Love and Rockets #28, pg. 25 (1988)
Artist: Jaime Hernandez (All)
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Love and Rockets #28
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DescriptionWhat do you do after acquiring one of your favorite covers from your favorite creator?I’m still trying to answer that question as an art collector but, more specifically, as an avid collector of published art by legendary cartoonist Jaime Hernandez. The good news is that I still plan to acquire Jaime art but I plan to be a bit more selective going forward and only add pages that best reflect the diversity of subject matter, characters, and techniques Jaime brings to the table as a storyteller. This title page from the hilarious and fondly remembered “Lar’Dog” story from Love and Rockets v1 #28 is a case in point. Featuring Locas mainstays Doyle Blackburn and Ray Dominguez, this 6-page story depicts an evening (mis)adventure with their self-destructive high school friend Larry “Lar’Dog” Ybañez. Although this is only the first page from the 6-page story, it encapsulates the story nicely. Jaime evidently had a blast with this page, from the energetic title lettering and cheeky artist credit of “Bizarro Xaime” to the expressive cartooning in the following panels. I consider this page a master class in everything that made Jaime great in this time frame: vivid characters that Jaime would develop over the decades, a mastery of page design and achieving harmony between the black and white areas on the page, and a fluid cartooning that balances realistic rendering and gonzo cartoony-ness. Social/Sharing |
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Jeremiah Avery 
Member Since 2007
2 - Posted on 9/17/2025
Congratulations on this wonderful Jaime page! I hope to add another one to my collection, but it keeps gettng tougher and tougher. Someday...
George H
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 9/17/2025
Congrats on a gorgeous page! I love the lettering and so many wonderfully drawn characters and expressions creating a lot of story in just 4 panels.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
The 80's mall scene was all about this! You better have some Reeboks, British Knights, LA Gear, etc. to fit in or you'd be some spaz that's hella trippin'.
artless artmore
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
Super page, Mark! You may have your grail page, but I don't think you'll run out of great Jaime material to collect
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
It's tough to collect art after you've already acquired your absolute favourite piece, because in a sense, it's all downhill from there. But thankfully you enjoy Jaime's art enough and it's available often enough that you'll continue to have opportunities to add more, yet be selective about it. This is a great example of that!
Doug L.
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
I'm so glad you ended up with this page. Such a one-off classic of mid-1980s Jaime. I especially like his styling of teen Ray's clothing. It is somewhat poignant to now see this knowing how life treats those two; I wonder if Jaime had already plotted some of that future when he drew this. I don't remember thinking Ray and Doyle were particularly important characters back then.
Toni S
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
Not easy neither cheap to collect great pages by Jaime Hernandez! This one is a superb example of his art!!!
Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
Love it!! I was kicking myself for forgetting this auction or at least not putting in a proxy. Glad you got it, Mark!
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
This title page has a lot of character (and characters!). I love the all silhouette panel containing the title and the mall setting of the story. I can tell each Jaime piece is meaningful to you based on how you talk about them! congrats on another great addition.
Tony Marine
Member Since 2016
1 - Posted on 9/18/2025
Lots of great cartooning on this one! Congrats!
Bob Kopman
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 9/19/2025
Great page, Mark. I was sorely tempted as I already own two pages from this story. It's a great one.
FBS Stroun
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 9/19/2025
I love it when Jaimie lets himself be more "cartoony". That and the silhouettes, and the lettering of the title and sound effects.
What an absolute beauty.
Sam H
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 9/22/2025
What a great page. The storytelling genius of that last panel with the two parallel Rays - I still remember this page vividly since the first time I saw it decades ago.
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