Love and Rockets (2001-2007 2nd Series) Comic-Sized comic books 2002
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Issue #4
Published Jun 2002 by Fantagraphics.$8.49
by Los Bros. Hernandez Imaginary dogs roam its walkways at night. All the air conditioners are broken. The empty swimming pool is covered with flies. What does this all mean? Don't ask Maggie, the manager of the notorious Capri Apartments deep in the heart of the San Fernando Valley. She has no answers. She just wants it to stop being so damn hot. Izzy knows but she sure ain't telling. Over on Beto's side of the comic, in "Julio's Day," Julio watches as his little brother Benjamin becomes the scourge of the neighborhood, and in "26,280 Hours To Kill" our man Roy is wrongly imprisoned and the mother of all prison riots erupts. Plus ? the latest chapter of Beto + Mario's "Me for the Unknown"! Four stories from three Bros. add up to great entertainment! MATURE READERS FC, 32pg $3.95 Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #5
Published Jul 2002 by Fantagraphics.$8.00
$8.00
by Los Bros. Hernandez "Generations" might be the subtitle for this especially lively, eclectic, and time-spanning issue of Love and Rockets, timed to premiere on the title's 20th anniversary. In the lead story that flashes back way before even the original Love and Rockets #1, a seven-year- old Penny Century is introduced to a forty-something H.R. Costigan ?? her husband to be many years later. Meanwhile, back in the present, Hopey spends quality time with her daddy, and Ray plays a game of "Over the Line" with some old Hoppers partners. Gilbert picks up the issue's theme and runs with it in the latest installment of "Julio's Day," as we find out some things about Julio's parents that will surprise us. Also, "The High Soft Lisp" centers around Fritz's punk days and her hopeless infatuation with Scott the Hog, the lead singer of the original Love and Rockets (from the Love and Rockets X graphic novel)...plus the latest ripping installment of the Mario/Beto south-of-the-border thriller "Me for the Unknown"! Three cartoonists, six stories, one modern classic! MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg $3.95 Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #6
Published Nov 2002 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
by Los. Bros. Hernandez The latest issue of Love & Rockets reintroduces one of Gilbert's wackiest characters... Roy! This cover-featured tale is the mother of all Roy epics, as he is wrongfully imprisoned and then caught in a hellish jailbreak. Plus Julio's dad lays it down in this issue's installment of "Julio's Day"; Dr. Fausto explores the mysterious case of "Rosario X"; beloved Danish comedian Dirk Passer stars in a classic "Peterson" adventure; and a new chapter of the Beto/Mario adventure epic, "Me For the Unknown." Over on the Jaime side of the fence, after last issue's Penny Century extravaganza, Maggie, Hopey, and Ray are back for three new stories! Deluxe paper, cardstock covers. MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg $3.95 Cover price $3.95.
