Mel Spropp

Mel Spropp is a Modern Age creation of Gilbert Hernandez, debuting in 2007 within the celebrated pages of Love and Rockets #19 from Fantagraphics — one of the most artistically ambitious anthology series in American comics history. Over a span of roughly twelve years, Mel surfaces across Love and Rockets: New Stories, Love and Rockets, and Tonta, keeping vivid company with characters like Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis, Ray Dominguez, and Muñeca — the richly textured cast that makes Gilbert's corner of the Love and Rockets universe so endlessly rewarding to explore. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Mel is the kind of quietly intriguing figure that rewards the dedicated reader who follows every thread of Hernandez's sprawling, novelistic world.