Gato

Born into the sun-drenched, myth-soaked world of Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar, Gato made their debut in Love and Rockets #4 in 1983 — right in the heart of the Bronze Age — as part of one of alternative comics' most celebrated and enduring universes. Fantagraphics' Love and Rockets was a landmark series that redefined what comics could be, and Gato shares those storied pages with a rich cast of Palomar residents including Chelo, Soledad, and Manuel. Though their appearances in the catalog are few, even a small footprint in Hernandez's deeply human, literary tapestry is worth seeking out for any serious collector of alternative comics history.