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Cover: Jaime

Love and Rockets #2

Apr 1983 · Fantagraphics · 2.95 USD; 3.50 CAD
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“Mechanics”

In "Mechanics," the Polaris Apartments become a crossroads for the bizarre and desperate: a deposed alien king seeking refuge, a drug dealer with a personal vendetta, and a mysterious figure named Zezbar trying to escape his own dimension. Written by the Hernandez brothers and illustrated with sharp, expressive detail by Mario Hernandez, this issue blends surreal humor and quiet tension in a story that unfolds with the grounded chaos of everyday life, elevated by the strange. The cover, by Jaime Hernandez, captures the moment’s uneasy energy.

writer, artist, inker Mario Hernandez · writer, letterer Gilbert Hernandez · cover Jaime

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writer, artist, inker Mario Hernandez
writer, letterer Gilbert Hernandez
cover pencils, inks Jaime

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Aliens, the deposed King of Marzipan and drug dealers all are at the Polaris Apartments. Zezbar is trying to get to his own dimension, King Svedor looks for asylum and Mosca arrives to settle a score.

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