Jewel Tucker

Jewel Tucker stepped onto the page in 1990, born from the pen of Jaime Hernandez in the landmark Fantagraphics series Love and Rockets — one of the most celebrated alternative comics of its era. Her presence in that world, brief as it is in the catalog, carries the warmth and specificity that defines Hernandez's richly human storytelling. She keeps company with a vivid cast including Danita Lincoln, Lily Rivera, and the Rio siblings, the kinds of fully realized characters that made Love and Rockets essential reading. With one key issue among her four appearances, Jewel Tucker is a small but genuine piece of an extraordinary comics legacy well worth seeking out.