Jason Sterling

Jason Sterling is a supporting character in Gilbert Hernandez's interconnected Palomar universe, appearing alongside figures like Fritz Martinez and Hector Rivera within the ongoing human drama of Hernandez's alternative comics saga.

Stepping out of Gilbert Hernandez's richly layered Modern Age universe, Jason Sterling made his debut in Luba #5 in 2000 — a Fantagraphics publication that sits squarely within one of alternative comics' most celebrated ongoing sagas. Over nearly two decades, he surfaces across Love and Rockets and Luba's Comics and Stories, sharing pages with a vivid cast that includes Fritz Martinez, Hector Rivera, and Blackie Okamoto — the kind of company that signals real depth of world-building. His appearances are select rather than sprawling, which gives each one a certain weight for devoted Hernandez completists hunting every thread of this intricate, human tapestry.