Gerry

Gerry is a supporting character in Gilbert Hernandez's 'Palomar' stories within Love and Rockets, inhabiting the same richly detailed Latin American fictional world as Luba and other recurring figures in Hernandez's interconnected ensemble.

Stepping out of Gilbert Hernandez's richly imagined world in 1987, Gerry is a Copper Age original who has quietly persisted in the pages of Love and Rockets all the way into 2019 — a testament to the extraordinary staying power of the Fantagraphics landmark that redefined what American comics could be. Over more than three decades, Gerry has shared that vibrant fictional universe with beloved figures like Luba, Maggie Chascarillo, and Ray Dominguez, the kind of ensemble that makes Love and Rockets feel less like a comic and more like a living community. Thirteen appearances across 32 years may not sound like a crowd, but in Hernandez's deeply human storytelling tradition, every character who endures carries real weight. For readers who love literary comics at their most emotionally honest, Gerry is exactly the kind of find worth seeking out.