Publisher:Fantagraphics
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Issues:#1 - #50 (53 Issues, 74 Printings)
Continued From:
none
Continued In:
none Tracking Notes:
Notes:
By Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez. This is volume one. The first issue is an expanded version of the 1981 self-published issue.
This series was released erratically over a period of 14 years. After the series concluded, the Hernandez bros. continued their respective storylines in the following:
Jaime: "Whoa Nellie" (1996), "Maggie and Hopey Color Special" (1997) and "Penny Century" (1997-2000)
Gilbert: "New Love" (1996-97), "Luba" (1998-2004) and "Luba's Comics and Stories (2000-2006)
Publication history:
Vol. 1- 1982-1996 (50 issues in magazine format)
Vol. 2- 2001-2007 (20 issues in standard US comic book periodical format)
Vol. 3- 2008-2016 (8 issues as Love and Rockets: New Stories in trade paperback format)
Vol. 4- 2016- (ongoing in same oversize format as vol. 1)
The series has been retroactively called volume one by the publisher after publication of the subsequent series.
Format
Publication Type:
Comic Books
Color:
color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions:
8.5 in. x 11 in. (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)