Hopey Glass

Few characters in alternative comics feel as genuinely alive as Hopey Glass, who burst onto the scene in the very first issue of Love and Rockets in 1981 — a Bronze Age debut that announced Jaime Hernandez as one of the most distinctive voices in the medium. Over more than four decades, she has remained a fixture across Love and Rockets, Love and Rockets: New Stories, and Penny Century, sharing the richly textured world of Fantagraphics' crown jewel with unforgettable company like Luba, Penny Century, Ray Dominguez, Terry Downe, and Izzy Ortiz. With four key-issue appearances to her name and 75 catalog appearances spanning all the way to 2023, Hopey is a testament to the staying power of Hernandez's humanist storytelling — a character who has grown, shifted, and endured in ways that few figures outside the mainstream superhero world ever get the chance to. If you've never spent time in her world, you're in for something genuinely special.