Maite

Stepping out of Jaime Hernandez's gloriously inventive Modern Age imagination, Maite made her debut in the pages of Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 in 2008 — part of the acclaimed Fantagraphics anthology that remains one of alternative comics' crown jewels. Her story unfolds alongside a wonderfully eclectic cast that includes Vakka Boome, Boot Angel, Espectra Negra, Golden Girl, and Tasha, hinting at the richly layered world Hernandez was building in his Ti-Girls saga. With appearances also collected in God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls, Maite occupies a small but meaningful corner of one of the most celebrated runs in independent comics — and for devoted Hernandez fans and Locas-universe enthusiasts, even a handful of appearances in this company is well worth seeking out.