Joey Vasquez

Joey Vasquez is a supporting character in Gilbert Hernandez's slice-of-life storytelling universe, connected to figures like David Vasquez, Venus, and Fritz in the human, literary world Hernandez built within Love and Rockets.

Joey Vasquez stepped onto the page in 1993, a creation of the legendary Gilbert Hernandez for Fantagraphics' groundbreaking Love and Rockets — one of the most celebrated alternative comics series of its era. Emerging in the Copper/Modern Age, Joey inhabits the richly human world Hernandez built, sharing stories with characters like David Vasquez, Venus, Fritz, and Jimmy Reyna across the pages of New Love and Love and Rockets itself. With a modest but meaningful footprint in the catalog, Joey is the kind of character that rewards devoted readers of Hernandez's intimate, character-driven storytelling — a reminder that in this universe, even a smaller presence can carry real emotional weight.