Gronsky

Gronsky is a character appearing in Gilbert Hernandez's transgressive adult anthology comic Blubber, inhabiting a wild, surreal world alongside an eccentric cast including Pupusi, Cristobol, and Dr. Valus Droog.

Gilbert Hernandez — the visionary half of the legendary Los Bro Hernandez duo — conjured Gronsky into existence in the pages of Blubber #3 in 2016, one of the more gloriously unhinged corners of Fantagraphics' Modern Age catalog. Gronsky inhabits the wild, transgressive world of Blubber alongside a memorably strange cast that includes Pupusi, Cristobol, Mila Castellon, and Dr. Valus Droog — company that signals right away this is not your average funnybook neighborhood. With five appearances across a run stretching into the early 2020s, Gronsky is a creature of Hernandez's fearlessly weird imagination, the kind of character who could only exist in an artist-driven, no-guardrails book like this one. If you're a fan of boundary-pushing alternative comics and want to see what Gilbert does when he's truly cutting loose, Blubber — and Gronsky's place in it — is absolutely worth seeking out.