Love and Rockets

[TupennyConan]

Reading issue 1 now.

 

I'm 40 & have never read any L&R's before.

 

Watcha think bout it?

[TupennyConan]

BEM, Maggie, Radium, Luba with the watermelon vines

[Ken Aldred]

I have a complete run of the first, magazine-sized series, and it's one of my all-time favourite indies. Hope you enjoy reading it too. (thumbs u

[TupennyConan]

All I have is #1.

 

How many issues did it run?

[Ken Aldred]

50 issues in the first series.

 

[TupennyConan]

I'm in the market now for 49 mags.

 

Does it chronicle these same characters all the way through?

[Ken Aldred]

Fantagraphics used to have some of the original magazine issues on sale quite cheaply, but you'll still be missing a lot of the run, and it will be easier to pick up the trades instead. The Locas and Palomar hardcovers miss out some stories.

 

The second, comic-sized series ran for 20 issues. I bought the collected Locas II and Luba hardcovers instead. I felt that both of them started to run out of steam a bit towards the end.

[TupennyConan]

Trades huh?

 

I'll check ebay.

[Ken Aldred]

Does it chronicle these same characters all the way through?

Jaime continues the 'Maggie and Hopey' / 'Penny Century'/ 'Locas' narrative across the two series.

 

In Gilbert's work, the first series introduces and concentrates on various inhabitants of Palomar, a village in Central America, whereas the second series is basically about Luba's later life when she is living in the US with her extended family.

 

In between the two main L+R series, there are some short miniseries featuring the important characters, which you'll find reprinted in the collected editions as well.

 

[sakaridis]

One of the best comic books of all time. Do yourself a favor and seek out everything L&R related! (thumbs u

[Jeffro.]

 

Watcha think bout it?

 

I think you should have started the thread in the Copper forum.

[Mr 9.8]

 

Watcha think bout it?

 

I think you should have started the thread in the Copper forum.

+1

I thought this was a ''Copper'' book?

 

Hmm first issue was September 1982.

 

[namisgr]

I thought bronze could be considered as going all the way to 1984.

[TupennyConan]

[Ken Aldred]

The publication date of the first issue and the Age ambiguity had occurred to me straight away, and I just treated the book as 'end of Bronze Age' or 'transitional'.

 

Personally, my aim here was simply to give some helpful advice about a great comic book run.

[TupennyConan]

Mr Jeffro sucked all the joy out of this thread

 

I will be taking my Los Bros Hernandez and going home now

[Theagenes]

Love & Rockets is something I had always wanted to read, but like Tupenny I just never got around to it. Posting this thread reminded me of it's existence and for a minute there I thought I might start seeking out the trades as well. But, then someone pointed out it's Copper Age, so ...

[TupennyConan]

 

Just joshing with you Jeffro

[Jeffro.]

 

Just joshing with you Jeffro

 

The only relevant thing I can contribute to this thread is that I like how the artist drew huge boobs on some of the girls. That's all I got.

[joe_collector]

The publication date of the first issue and the Age ambiguity had occurred to me straight away, and I just treated the book as 'end of Bronze Age' or 'transitional'.

 

Personally, my aim here was simply to give some helpful advice about a great comic book run.

 

Agreed, but the Indy Movement (of which L&R is a very important part of) is still Copper.

 

Don't listen to any of that "The BA went up to 1985" BS that the senile old fools at OS are retconn'ing - that is just a strategy to transform worthless 1982-85 Marvel/DC "quarter bin books" into hot-selling "rare, late-Bronze Age beauties".

 

Seriously, it really is.