Carlos

Gilbert Hernandez brought Carlos to life in the pages of New Love #1 in 1996, a Fantagraphics release that arrived right at the cusp of comics' Modern Age. Though Carlos's catalog footprint is modest — just three appearances across the short-lived New Love series — that's entirely in keeping with Hernandez's richly populated storytelling world, where vivid characters orbit one another in dense, meaningful constellations. Sharing those pages with Fritz, Venus, David Vasquez, and others, Carlos exists in exactly the kind of intimate, character-driven universe that has made Gilbert Hernandez one of the most celebrated voices in alternative comics. For fans of Love and Rockets-era Fantagraphics at its most personal and literary, tracking down New Love is a rewarding dig.