Love and Rockets #9 - First Appearance of Brown Alice, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics, 2016 series)
Issue: #9
Publication date: November 2020
Key date: November 30, 2020
On-sale date: November 30, 2020
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 60922436879000911

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Brown Alice - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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	C. C., Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez, Judy Fair, Moses, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Tonta, Brown Alice First, Gomez
1	-	credits, title page	0.5	pencils: Beto, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Beto, Jaime Hernandez; letters: Beto
2	Beto's World!	character profile	0.5	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Carmen, Heraclio Calderon, Chelo, Doralis de los Santos, Domingo, El Fontanel, Guadalupe, Pipo Jimenez, Luba, Maricela, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Sean Ogata, Boots Piña, Jimmy Reyna
3	Wary Mirth	comic story	2	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez
4	Loss	comic story	10	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Chelo, Casimira de los Santos, Doralis de los Santos, Domingo, Dueña, Guadalupe, Pipo Jimenez, Luba, Maricela, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Gato Reyna, Sergio Jimenez Reyna, Tipin' Tipin', Theo
5	Eche Meve Dis	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	C. C., Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez, Moses, Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Tonta
6	Sad Girl in Palomar	comic story	6	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Carmen, Heraclio Calderon, Chelo, Doralis de los Santos, El Fontanel, Pipo Jimenez, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Sean Ogata, Boots Piña, Jimmy Reyna, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Rex Walker
7	Animus	comic story	8	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Princess Anima, Isla, Katak, Cap'n Kork, Lumina, Trix, Gigi, Kitty, Sylvia, The Emperor of Blotos
8	The Complete Love and Rockets Library	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: Beto; inks: Beto	Luba

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fantagraphics Exclusive	barcode 60922436879000921

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

‹ #89 of 17#10 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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