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The stuff from The Art of Jaime Hernandez (which is great!) got me looking through old Comics Journals where Jaime and "Bert" Hernandez were contributing artists for several years spanning pre-L&R all the way through the first couple years of L&R also being published by Fantagraphics. I think they touch on that a bit in the artbook, but a ton of artists got their start submitting pin-ups and spot art to fanzines, which TCJ still was in those early years. I pulled a bunch of it for the thread: Medusa  Black Widow Wonder Woman  Wasp  She-Hulk  Validus!  DC vs. Marvel #349  DC vs. Marvel # 11,812  DC vs. Marvel #nn  DC + Marvel?  DC vs. Fantagraphics Legal  DC vs. Fantagraphics Legal II, predicting DKR  Marvel vs. Age, predicting Into the Spider-Verse 35 years early  I also noticed while scraping these that Groth/Fantagraphics went all in on Los Bros, signing them to a contract on the basis of a single self-published comic that Groth effusively praised in a review, and then running house ads like this for the better part of a year:       Comics companies are prone to hype (Fantagraphics included) but history smiles on this particular bit of hyperbole.
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I think the majority of Beto's stuff is collected, at least projects of any length; contributions to anthologies almost always get left behind whether it's down to rights issues, creators not wanting to reprint them, or there just not really being a space for them. In terms of major works not printed as "Love & Rockets" from Beto: Still Basically Love & Rockets New Love (1996), Luba (1999), Luba's Comics and Stories (2001): Almost all collected in the Love & Rockets Library Love & Rockets Related But Collected Separately New Tales of Old Palomar (2006): Collected in Children of Palomar (2013), available physically/digitally from Fantagraphics Julio's Day: Originally printed in Love & Rockets, but collected separately (I think the Library editions are already well past where it would be slotted in there? Adventures of Venus: Largely reprints from the "Measles" anthology book, along with an original story, available physically/digitally from Fantagraphics. All-ages stories about Luba's niece. Chance in Hell (2007), The Troublemakers (2009), and Love From the Shadows (2011) : A series of OGNs described as "comic adaptations starring or co-starring Fritz from Love & Rockets", all available physically and digitally from Fantagraphics. Speak of the Devil (2004): Described as "not an adaptation of the Fritz-starring movie, but a chronicle of the actual events that inspired the movie". Available as a physical/digital collection from Dark Horse Other Stuff Mister X: Beto and Jaime's 1980s work is reprinted in Mister X Archives from Dark Horse Birdland: Gilbert's erotica series from Eros/Fantagraphics, not on Comixology for obvious reasons but various reprints are around. Girl Crazy (1997): Collected by Dark Horse Yeah! (1999): Written by Peter Bagge, drawn by Gilbert. Originally published by DC, reprinted physically and digitally by Fantagraphics Grip: The Strange World of Men (2002): Originally published by Vertigo, reprinted physically and digitally by Dark Horse Birds of Prey: Gilbert wrote a six issue arc of Birds of Prey (1999, #50-56) that as of yet is not collected but all the single issues are up on Comixology. Sloth (2006): A Vertigo OGN that looks like it's out of print, but will presumably lapse back to the creators (like Yeah! and Sloth did) and get reprinted soon Citizen Rex (2009): A Mario/Beto collaboration, available physically/digitally from Dark Horse Fatima: The Blood Spinners (2015): Sci-Fi story that I am kind of surprised isn't a Fritz movie "adaptation" (unless it is, somehow?) available physically/digitally from Dark Horse Marble Season (2013) and Bumperhead (2014): OGNs from Drawn & Quarterly, available physically and digitally Loverboys (2015): Available physically and digitally from Dark Horse The Twilight Children (2015): Vertigo mini-series written by Gilbert, drawn by Darwyn Cooke. In print as a trade/up on Comixology Blubber (2016): A mash-up of funny animals, Kirby Monsters, and porno. Available as digital single issues on Comixology from Fantagraphics. Garden of the Flesh (2016): An erotica(?) retelling of the Book of Genesis, I guess? Available physically/digitally from Fantagraphics Assasinistas (2017): A Black Crown book written by Tini Howard, drawn by Gilbert. Collected/available on Comixology Really the only thing here that doesn't appear to be in print is Birdland.
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