Tex

Born into the vibrant, emotionally complex world of Gilbert Hernandez's Love and Rockets, Tex made their debut in 1987 — right in the heart of the Copper Age, when Fantagraphics was quietly publishing some of the most daring alternative comics in America. Sharing pages with beloved figures like Maggie, Hopey, Luba, and Ofelia, Tex moves through the rich, interconnected tapestry of Hernandez's Palomar-adjacent universe, where every character carries real weight and history. With appearances collected across Ten Years of Love and Rockets and The Complete Love & Rockets, Tex is part of a body of work that has only grown in stature over the decades — essential reading for anyone who believes comics can be genuine literature.