Love and Rockets #11 - First Appearance of Ignacio Dominguez, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2016 series)
Issue: #11
Publication date: January 2022
Key date: January 2022
On-sale date: March 2, 2022
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 60922436879001111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ignacio Dominguez - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Julian - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis
1	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Fritz Baby, Eloy, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Petra Martinez, Rosario, Scooter, Venus, Vic, Julian First
2	Tonta's Mind at 3 AM	comic story	1	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	Tonta
3	-	comic story	1	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	Maggie Chascarillo, Tonta
4	-	comic story	2	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	Maggie Chascarillo, Tonta
5	-	comic story	3	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	C. C., Maggie Chascarillo, Tonta
6	Maggie and Ray at 9:44 PM	comic story	1	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez
7	Weird, Weird World	comic story	4	script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto	Petra Martinez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Peaky, Rosario, Scooter, Venus, Vic, Julian First
8	Helen Heels	comic story	2	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Ignacio Dominguez First
9	Animus	comic story	4	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	Isla, Katak, Cap'n Kork, Trix, The Emperor of Blotos
10	Weird, Weird World 2	comic story	6	script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Peaky, Petra Martinez, Rosario, Scooter, Venus
11	Eppie Brianstone	comic story	2	script: Xaime; pencils: Xaime; inks: Xaime; letters: Xaime	Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez
12	Weird, Weird World 3	comic story	6	script: Beto; pencils: Beto; inks: Beto; letters: Beto	Fritz Baby, Eloy, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Peaky, Petra Martinez, Rosario, Scooter, Venus
13	The Complete Love and Rockets Library	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
14	-	illustration	1	pencils: Beto; inks: Beto	Fritz Baby, Eloy, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Peaky, Scooter, Venus

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fantagraphics Exclusive	barcode 60922436879001121

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection #[nn] ISBN 9798875000492	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #1011 of 17#12 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q115841646 (Julian), first-appearance property (CC0)

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