Renee Bellochio

Renee Bellochio made her entrance in the pages of Image Comics' Freshmen Preview in 2005, brought to life by writer Hugh Sterbakov and artist Leonard Kirk during the Modern Age. She's a fixture of the Freshmen universe — a world vivid enough to spawn a Summer Vacation Special and a Yearbook — sharing her adventures with a memorably eclectic cast that includes Annalee Rogers, Elwood Johns, and the wonderfully named Beaver and Puppeteer. It's a compact but charming corner of Image history from the mid-2000s, and for collectors who love discovering the quirky, character-driven gems that define that era, Renee and her crew are well worth a look.