Music for Mechanics is the first album of the American comics series Love and Rockets

Love and Rockets (comics)

Love and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. Their brother Mario Hernandez is an occasional contributor...

 written and drawn by Los Bros Hernandez and published in 1985.

The cover of the compilation is by Jaime Hernandez

Jaime Hernandez

Jaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic book Love and Rockets .-Early life:...

 and the preface by Carter Scholz

Carter Scholz

Carter Scholz is a speculative fiction author and composer of music. He has published several works of short fiction and two novels . He has been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Award for Best Novelette...

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Contents

These first stories, dated 1981-1985, are very science-fiction oriented, adding monsters and dinosaur

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s and extra-terrestrials to the first latino

Latino

The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...

 themes, and some stories and themes cannot be considered canon

Canon (fiction)

In the context of a work of fiction, the term canon denotes the material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction, which are not considered canonical...

 with the universes developed by the brothers in later books.

No.	Title	Author	Pages	Comments
1.	Mechan-X	Jaime Hernandez Jaime Hernandez Jaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic book Love and Rockets .-Early life:...	8	Signed "Izzy Ruebens"; introducing characters Maggie and Hopey
2.	Locas Tambien	Jaime	4
3.	How to Kill a	Jaime	4	Signed "Isabel Ruebens"; not listed in the "Contents" of the book
4.	BEM	Gilbert Hernandez Gilbert Hernandez Gilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...	40	5 parts; introducing character Luba)
5.	Barrio Huerta	Jaime	1
6.	Penny Century, You're Fired	Jaime	1
7.	Music for Monsters I	Gilbert	6
8.	Mecanicos	Jaime	6
9.	Mechanics	Jaime	41	Introducing wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
10.	Radio Zero	Gilbert	10
11.	Music for Monsters II	Gilbert	4
12.	Somewhere in California	Mario Hernandez Mario Hernandez Mario Hernandez is an American writer, artist, and sometime publisher of comics. Along with his younger brothers Gilbert and Jaime he co-created the acclaimed independent comic book Love and Rockets.- Biography :...	10
13.	A Little Story	Gilbert	6	Village of Palomar first appearance, not cited though
	Cover gallery	Los Bros Hernandez	4