Stoned
Wilson -
8.
Are the Kids All Right?
-
9.
Your New Favorite Pin-Up!
-
10.
The Fights
Twelve-Forty Two -
11.
The Love Swine
-
12.
Roy
Roy -
13.
Kidney Stoned Again
Fritz; Venus -
14.
Coming Attractions Featured in the Next Coruscating Issue of New Love
-
15.
These Comic Books Will Rock Your World!
-
16.
[no title indexed]
Venus
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Gregory Fischer
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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