Taggert Lillard

Taggert Lillard steps onto the page in the pages of Fantagraphics' beloved Love and Rockets, debuting in 2001 under the masterful pen of Jaime Hernandez — one of the most celebrated cartoonists of the Modern Age. Sharing his world with the likes of Lily Lillard, Debra Lillard, Julio Reyes, and others, Taggert inhabits the richly human, literary universe that has made Love and Rockets a cornerstone of alternative comics. His nine appearances across the early 2000s run place him firmly in that intimate, character-driven storytelling tradition Hernandez does better than almost anyone. A small but genuine piece of a landmark series, he's the kind of figure that rewards readers who love comics as literature.