Love and Rockets Library
#[7] - Amor y Cohetes
(March 2008)
Fantagraphics,
2007 Series
- Price
- 16.99 USD
- Pages
- 292
- On-sale Date
- 2008-04-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
-
978-1-56097-926-5
- Barcode
- 9781560979265 51699
- Editing
- Kim Thompson (credited) (Edited by); Gary Groth (credited) (Original series edited by)
Issue Notes
A compilation of Jaime, Mario and Gilbert Hernandez's short-run stories from the pages of Love and Rockets.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez; Mario Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez; Mario Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez
- Characters
- Frida Kahlo; Rocky Rhodes; Patrick
- Reprints
-
in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #7 - Amor y Cohetes (June 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Images taken from the "Frida," (pg. 175) "Somewhere in the Tropics" (pg. 223) and "Out O' Space" (pg. 109) stories.
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Amor y Cohetes
credits, title page / 5 pages
- Characters
- Rocky; Fumble
Indexer Notes
title and publisher page; title pages with images from pgs. 106 and 108; indicia, production credits, table of contents
Sixto the Dinosaur
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sixto the Dinosaur
- Reprints
-
from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #16 (March 1986)
-
Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Penny Century; "Atoma"; suicidal woman (dream sequence only)
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #3 (Summer 1983)
-
BEM: Chapter 1
BEM / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; science fiction
- Characters
- Leonore; Leonore's Unnamed Friend; Bem; Harold Penis; Bob Zitz; Bobo; Peter; Luba; Mr. Radium; Echo; Roxanne; Paulo
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982) which is reprinted
-
BEM: Chapter 2
BEM / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; science fiction
- Characters
- Leonore's Unnamed Friend; Leonore; Mr. Radium; The Victim; Cha Cha Charlie
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982) which is reprinted
-
BEM: Chapter 3
BEM / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; science fiction
- Characters
- Luba; Peter; Patrice; Roxanne; Paulo; Leonore's Unnamed Friend; Bem
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
-
BEM: Chapter 4
BEM / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; science fiction
- Characters
- Leonore; Mr. Radium; Paulo/Bem; Luba; Cuate
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
-
BEM: Chapter 5
BEM / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; drama; science fiction
- Characters
- Leonore; Luba; Paulo/Bem; Mr. Radium; Leonore's Unnamed Friend
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
-
Barrio Huerta (Hoppers 13)
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Lencho; Rosalba; Mama Tota
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)
-
Music for Monsters I
Bang and Inez / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Bang; Inez; Vertigo; Vivik; The Pimple; Woman with Convertible
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982) which is reprinted
-
Radio Zero
Errata Stigmata / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Errata Stigmata; Bubbles; Old Lady; Velentia; Bubble's Mom [Edwina]
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)
-
¿Music for Monsters? II
Bang and Inez / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bang Bang; Inez Perez; Killiaak monsters; Doreena (unseen)
- Synopsis
- Bang Bang and Inez stop 5 Killiaak monsters from stealing a deadly disease.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)
-
[no title indexed]
Somewhere in California... / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Mario Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez (co-script)
- Pencils
- Mario Hernandez
- Inks
- Mario Hernandez
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There they are! The Polaris Apartments! Go around to the alley way, now!
- Genre
- crime; science fiction
- Characters
- Vodor; Handyman; Xed; Tony; Zezbar; Noalda; Kurdik; Svedor; Katie; Cluziah; Officer
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)
-
More Music for Monsters III
Bang and Inez / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bang Bang; Inez Perez; The Monster
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #4 (Fall 1983)
-
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So ya wanna?
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #3 (Summer 1983)
-
Twitch City
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Emico; Frida Kahlo (dream sequence); Mom; Senor Ito
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #4 (Fall 1983)
-
[no title indexed]
Somewhere in California... / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Mario Hernandez
- Pencils
- Mario Hernandez
- Inks
- Mario Hernandez
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez (pages 7 and 13 only)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Brian. You were right. The place still looks like a slum. Keen house, though
- Genre
- crime; science fiction
- Characters
- Brian Vinton; Joleen; Tony; Omor; Nefar; Kled; Sedrik; Afa Riengold; Doctor Amorte; Aunt Verlika; Jan; Jelik; Ralph
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #3 (Summer 1983)
-
Out o' Space
Rocky and Fumble / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rocky Rhodes; Fumble; Monster [King Patrick]
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #4 (Fall 1983)
-
Locker Room Interviews By and By
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Smith; Mother of Two Children
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #3 (Summer 1983)
-
A Fan Letter...
comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Bolo; KK; Julie
- Synopsis
- The history of the band Twitch City.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #5 (March 1984)
-
Retro Rocky
Rocky and Fumble / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rocky Rhodes; Fumble; Rocky's Mom [Melba Rhodes]; Rocky's Dad [John Rhodes]; Raymond
- Synopsis
- Rocky recalls how she got Fumble.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #5 (March 1984)
-
Le Contretemps
Errata Stigmata / comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Errata Stigmata; Bob
- Synopsis
- Errata discovers that Bob only loves her for her stigmata.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #5 (March 1984)
-
The Adventures of Rocky and Her Robot Fumble
Rocky and Fumble / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Rocky Rhodes; Fumble; Melba Rhodes; John Rhodes; Cop
- Synopsis
- Rocky comes home after running away.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #9 (November 1984)
-
Tears from Heaven
Errata Stigmata / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Errata Stigmata; Uncle Ira; Aunt Zephie; Piano Teacher; Dr. D. David Schulz; Oona
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #11 (April 1985)
-
Where Are We?
Rocky and Fumble / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez (signed)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rocky Rhodes; Fumble; Daddy [John Rhodes]
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #11 (April 1985)
-
The Many Faces of "Big" Danny Chesterfield
comic story / 4 pages
- Characters
- "Big" Danny Chesterfield
- Synopsis
- Danny goes to a peep show and interrupts the proceedings.
- Reprints
- from The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #4 - Tears from Heaven (January 1988)
-
Rocky's Birthday Surprise
Rocky and Fumble / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime “Shemp” Hernandez)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime “Shemp” Hernandez)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime “Shemp” Hernandez)
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez (credited as Jaime “Shemp” Hernandez)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rocky Rhodes; Fumble; Rhoda; Needra; Cheetah Torpeda; Mr. Bakers; Rongo Ragney
- Synopsis
- Fumble is kidnapped by a robot hater.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #12 (July 1985)
-
A True Story
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; sports
- Characters
- Gilbert Hernandez; Gilbert's Friend; The Fabulous Moolah; Adrian Adonis / Gorgeous Keith Franks [Keith Franke]; Gilbert's Younger Brother; Rowdy Roddy Piper (single-panel); Cyndi Lauper (single-panel); Abdullah the Butcher; Kevin Sullivan; Bolo; Dusty Rhodes; Joe LeDuc; Jimmy Valiant; King Kong Bundy; Little Beaver; Gilbert's Girlfriend; Security Guard; Popcorn Vendor; Iron Mike Sharpe; S. D. Jones; Announcer
- Synopsis
- The artist recounts his brief encounter with wrestler Adrian Adonis one night before a wrestling show.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #16 (March 1986)
-
Indexer Notes
This story includes a four-panel "epilogue" dated from 1988 which was not part of the original.
Bala
comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #21 (July 1987)
-
The Goat
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Becky Snyder
- Synopsis
- The narrator recounts what happened in a bar when she saw a person she hadn't seen since junior high.
