Rodrigo

Born into the richly layered world of Gilbert Hernandez's Love and Rockets in 2015, Rodrigo is a Modern Age presence whose handful of appearances carry the quiet weight that Fantagraphics' flagship series does so well. Sharing pages with beloved figures like Maggie Chascarillo and Hopey Glass — icons of one of alternative comics' most celebrated universes — places Rodrigo in genuinely distinguished company. Though their catalog footprint is small, every appearance in Love and Rockets: New Stories and Is This How You See Me? is part of a story tradition that has defined literary comics for decades, making even a brief role here worth a second look.