Petra

Petra is a supporting character in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar stories within Love and Rockets, inhabiting the richly drawn world of Latin American characters — including Luba and her extended circle — that Hernandez has developed throughout the series.

Born into the pages of Gilbert Hernandez's landmark Love and Rockets in 1991, Petra is a Fantagraphics original who has quietly persisted across an impressive 35-year span — a testament to the richly layered world Hernandez has built in one of alternative comics' most celebrated series. She moves through a universe populated by compelling figures like Luba, Fritz, and Venus, the kind of vivid, fully realized cast that has made Love and Rockets essential reading since the early '80s. With appearances stretching into the mid-2020s and a presence in curated anthologies like Raw, Boiled and Cooked: Comics on the Verge, Petra is a character rooted in the Copper Age who has grown alongside some of the most sophisticated literary comics ever published. If you're exploring the deep, rewarding tapestry of Hernandez's Palomar-adjacent storytelling, she's absolutely worth tracking down.