Venus

Venus is a character in Gilbert Hernandez's ongoing Palomar/Luba saga, inhabiting the multigenerational world shared with characters like Fritz Martinez and Pipo Jimenez. She debuted in Love and Rockets #47 and moves through the interconnected lives of Hernandez's extended cast.

Few characters carry the warmth and complexity of Gilbert Hernandez's Venus, who stepped onto the page in Love and Rockets #47 in 1995 and has been a fixture of the Fantagraphics universe ever since. Born from one of alternative comics' most celebrated creative minds, she inhabits the rich, multigenerational world Hernandez has been building for decades, sharing her stories with beloved figures like Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Pipo Jimenez, and Petra Martinez across the pages of Love and Rockets, Luba, and Measles. With over 43 catalog appearances spanning more than thirty years and counting into 2026, Venus is a testament to the enduring, novelistic storytelling that makes Beto's corner of Fantagraphics so singular. If you're drawn to character-driven alternative comics with real literary depth, she's absolutely worth seeking out.