- Reprints
- from Escape (Titan, 1986 series) #16 (1988) which is reprinted
- from The Village Voice (1988)
-
Frida
Frida Kahlo / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Frida Kahlo; 'Cachuca' Alejandro Gomez Arias (cameo); Diego Rivera
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #28 (December 1988)
-
Rocket Rhodes
Rocky and Fumble / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rocky Rhodes; Fumble; Dante; Cheetah Torpedah
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #17 (June 1986)
-
Beep Beep
comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #27 (August 1988)
-
¡Mojado Power! (A Tale from Southern California)
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Correo Garcia; Enero; Febrero Garcia; Miercoles; Speedy Ortiz (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #19 (January 1987)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
A Folk Tale
comic story / 8 pages
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #27 (August 1988)
-
El Show de Chota
La Chota / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- La Chota; Roy Cowboy
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #29 (March 1989)
-
Hernandez Satyricon
comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rena Titañon; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Duke Morales; Rand Race; Penny Century; Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]; Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]; Lima; Subir; Speedy Ortiz (cameo); Jaime Hernandez (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Gilbert plays around with his brother's characters in this whimsical and surreal sci-fiction piece.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #46 (December 1994)
-
War Paint
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Maricela; Riri; Tiburcia; Ofelia; Chelo; Luba
- Synopsis
- Maricela and Riri play around with makeup as Jaime takes a turn using some of his brother's characters.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #46 (December 1994)
-
Somewhere in the Tropics
comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- drama; advocacy
- Characters
- Owen; Mary; Annina; Achille; Spudo; Biscuit Mendicant; Dr. Assis; Cruz; Heimdahl; Mama; Malachi; Frodo; Kurdik; Chacun; Constable; Malachi
- Reprints
- from The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #15 - Hernandez Satyricon (August 1997) which is reprinted
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #40 (January 1993)
-
- Keywords
- political
Indexer Notes
The story includes the three additional pages that were added in the Complete Love & Rockets vol. 15 book
Marilyn Monroe
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Genre
- sports
- Synopsis
- A wordless round of boxing.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #43 (December 1993)
-
The KKK Come to Hoppers
Hoppers / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Ray; Mando; Ignacio
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #45 (July 1994)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Death, God and the Devil Are One
Errata Stigmata / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Errata Stigmata; Muerta
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #41 (May 1993)
-
Our Christmas!!!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Benny; Ray; Blandina; Doyle
- Synopsis
- The kids can't wait to receive their Christmas presents
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #43 (December 1993)
-
Life and Rockets ...When the Muse Is Not Amused
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Chacun; Muse; Mario Hernandez; El Menso; Biscuit Mendicant
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #50 (May 1996)
-
Easter Hunt
Locas / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; drama
- Characters
- Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Roy Cowboy; Julie Wree; Del Chimney (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #42 (August 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
“Written and originally drawn by Beto sometime around 1967. Drawn by Xaime in 1993.”
My Love Book
comic story / 14 pages
- Characters
- Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez; Nixon; Gubbah; Tony; Mom; Li'l Pumpkin Lad; Pump; Gorka; Sean; Steve; Pig
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #49 (November 1995)
-
Is It 10 Years Already?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]
- Reprints
- from Ten Years of Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1992 series) (September 1992)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
A blown up panel from pg. 200 ("A Folk Tale").
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Amor y Cohetes
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3.
Sixto the Dinosaur
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4.
Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets -
5.
BEM: Chapter 1
BEM -
6.
BEM: Chapter 2
BEM -
7.
BEM: Chapter 3
BEM -
8.
BEM: Chapter 4
BEM -
9.
BEM: Chapter 5
BEM -
10.
Barrio Huerta (Hoppers 13)
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11.
Music for Monsters I
Bang and Inez -
12.
Radio Zero
Errata Stigmata -
13.
¿Music for Monsters? II
Bang and Inez -
14.
["There they are! The Polaris Apartments! Go around to the alley way, now!"]
Somewhere in California... -
15.
More Music for Monsters III
Bang and Inez -
16.
["So ya wanna?"]
-
17.
Twitch City
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18.
["Well, Brian. You were right. The place still looks like a slum. Keen house, though"]
Somewhere in California... -
19.
Out o' Space
Rocky and Fumble -
20.
Locker Room Interviews By and By
-
21.
A Fan Letter...
-
22.
Retro Rocky
Rocky and Fumble -
23.
Le Contretemps
Errata Stigmata -
24.
The Adventures of Rocky and Her Robot Fumble
Rocky and Fumble -
25.
Tears from Heaven
Errata Stigmata -
26.
Where Are We?
Rocky and Fumble -
27.
The Many Faces of "Big" Danny Chesterfield
-
28.
Rocky's Birthday Surprise
Rocky and Fumble -
29.
A True Story
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30.
Bala
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31.
The Goat
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32.
Frida
Frida Kahlo -
33.
Rocket Rhodes
Rocky and Fumble -
34.
Beep Beep
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35.
¡Mojado Power! (A Tale from Southern California)
-
36.
A Folk Tale
-
37.
El Show de Chota
La Chota -
38.
Hernandez Satyricon
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39.
War Paint
-
40.
Somewhere in the Tropics
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41.
Marilyn Monroe
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42.
The KKK Come to Hoppers
Hoppers -
43.
Death, God and the Devil Are One
Errata Stigmata -
44.
Our Christmas!!!
-
45.
Life and Rockets ...When the Muse Is Not Amused
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46.
Easter Hunt
Locas -
47.
My Love Book
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48.
Is It 10 Years Already?
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49.
[no title indexed]
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50.
[no title indexed]
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51.
Los. Bros. Hernandez
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52.
[no title indexed]
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53.
Los Bros. As You've Never Seen Them!
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