PART 1: JAIME – THE LOCAS SAGA
(the lives and times of a circle of friends in Los Angeles, centered on Latina punks Maggie & Hopey)
- Maggie the Mechanic
- The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.
- Perla la Loca
- Penny Century
- Esperanza
- Angels & Magpies
- Is This How You See Me?
- Tonta
PART 2: GILBERT – THE PALOMAR/LUBA SAGA
(the lives and times of the people of a small Central American village and beyond, centered on Luba, a woman with a mysterious past, and her family)
- Heartbreak Soup
- Human Diastrophism
- Beyond Palomar
- Luba and Her Family
- Ofelia
- Three Sisters
- Children of Palomar
PART 3: LOS BROS – ODDS & SODS
(works published in or tied directly to the main Love & Rockets series that do not involve Maggie, Luba, et al)
- Amor y Cohetes (short works by Jaime, Gilbert, and brother Mario)
- Comix Dementia (short works by Gilbert)
- OPTIONAL: Birdland (out-of-print porn starring alt versions of Gilbert’s characters)
PART 4: GILBERT – THE FRITZ CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
(graphic novel “adaptations” of the fictional trashy movies in which Gilbert’s character Fritz, Luba’s therapist-actress sister, stars; stories within the story, so to speak)
- Chance in Hell
- OPTIONAL: Speak of the Devil (out of print from a different publisher; ostensibly an adaptation of the “true story” behind one of Fritz’s movies, not an adaptation of the movie itself. It’s complicated)
- The Troublemakers
- Love from the Shadows
- Garden of Flesh
- Maria M.
- Hypnotwist/Scarlet by Starlight
- Proof That the Devil Loves You
PART 5: LOS BROS – THE SAGA CONTINUES
- Love and Rockets Vol. IV (the current ongoing series containing new chapters Xaime and Beto’s respective epics)
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