Cristobol

Gilbert Hernandez — the visionary half of the legendary Los Palmas brothers — introduced Cristobol in the pages of Blubber #2 in 2016, dropping this Modern Age figure into one of alt-comics' most gleefully unhinged playgrounds. Published by Fantagraphics, Cristobol moves through a wild cast that includes Pupusi, Max, Mila Castellon, Baby, and Gronsky, the kind of eccentric ensemble that signals you're deep in Beto's anarchic imaginative universe. With appearances also in Love and Rockets: New Stories, Cristobol bridges two of Hernandez's most distinctive creative spaces, a modest but meaningful footprint for any character lucky enough to exist in that world.