(September 1992)
Fantagraphics,
1992 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 1.95 CAD
- Pages
- 40
- On-sale Date
- 1992
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [sans serif, single border]
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (editor); Katy MacRae (credited) (editor); Lisa Lippman (credited) (assisted by)
- Color
- color covers, mostly black and white Interior
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto); Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed as Beto); Jaime Hernandez (signed as Xaime)
- Colors
- Dale Yarger (credited)
- Characters
- Junior Brooks; Maggie Chascarillo; Hopey Glass; Luba
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
left to right: Junior, Hopey, Maggie, Luba
Bienvenidos a Love & Rockets
about comics / 3 pages
- Script
- Katy MacRae (credited)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez; Jaime Hernandez
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Maggie Chascarillo; Hopey Glass; Luba; Maricela; Riri; Igor; Wanda
- Pages
- 1 - 3
Indexer Notes
Brief essay; Table of Contents; production credits; indicia; a Hoppers 13 timeline; a Palomar timeline; six small drawings of Hopey that detail her various hair styles; a story index for the first nine issues of the “Complete Love & Rockets” series
Space Case
Palomar / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited)
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited)
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Ofelia Beltran; Guadalupe; Luba; Maricela; Theo; Guadalupe's Profesora
- Synopsis
- Guadalupe tries to find out if the sky goes on forever.
- Reprints
- from Anything Goes! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #4 (May 1987)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Is it 10 Years Already?
Locas / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as XoxoXaime)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as XoxoXaime)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as XoxoXaime)
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as XoxoXaime)
- Genre
- humor; drama
- Characters
- Maggie Chascarillo; Hopey Glass
- Synopsis
- The duo break the fourth wall and repeat things that have been said to them over the years.
- Reprints
Be Bop a Luba
Palomar / 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
- Characters
- Ofelia Beltran; Carmen Calderon; Heraclio Calderon; Tito Calderon; Concepcion de los Santos; Doralis de los Santos (wall photo); Joselito de los Santos; Socorro de los Santos; Guadalupe (wall photo); Khamo de los Santos; Luba de los Santos; Heraclio and Carmen's unnamed newborn twins
- Synopsis
- Heraclio visits Luba, who has recently given birth to her seventh baby Concepcion.
- Reprints
- in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #14 - Luba Conquers the World (December 1996)
- in The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #14 - Luba Conquers the World (December 1996)
- in Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (A Love and Rockets Book) (Fantagraphics, 2003 series) (August 2003)
- in Love and Rockets Library (Fantagraphics, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (July 2007)
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in Love and Rockets (Titan, 2007 series) #[4] - Human Diastrophism (September 2007)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Indexer Notes
First appearance of both of Heraclio and Carmen's unnamed twin babys. In the previous Palomar-based story in Love and Rockets #39 only one of them was seen.
The next Palomar-based story will be in Love and Rockets #41 (May 1993).
At the Drawing Board with Jaime
about comics / 8 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (credited); Darcy Sullivan (credited)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (credited)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 9 - 16
Indexer Notes
Text interview includes nine illustrations and seven pages (some of them unfinished) from previous Love & Rockets stories.
Who's Who in Love & Rockets
character profile / 4 pages
Indexer Notes
Character list for the series with several small head shot drawings from both artists.
Locas Tambien
Locas / comic story / 1.85 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Here comes Maggie! Man, I'd sure like her to give me head scissors.
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Tony Belle; Penny Century; Maggie Chascarillo; Terry Downe; Hopey Glass; Joey Glass; Daffy Matsumoto; Izzy Ortiz; Speedy Ortiz (single-panel in car, distant); Rand Race (single-panel photo)
- Synopsis
- Hopey kicks out Tony and Joey due to their insults and then goes with Maggie to the Foodmart.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #3 (Summer 1983)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
La Chota vs. Roy Cowboy
La Chota / comic story / 0.15 page
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as The Worst)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Roy Cowboy; La Chota
- Synopsis
- La Chota punches out Roy.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #3 (Summer 1983)
-
At the Drawing Board with Gilbert
about comics / 8 pages
- Script
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited); Darcy Sullivan (credited)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited)
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez (credited); typeset
- Pages
- 23 - 30
Indexer Notes
Text interview includes five illustrations, fourteen panels and four pages from previous issues
Las Monjas Asesinas
Locas / comic story / 1.8 pages
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Ned the Wino)
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Maggie Chascarillo; Mary Christmas; Hopey Glass; Lester; Maya; Tex; Les
- Synopsis
- Maggie wants to know if Hopey is going back to California. The duo meet Maya in a conversation that starts out awkwardly.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #31 (December 1989)
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- Keywords
- soap opera
The Fake Santa Claus Throws a Plan
comic story / 0.1 page
- Script
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
- Letters
- Jaime Hernandez (signed as Jaime)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- The Fake Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- The fake Santa gets blasted by a fart.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Small four-panel strip located on the bottom of the previous story's first page.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 0.1 page
- Characters
- Maggie Chascarillo
Indexer Notes
Seven small drawings of Maggie in a bikini on the second page of the “Las Monjas Asesinas” story
Scrapbook
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Jaime Hernandez; Gilbert Hernandez; ? (photo)
- Colors
- ?
- Characters
- Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]; Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]; Gilbert Hernandez (photo); Jaime Hernandez (photo)
Indexer Notes
Five small drawings and one small photo of the Bros. Hernandez
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Promos for the Love & Rockets 10th Anniversary Tour; an ad for several Fantagraphics books; an ad for Love & Rockets material; promo for the series with quotes from Rolling Stone, the Times of London, the Washington Post and others
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Bienvenidos a Love & Rockets
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2.
Space Case
Palomar -
3.
Is it 10 Years Already?
Locas -
4.
Be Bop a Luba
Palomar -
5.
At the Drawing Board with Jaime
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6.
Who's Who in Love & Rockets
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7.
Locas Tambien
Locas -
8.
La Chota vs. Roy Cowboy
La Chota -
9.
At the Drawing Board with Gilbert
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10.
Las Monjas Asesinas
Locas -
11.
The Fake Santa Claus Throws a Plan
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12.
[no title indexed]
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13.
Scrapbook
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14.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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