Isla

Isla arrived in 2016 from the singular imagination of Gilbert Hernandez, one half of the legendary Hernandez Brothers whose Love and Rockets has defined alternative comics for decades. Debuting in Love and Rockets: New Stories #8, she inhabits the rich, layered Modern Age world Fantagraphics has long championed — sharing pages with the likes of Lumina, Katak, and the beloved Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez and Maggie Chascarillo, as storied a cast as alternative comics has to offer. With 14 appearances across Love and Rockets and its New Stories companion, Isla is a genuine piece of the Hernandez universe — and if you know anything about Gilbert's storytelling, you know that's a world worth diving deep into.