Jaime Hernandez is one of the all-time greats of American comics. This Love and Rockets cover is quintessential Locas—Maggie, Hopey, and the gang just hanging out on some steps, while a dude in a Batman shirt and some movie nerds linger nearby. That poster for 'La Nave de los Monstruos' in the background... I used to love Piporro movies as a kid, so seeing that reference here hits different. The effortless naturalism of people just existing in space. His ink work is deceptively simple—every line is doing exactly what it needs to do and nothing more. Pure comics mastery from the Hernandez brothers' legendary Fantagraphics run.

— Pablo Stanley