Jerome

Gilbert Hernandez introduced Jerome in the pages of Luba #2 in 1998, dropping him into the rich, sun-drenched world that Fantagraphics had been nurturing as part of the legendary Love and Rockets universe. He moves through a vivid ensemble that includes Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Enrique Escobar, and Ofelia Beltran — the kind of deeply human, culturally textured company that makes Hernandez's storytelling so singular. Jerome's footprint in the catalog is modest, with appearances across Luba and Luba's Comics and Stories, but in Beto's hands even a small role can carry real weight. For collectors who love character-dense, literary comics at their most alive, every corner of this world rewards attention.