La Perdida (2001 Artbabe Presents) comic books
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Issue #1
Published 2001 by Fantagraphics.$3.00
By Jessica Abel. Part one of a five part series by Artbabe creator Jessica Abel. The Harvey Award-winning comic that taps into that continuing slacker-culture-gestalt is back with a worldly five-issue story! In the first issue we meet Carla, an American whose absent father is Mexican, but she is culturally Anglo. She forms a romantic attachment to Mexico in her late teens, idolizes Frida Kahlo, and tries lamely to learn Spanish. While visiting Mexico in her early 20s, she meets a guy named Harry, an American blueblood with an expensive education. He's moving to Mexico to slack and to do nothing but follow in the footsteps of Kerouac and Burroughs. 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 42 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.95.
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Issue #2
Published 2003 by Fantagraphics.$3.00
By Jessica Abel. Part two of a five part series by Artbabe creator Jessica Abel. Carla throws a housewarming party with her new roommate for a bunch of expatriates. Memo hooks up with Tomoko, a Japanese student, and intrigues Liana, the new roommate. Tensions escalate as weeks go by and he plays the two women off each other. Carla's brother Rodrigo (Rod) visits, and is very unimpressed and even worried by Carla's circle of friends, so he introduces her to some of his DJ and skateboard acquaintances. 6.5-in. x 8.5-in., 42 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.95.
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Issue #3
Published Mar 2003 by Fantagraphics.$3.00
$3.00
By Jessica Abel. Part three of a five part series by Artbabe creator Jessica Abel. Carla's brother, Rod, comes to visit, and she gets a glimpse into another kind of life in Mexico. Her money has run out and tensions are on the rise between her and Oscar. And then Harry returns, and things get worse. 6.5-in. x 8.5-in., 42 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.95.
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Issue #4
Published May 2004 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
By Jessica Abel. Part four of a five part series by Artbabe creator Jessica Abel. The penultimate issue of the critically acclaimed series continues the south-of-the-border drama with panache. This time: Oscar and Memo go AWOL without explanation, and Carla suspects that they are planning something -- something dangerous. But in the meantime, she has been left to stew in her own juices and has too much time to spend wondering what the hell she's doing with her life. 6.5-in. x 8.5-in., 42 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.95.
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Issue #5
Published Feb 2005 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
By Jessica Abel. Last installment of a five part series by Artbabe creator Jessica Abel. Inspired by her own experiences in Mexico City, Jessica Abel's La Perdida follows the south-of-the-border life of expatriate, Carla. Involved with blueblooded, ex-pat slacker Harry and Mexico City native Oscar, tensions in this critically acclaimed series have been building towards this exciting conclusion. Carla finally gets a clue about her friends' true nature and she finally gets back home to Chicago. This final issue is so good, it had to be expanded to 64 pages! 6.5-in. x 8.5-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $5.95.
