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Issue: Luba #2
Publication Date: July 1998
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Issues: #2 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 1998
Volume: 1
Pages: 28
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.95 USD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Mature Readers
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Carrie Whitney listed as Art Director.
Rhea Patton as Computer Colorist.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color covers; black and white interiors
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Clockwise, from upper left: Gorgo, Luba, Petra, Venus, Enrique, Fritz, Guadalupe, Steve, Igor

This was reprinted 1/7 page size in "Luba in America" (Fantagraphics, 2001 series).
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction to the cast of characters, with pictures and brief bios. This page's artwork was reprinted 1/4 page size in "Luba in America" (Fantagraphics, 2001 series).
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Luba In America Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Pretty Good Looking Man/Unnamed Sol's Deli worker; Garza's Daughter
First Line: Just one block from the hotel and you decide to collapse.
Synopsis: Luba, with the help of a passer-by, gets the old man back to his hotel room after he collapses. Then she goes to a meeting with Garza's daughter, in the hope of clarifying if Luba's family are under any kind of threat from political/criminal activities carried out in the past. The woman has no idea of what Luba is talking about, and sends her on her way. When she gets back to the hotel room The Old Man has gone, apparently abducted.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as Luba in America, part two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as Luba in America, part two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Luba en Amérique [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The unnamed man who helped Luba and Gorgo will appear next in the artist's Psychodrama Illustrated #1 (February 2020).
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Luba's Sisters in As You Know It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Jerome's Wife; Greg
First Line: What do you mean it wouldn't be right, Fritzi?
Synopsis: Because they're sisters, Fritz turns down Petra's request that she be her therapist. She then breaks up with Jerome but then gets back with him after his wife sees her for therapy. A patient of hers who is a cop is hiding inside her closet, having a breakdown.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as As You Know It [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as As You Know It [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Comme tu le sais [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Damp and Snuggy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: C'mon, mom!
Synopsis: Petra is late in taking the costumed Venus to her appointment. Feeling woozy, she takes some medication and then eats at a takeout burger place where she promptly throws up on Venus.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as Damp and Snuggy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as Damp and Snuggy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Chaud et moite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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All in the Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: Join me in my crusade of smashing the bad atoms!
Synopsis: Doralis may out herself on her children's TV show in the wake of her family finding out she's gay as the adult characters discuss their respective preferred sexual orientations.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as All in the Family [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as All in the Family [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Tous en famille [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Old Man's Touch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
First Line: Bullshit.
Synopsis: The kidnapped Old Man ponders his course of action as he waits for his abductors to enter the room in this story narrated from his point of view.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as The Old Man's Touch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as The Old Man's Touch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Le style du vieil homme [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters To Luba
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Scott Dambrot, Zolia Pawlaczek, Sharon Leong

Also includes an additional small illustration.
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Pipowear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Synopsis: Fritz helps Pipo with her wardrobe malfunction through the TV screen.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLove and Rockets Library #[10] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Complete Love & Rockets #[19] published January 2001
as Pipowear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #[nn] published March 2009
as Pipowear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLuba #1 published January 2010
as Pipowear ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A wordless sequence on the back cover.

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