Dueña

Dueña is a character in Jaime Hernandez's ongoing Los Angeles-rooted universe, introduced in Love and Rockets: New Stories #5, where she moves through stories alongside familiar figures like Ray Dominguez and Fritz in Hernandez's richly realized slice-of-life world.

Dueña arrived in the pages of Love and Rockets: New Stories #5 in 2012, born from the singular imagination of Jaime Hernandez — one of the great cartoonists of any era — and immediately took her place in the rich, sun-drenched world Fantagraphics has been nurturing since the alt-comics revolution. She moves through stories alongside a vivid cast that includes Ray Dominguez and Fritz, names that longtime Love and Rockets devotees will recognize as fixtures of Hernandez's deeply human universe. Her appearances span across Blubber and the flagship Love and Rockets series into the 2020s, making her a Modern Age presence in one of comics' most beloved and enduring independent landscapes. Six catalog appearances may sound modest, but in Jaime Hernandez's world, every panel counts — and any character worth his ink is worth your attention.