| Publisher: | Fantagraphics |
| Date: | October 1985 |
| Genre: | Alternative comics |
| Writers: | Los Bros Hernandez [Gilbert, Jaime & Mario Hernandez] |
| Artists: | Los Bros Hernandez |
Music for Mechanics is the first sequential collection of the American comic book series Love and Rockets by the Hernandez brothers and published in 1985.
The cover of the book is by Jaime Hernandez and the preface by Carter Scholz.
These first stories, dated 1981–1985, are science-fiction oriented, adding monsters and dinosaurs and extra-terrestrials to the first latino themes, and some stories and themes may or may not be considered canon with the universes developed by the brothers in later books.
| No. | Title | Author | Pages | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mechan-X | Jaime Hernandez | 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 | 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. |
| 10. | Radio Zero | Gilbert | 10 | |
| 11. | Music for Monsters II | Gilbert | 4 | |
| 12. | Somewhere in California | Mario Hernandez | 10 | |
| 13. | A Little Story | Gilbert | 6 | Village of Palomar first appearance, not cited though. |
| Cover gallery | Los Bros Hernandez | 4 | ||
Next album: Chelo's Burden