Alcalde Jesus "Chuy" Bernal

A figure of local authority rooted in the sun-baked world of Palomar, Alcalde Jesus "Chuy" Bernal made his entrance in Love and Rockets #21 in 1987, born from the singular imagination of Gilbert Hernandez at Fantagraphics. As an alcalde — a mayor, a man of civic standing — he carries the weight of small-town power in that richly human fictional landscape Hernandez built across the Copper Age. His handful of appearances place him in vivid company alongside characters like Chelo, Ofelia Beltran, and Casimira de los Santos, the kind of ensemble that makes Love and Rockets feel less like a comic and more like a community. Rare in the catalog but meaningful in context, he's exactly the sort of character that rewards readers who dig deep into one of alternative comics' most celebrated and enduring series.