Crystal

Emerging from the richly layered world of Jaime Hernandez's Love and Rockets in 2012, Crystal is a Modern Age creation from one of alternative comics' most celebrated ongoing sagas. Published through Fantagraphics — the independent powerhouse that has championed Love and Rockets since its earliest days — Crystal inhabits a storytelling universe renowned for its deeply human, novelistic characters. With appearances across Love and Rockets: New Stories and Tonta, she shares the page with a vivid cast including Muñeca, Sugar Bear, and The Gorgon, the kind of compelling company that signals you're deep in Hernandez's intricate, character-driven cosmos. A rarer find with just a handful of catalog appearances, Crystal is exactly the sort of quietly significant figure that rewards the devoted reader who pays close attention.