Toco

Toco is a supporting character in Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar stories, inhabiting the vibrant Latin American community that Hernandez built across Love and Rockets, sharing the world with central figures like Luba and Maricela.

Toco made their debut in the pages of Love and Rockets #3 in 1983, stepping into the rich, sun-drenched world that Gilbert Hernandez was building at Fantagraphics — one of the most celebrated alternative comics universes of the Bronze Age. Over more than three decades, Toco kept remarkable company, sharing stories with iconic figures like Luba, Maricela, and Vicente across Love and Rockets, Birdland, and Love and Rockets Bonanza! With a catalog presence that stretches all the way to 2017 and includes at least one collector-recognized key issue, Toco is a genuine piece of the Hernandez Brothers' enduring legacy — the kind of character that rewards readers who dive deep into one of alternative comics' most beloved and human-scaled fictional worlds.