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Chelo’s Burden
Date	June 1986
Series	Palomar and Locas
Publisher	Fantagraphics
Creative team
Writers	Los Bros Hernández
Artists	Los Bros Hernández
Original publication
Published in	Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics)
Issues	vol. 1 #3-4, Mechanics #1, and original material
Chronology
Preceded by	Music for Mechanics (1985)
Followed by	Las Mujeres Perdidas (1987)

Chelo's Burden is the second album of the American comics series Love and Rockets by the Hernández brothers and published in 1986. It collects stories from Love and Rockets vol. 1 #3-4, Mechanics #1 and original material.

The cover of the compilation is by Gilbert Hernández ("Beto") and the preface by Gary Groth.

Contents

These stories, dated 1982–1986, are, like in the volume #1 Music for Mechanics, still science-fiction oriented, with monsters and extra-terrestrials. The themes of the (Gilbert's) Central-America village of Palomar and (Jaime's) Los Angeles life are more and more present.

No.	Title	Author	Pages	Comments
1.	Sopa de Gran Pena	Gilbert Hernández	51	First "Heartbreak Soup" story, different parts; village of Palomar.
2.	Love and Rockets	Jaime Hernández	2
3.	Maggie vs. Maniakk	Jaime	9
4.	Music for Monsters III	Gilbert	4
5.	Hey Hopey	Jaime	3
6.	Untitled	Gilbert	1
7.	100 Rooms	Jaime	32
8.	Twitch City	Gilbert	6
9.	Toyo's Request	Jaime	12
10.	Locas Tambien	Jaime	2
11.	Somewhere in California	Mario Hernández	15
12.	Out o' Space	Jaime	6
13.	Locker Room	Gilbert	1
	Cover gallery	Los Bros Hernández	5

Chronology

Previous album: Music for Mechanics <-> Next album: Las Mujeres Perdidas.