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The Complete Love & Rockets #[17]

Oct 2000 · Fantagraphics · 12.95 USD; 19.45 CAD
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About this Collection

This volume collects the early Love & Rockets story 'Fear of Comics,' a self-contained tale from the Hernandez brothers' acclaimed series. It presents a standalone narrative within the larger Love & Rockets universe, showcasing the distinctive storytelling and art that defined the groundbreaking comic.

Contains 35 stories
All With a Big Hello
2.67 pp
Diva
Untitled Humor story
0.33 pp · Humor
Frida KahloDiego RiveraLeon Trotsky
Spirit of the Thing
12.5 pp
HunchbackSheriffMotherSeñorita
Nevermind
0.5 pp
DivaFritz
Roy
3 pp
RoyJudithHomeless Woman
The Fabulous Ones
6.67 pp · Drama
Moby Dick
0.33 pp
Return of the Tzik
9 pp · Science Fiction
Franky OchoaKitten OchoaAlien TzikDelivery Man
Shout Ramirez and Her Very Best Friend Dinky
4 pp · Humor, Science Fiction
Shout RamirezDinkyLove GremlinFemale Civilian
Lung of Life
1 pp
NurseDoctor Drinker
Peripeteia
4 pp · Satire-Parody
Fléchette IndigoBolo CerealJesus Christ
Drink, Fucker!
3 pp
Mosquito
1 pp
Equinox, Jr.
0.67 pp
You Don't Change a Person's Mind, He Just Stops Arguing
0.33 pp · Satire-Parody
Father's Day
3 pp · Drama
DadMotherDaughter
Kidney Stoned
0.33 pp · Humor
Wilson
Are the Kids All Right?
0.67 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
The Fights
0.67 pp · Biography, Sports
John Lester JohnsonJack Dempsey

In "The Fights," a six-panel sequence captures the pivotal 1916 bout between Jack Dempsey and John Lester Johnson, exploring how the clash reverberated through Dempsey’s career. The story quietly examines the weight of that moment, the aftermath of the ring, and the echoes it left behind.

The Love Swine
0.33 pp
Me
3 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
The Legend of the Crying Woman - La Llorona
4 pp
La Llorona
She Sleeps with Anybody but Me
2 pp · Superhero
Female SuperheroKid
Abraxas
6 pp · Drama
TinaChuyThe HunchbackThe LadyHotel ManagerCute BoyLove Gremlin
A Piercing Denial
1 pp
BoyfriendGirlfriend #1Girlfriend #2
Glorified Magnified
2 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
TopoSweet ConejoOsoGanso
Wobbly Buttocks Frenzy
1 pp
The Shit Eaters
1 pp · Humor
Extend the Hand of Love to All Who Can Use It
18 pp · Adventure
HomoRoyBoy KingBoy King DoppelgängerShout RamirezDinky DiazJudithThe Froat
The Slugs of Palomar Fact? Or Myth?
0.75 pp
Theo (cameo)
Within Reason
0.25 pp
Untitled story
1 pp
Heroin
1 pp
Untitled Science Fiction story
8 pp · Science Fiction
CosmoBetty
Serious Fuckin'
1 pp
RoyJudith

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Gilbert Hernandez
cover pencils, inks Beto

Reprints

↩ Reprints Vortex #7 (1984), Zero Zero #[7] (1996), New Love #1 (1996), New Love #2 (1996), Hate #26 (1997), New Love #3 (1997), New Love #4 (1997), New Love #5 (1997), New Love #6 (1997), UG!3K & Expozo #[nn] (1999), Goody Good Comics #1 (2000)

Reprinted in Love and Rockets #16

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