(August 1987)
Fantagraphics,
1987 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 10.95 USD; 15.45 CAD
- Pages
- 150
- On-sale Date
- 1987
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
Fantagraphics Books [serif, double border]
- ISBN
-
978-0-930193-34-8; 0-930193-34-2
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (Editor)
- Color
- color cover; black & white interior
- Binding
- softcover with inner flaps
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
One of four Love & Rockets reprint paperbacks in this format- the other titles were "Love & Rockets: Short Stories," "The Lost Women and Other Stories" and "The Reticent Heart and Other Stories"
The indicia gives an ISBN for a hardcover edition of this volume. That number, however, is for the first "Complete Jules Feiffer" Fantagraphics volume. No hardcover edition seems to exist for this book.
The indicia gives an ISBN for a hardcover edition of this volume. That number, however, is for the first "Complete Jules Feiffer" Fantagraphics volume. No hardcover edition seems to exist for this book.
Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories
Palomar / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez
- Colors
- Eric Vincent; S & M Graphics (as S*M Graphics) (color separations)
- Genre
- drama
- Reprints
- in Love and Rockets: The Covers (Fantagraphics, 2013 series) (March 2013)
-
Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories
credits, title page / 4 pages
- Characters
- Tonantzin
Indexer Notes
title and publisher pages; table of contents page; indicia and production credits page
Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Alan Moore
- Letters
- Inez M. Selleck (typesetting)
Chelo's Burden
Palomar / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Chelo; Vicente; Jesus Angel; Aurora; Israel Diaz; Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Pipo Jimenez; Emil; Irma; Hans; Manuel; Soledad Marquez
- Synopsis
- The narrator gives a rundown on various residents of Palomar.
- Reprints
- from The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2 (June 1986)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Heartbreak Soup
Palomar / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Synopsis
- Illustration of a deserted street scene in Palomar
- Reprints
- from The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #2 (June 1986)
-
Sopa de Gran Pena, part one
Palomar / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Tipin' Tipin'; Zomba; Gato Reyna; Carmen; Augustin; Lucia; Pipo Jimenez; Chelo; Gordo; Toco; Heraclio; Vicente; Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Jesus Angel; Israel Diaz; Manuel; Arturo; Soledad Marquez; Guero; Pintor; Luba; Ofelia Beltran; Maricela; Sheriff Borro
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #3 (Summer 1983)
-
Sopa de Gran Pena, part two
Palomar / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Chelo; Gato Reyna; Heraclio; Vicente; Jesus; Israel Diaz; Constable; Satch; Toco; Sheriff Borro; Tipin' Tipin'; Carmen; Augustine; Lucia; Pipo Jimenez; Manuel (dies); Soledad Marquez; Ofelia Beltran; Maricela; Juan Cobos; Tonantzin Carolongas; Pintor
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #4 (Fall 1983)
-
The Mystery Wen (Heartbreak Soup Theater)
Palomar / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Pencils
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Inks
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Letters
- Gilbert Hernandez (signed)
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Heraclio; Pepo; La Li; Tonansin; Carmen; Bruja
- Synopsis
- Heraclio worries about his health when he discovers a wen on his scalp.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #6 (May 1984)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
Radio Zero
Errata Stigmata / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Errata Stigmata; Bubbles; Old Lady; Valentia
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #2 (Spring 1983)
-
Twitch City
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Emico; Frida Kahlo (dream sequence); Mom; Señor Ito
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #4 (Fall 1983)
-
Act of Contrition part one
Palomar / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Luba; Martin; Ofelia Beltran; Maricela; Archie Ruiz; Doralis; Casamira; Guadalupe; Vicente
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #5 (March 1984)
-
Act of Contrition part two
Palomar / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Ofelia Beltran; Doralis; Maricela; Casimira; Guadalupe; Archie Ruiz; Luba; Joey Saldana; Chelo; Martin; Rudy; Senora Meza
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #6 (May 1984)
-
Act of Contrition part 3
Palomar / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Archie Ruiz; Archie's Mom; Chelo; Maricela; Casamira; Martin; Ofelia Beltran; Guadalupe; Luba; Doralis; Esther; Tom
- Synopsis
- Luba attempts to get a part to repair the movie projector.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #7 (July 1984)
-
A Fan Letter...
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Bolo; KK; Julie
- Synopsis
- The history of the band Twitch City.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #5 (March 1984)
-
- Keywords
- soap opera
[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)
-
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)
-
The Laughing Sun part one
Palomar / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Diana Villaseñor; Tonanzin Villaseñor; Jesus Angel; Chelo; Carmen; Laura; Heraclio; Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Israel Diaz; Vicente; Pipo (1st flashback only); Pintor (2nd flashback only); Manuel (2nd flashback only); Toco (2nd flashback only); Soledad Marquez (2nd flashback only)
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #8 (September 1984)
-
The Laughing Sun part 2
Palomar / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Jesus; Laura; Heraclio; Vicente; Satch; Israel; Chelo; Carmen; Luba; Gato Reyna
- Synopsis
- The men of the village retrieve Jesus from the wilderness.
- Reprints
- from Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1982 series) #9 (November 1984)
-
A Little Story...
Palomar / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Satch [Sakahaftewa]; Pipo; Israel; Jesus; Vicente; Martin; Chelo; Tipin' Tipin'
- Synopsis
- The children of Palomar climb on the stone idols outside town.
- Reprints
- from The Complete Love & Rockets (Fantagraphics, 1985 series) #1 - Music for Mechanics (February 1989)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Tonantzin
Indexer Notes
A brief promo for other books from this artist
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carol Kovinick-Hernandez (photo)
- Inks
- Carol Kovinick-Hernandez (photo)
- Colors
- Carol Kovinick-Hernandez (photo)
- Letters
- Inez M. Selleck (typesetting)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Born in 1957 in Oxnard, California, just north of Los Angeles, Gilbert Hernandez inherited a love of comics...
- Characters
- Gilbert Hernandez (photo)
Indexer Notes
Back cover blurb with a single photo.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories
Palomar -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
Heartbreak Soup and Other Stories
-
4.
Introduction
-
5.
Chelo's Burden
Palomar -
6.
Heartbreak Soup
Palomar -
7.
Sopa de Gran Pena, part one
Palomar -
8.
Sopa de Gran Pena, part two
Palomar -
9.
The Mystery Wen (Heartbreak Soup Theater)
Palomar -
10.
Radio Zero
Errata Stigmata -
11.
Twitch City
-
12.
Act of Contrition part one
Palomar -
13.
Act of Contrition part two
Palomar -
14.
Act of Contrition part 3
Palomar -
15.
A Fan Letter...
-
16.
["So ya wanna?"]
-
17.
Locker Room Interviews By and By
-
18.
The Laughing Sun part one
Palomar -
19.
The Laughing Sun part 2
Palomar -
20.
A Little Story...
Palomar -
21.
[no title indexed]
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22.
[no title indexed]
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23.
[no title indexed]
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24.
["Born in 1957 in Oxnard, California, just north of Los Angeles, Gilbert Hernandez inherited a love of comics..."]
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