About this Collection
This volume collects the earliest installments of the groundbreaking independent comic series Love & Rockets, originally serialized in the self-published Music for Mechanics mini-comics. It introduces readers to the foundational work of brothers Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, blending punk rock energy with deeply personal storytelling in a landmark collection from Fantagraphics.
Contains 19 stories
Mechan-X
7.85 pp · drama; science fiction
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]Rand RaceHopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]Duke MoralesYax HaxleyTall TrackerPenny Century [Beatriz Garcia]
Locas Tambien
4 pp · drama
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]Joey GlassSpeedy Ortiz [Eulalio Ortiz]
How to Kill a... (by Isabel Ruebens)
4 pp · drama
Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]
BEM [Part One]
8 pp · drama; science fiction
Leonore [Lenore]Leonore's boyfriendSuzy NiznickHarold PenisBob ZitzBoboLubaPeterCastle RadiumEchoRoxannePaulo P. Piñata
BEM 2
8 pp · drama; science fiction
Leonore [Lenore]Leonore's boyfriendCastle RadiumCha Cha Charlie
BEM 3
8 pp · drama; science fiction
LubaPeterLeonore's boyfriendPatriceRoxannePaulo P. Piñatagiant monster
BEM [Part Four]
8 pp · drama; science fiction
Leonore [Lenore]Castle Radiumgiant monster [as Paulo P. Piñata]Luba
BEM [Part Five]
8 pp · drama; science fiction
Leonore [Lenore]giant monster [as Paulo P. Piñata]LubaCastle RadiumBEMLeonore's boyfriend
Barrio Huerta
1 pp · drama
RosalbaLenchoRand RaceDuke MoralesYax Haxley
. . . Penny Century, You're Fired!
1 pp · humor; superhero
Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]H. R. Costigan
Music for Monsters I
6 pp · science fiction
Bang BangInez PerezVertigoVivikEl Creepo PervertoWoman with Convertible
Mecanicos
6 pp · drama; science fiction
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]Rand RaceDuke MoralesYax HaxleyPenny Century [Beatriz Garcia]
Mechanics
40 pp · drama; science fiction
Maggie [Margarita Luisa Chascarrillo]Rand RaceHopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]Penny Century [Beatriz Garcia]Duke MoralesDaffy [Daphne Matsumoto]Terry [Theresa Leeanne Downe]Yax HaxleyBen RubenTse Tse [Rosa Colores Arriaga Banuelos]Rena TitañonPedero Rodriguez SanjoSancho SanjoIzzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]Bernie CarboDoctor Numura MumuraSpeedy Ortiz [Eulalio Ortiz]Tiger RosaMaria Bravo (cameo)Vicki Glori [Victoria Chascarrillo]
Meanwhile . . . Back at the Ranch
1 pp · drama
Hopey [Esperanza Leticia Glass]Izzy [Isabel Ortiz Ruebens]Daffy [Daphne Matsumoto]
Radio Zero
10 pp · fantasy; science fiction
Errata Stigmata (intro)BubblesValentia
¿Music for Monsters? II
4 pp · science fiction
Bang BangInez PerezKilliaak monstersDoreena
Somewhere in California . . .
10 pp · science fiction
VodorXedZezbar [Zizbah]TonyNoaldaKing Svedor of MarzipanKatieCluziaMosca
A Little Story . . .
6 pp · drama
PipoMartinSatch [Sakahaftewa]CheloVicenteIsraelJesus