Elva

Elva made her entrance in the pages of Love and Rockets #40 in 1993, stepping into the rich, emotionally layered world that Beto (Gilbert Hernandez) had been weaving for Fantagraphics throughout the Copper and Modern Age. She inhabits a universe populated by unforgettable figures like Maggie Chascarillo, Maricela, Ofelia Beltran, and others — a constellation of characters that defines one of alternative comics' most celebrated ongoing sagas. Her appearances are few, but in Love and Rockets, even a small role can carry the weight of a whole life.