Efren

Born into the richly layered world of Gilbert Hernandez's Fantagraphics universe, Efren made their debut in Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 in 2015, stepping onto a stage already populated by some of the most compelling characters in modern literary comics. Hernandez's corner of Love and Rockets has always rewarded patient, attentive readers, and Efren — sharing pages with the likes of Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Mila Castellon, and María Inclán — inhabits that same densely human, emotionally charged territory. With appearances spread across New Stories, Blubber, and Love and Rockets itself, Efren is a figure woven through the ongoing tapestry of one of alternative comics' most celebrated ongoing sagas. For collectors who appreciate the Modern Age at its most artistically ambitious, even a handful of appearances in a Gilbert Hernandez story carries real weight.