Boot Angel

Few publishers have nurtured comics as artistically ambitious as Fantagraphics, and Boot Angel is one of the Modern Age gems to emerge from that tradition — debuting in 2007 in the storied pages of Love and Rockets #20, brought to life by the legendary Jaime Hernandez. This character inhabits the vibrant, superhero-inflected corner of Hernandez's universe, sharing adventures with a colorful cast that includes Espectra Negra, Golden Girl, and Sun Swan across Love and Rockets: New Stories and the celebrated God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Boot Angel is a rare and intriguing figure — the kind of discovery that rewards readers who dig deep into one of alternative comics' most beloved ongoing sagas.