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Issue: Love and Rockets: New Stories #8
Publication Date: February 2016
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Issues: #8 of 8 Issues
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Gary Groth
On Sale Date: 02/10/2016
Volume: [3]
Pages: 104
ISBN: 9781606998656
UPC/EAN: 978160699865651499
Price: $14.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 19 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: First Fantagraphics Books edition: January 2016
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: 19 cm x 23.5 cm
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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FlagIs This How You See Me? (A Locas Story) #[nn] published January 2019
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: left to right: Fritzette, Fritz Baby, Fritz Jr., Rosario
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Letters to L&R

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover with letters from Danny Flynn, Allen Belz, T Edward Bak, Victor Scaggs. A single small illustration is included.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Ojos; Guard
First Line: Look at me.
Synopsis: Lumina accidentally smuggles Animus into the pirate spaceship after harvesting some space minerals. The ship is then intercepted and gassed by the Interplanetary Space Police, who take Lumina and crew (and a hidden Animus) to prison.
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Pages: 8
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The Magic Voyage of Aladdin [Chapters 4-6]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, fantasy
Character(s): Aladdin; Electrical Brain; High Priestess
First Line: Aladdin and Morgana Le Fey must stop Circe from finding the lost magic lamp.
Synopsis: The concluding chapter in this Fritz B-movie, later on in the book revealed to have been filmed six years earlier. Jasmin and Circe vie for control of the magic lamp, but only the combined forces of Aladdin, Morgana, Missy and Professor Enigma turn the tide.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The deceased Maria Inclan's two-panel appearance as the movie character Tondalayo reuses two of the same images of her from chapter three of the story. The sequence is originally from the fifty-year-old Mexican movie she was in. Like in the previous issue, Fritz is digitally inserted so she's right next to Maria. Later revealed in the book that Danny Chulo carried that out.
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Talent 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Agatha (model); Blubber Club Owner
First Line: Mila, Lulu's ready for us now.
Synopsis: Mila and her promoter Efren visit Ulu in his film production office. Later on, Mila and Ulu go to the Blubber Club and meet Pupusi.
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Disclose Notes: First appearance of the Blubber Club, the adult club also seen in some issues of the artist's Blubber series.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: Eek! Tonta!
Synopsis: Tonta is back and living with Vivian. Comics-making friends Jennilee, Kim and Gwen bicker in the forest and leave in a huff. Angel chats with Vivian while Tonta lies awake on the couch.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: C. C., Vivian's unnamed friend is shown in three panels on pages nine and ten of the story and will appear in future stories. Her name won't be revealed until Love and Rockets v4#9 (2020).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama
First Line: Ok, first I talk to the cops about Dr. Emil.
Synopsis: What Baby tolds the cops about Dr. Emil and Efren as she gets ready to go live with her grandparents.
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Pages: 4
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Talent 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama
First Line: Ok, then I tell the cops what I know about Ulu.
Synopsis: What Baby tolds the cops about Ulu, Vaca and Fritz Jr. in this story narrated entirely from her point of view.
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Isla Guerra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Mr. Califa's Unnamed Son (photo); Isla's Mama; Isla's Papa; Pota; Mister Califas
Synopsis: Isla runs to the seashore to meet Mr. Califa's son, who is coming back from shark hunting, but only sees Pota there. They swim to an unmoored boat off in the water only to find Mister Califas alone and nearly catatonic with his crew and son missing.
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Talent 7

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama
Character(s): Blubber Club Owner
First Line: I don't think that the club ower believed me when I told him I was eighteen...
Synopsis: Baby tries to get the Blubber Club Owner to hire her and then hooks up with Efren.
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Princess Amnesia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Dub; Batubuta; Emperor of Blotos (1st appearance); The Hellmets (1st appearance)
Synopsis: Isla and the amnesic Animus are holed up in a cave, on the run from the Interplanetary Space Police. After defeating a giant Batubuta, Animus flies with Lumina to an small island where they meet Katak. The Emperor of Blotos, Animus's father, summons the Hellmets after learning Animus is still alive and orders them to locate and destroy her.
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Pages: 9
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Talent 8

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: What Baby tolds the cops about Danny Chulo, how she first met him and his relationship with Fritz.
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Pages: 4
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Talent 9

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama
Synopsis: Chino, Killer and Amy talk Fritz-related gossip among other things including the Fritz imitators seen on the web. Guadalupe and Killer are at a movie cattle call where Killer meets Baby Fritz for the first time. Jimmy, Baby and Killer go to Fritz's seashore compound to what the drunken Fritz calls her MILF induction party. Later on, Efren, Fritz Jr. and Dr. Emil are arrested.
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Pages: 12
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Talent 10

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: Baby converses with Fritz. Surrogate mother Beverly tells Rosario that she hid her from Fritz when she was a baby because she couldn't let her go. Rosario goes off to meet Fritz Baby, her twin, as well as Fritz.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hellmet
First Line: Ok... hell spawn... do your worst...
Synopsis: Isla is chased by a Hellmet until it corners her in a cave and takes over her body, ordering her to go off and destroy Princess Anima.
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Talent 11

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama
Character(s): High Priestess; Dr. Sanz
Synopsis: The High Priestess inducts Zoe, Mila and Fritz Baby into The Holy Order. Danny seduces Baby. Fritz Jr. has been declared missing. Ulu tries to get Baby to take Fritz Jr.'s place. Pipo tells Fritz they need to talk.
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I Guess I Forgot to Stand Pigeon-Toed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama
Character(s): Two Hopey Groupies; Neslo (Rodrigo's companion)
Synopsis: Maggie and Daffy go to the Huerta punk reunion with Hopey nowhere in sight. After meeting most of the old gang, Maggie leaves but then comes back. Doyle tells her he saw Hopey with the rest of her La Llorona bandmates. The indecisive Maggie steps out again, then comes back, finally seeing Hopey hanging out with Terry, Zero and Daffy.
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Pages: 18
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Now is the Very Best Time to Catch Up with Love and Rockets

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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