Character/Fantagraphics

Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez

Gilbert Hernandez

Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez first appeared in Birdland #1 (1990-10), published by Fantagraphics. 129 appearances are indexed across 33 series.

One of the main characters in Gilbert Hernandez's post-Palomar series of comics. A lisping therapist turned B-movie actress who goes through various relationship entanglements. Born in the early 1970s, daughter of Maria Inclan with Hector Martinez. Younger sister of Petra Martinez and half-sister of Luba. Has two surrogate daughters- Rosario and Baby. Was married to Aldo, Mark Herrera, Pipo Jimenez and three times to Scott the Hog. Her "Fritz" nickname came from her father, who thought she would turn out to look like the "Fritzi Ritz" character from the Nancy newspaper strip. Besides appearances in the regular Love & Rockets series she's also appeared in the B movie-as-comics graphic novels The Troublemakers (2009), Love from the Shadows (2011), Chance in Hell (2007) and Maria M. (2013-19).