Lea Hernandez (born March 11, 1964) is an American comic book and webcomic creator, known primarily for working in a manga-influenced style,Kross, Karin L. "An Interview with Lea Hernandez," Bookslut (Nov, 2003). and for doing lettering and touch-ups on manga imports.Hernandez credits, Grand Comics Database. Accessed Feb. 27, 2014. She is the co-creator of Killer Princesses, written by Gail Simone and published by Oni Press; and the creator of Rumble Girls from NBM Publishing.
Career She did art for comics published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics: Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher (a one-shot), and Transmetropolitan (two two-page shorts). She also did art for three issues of The Hardy Boys manga-style series at Papercutz.The Hardy Boys: The Ocean of Osyria (Papercutz, Jan.–Mar. 2005).
Hernandez published several webcomics at Modern Tales and was the original editor of Girlamatic. In 2002, Hernandez created the short webcomic Near Life Experience for Modern Tales.
Hernandez has written several short stories for collections of science fiction and fantasy.
She was a vice president for General Products, USA (the U.S. marketing arm of Gainax) from 1989–1990"Pre-web anime fandom (Out of the Archives 4)," Lainspotting (March 24, 2006). and was briefly a guest editor for Wizard.Contino, Jennifer. "Rumble Girlamatic: Lea Hernandez," Sequential Tart vol. VI, issue 3 (March 2003).
Hernandez appeared in Adventures Into Digital Comics, a 2006 documentary on the comics industry. She did art on eight issues of the DC Comics title Teen Titans GO!
Personal life On the morning of September 6, 2006, her house in Texas burned downWeiland, Jonah. "Lea Hernandez's House Burned, Simone Rallies Help," Comic Book Resources (Sept. 6, 2006). and much of her original artwork was lost in the fire. Colleagues in the comics industry responded by collecting donations for Hernandez from fans and friends in the comics industry.Simone, Gail. "A Planet Karen Plea from Gail Simone," Newsarama (02 March 2009). In 2014, she married former LA Times comics syndicate and Disney Comics editor David Seidman.
Awards Hernandez received a 1999 Eisner Award nomination for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition."Eisner Awards," Hahn Library. Accessed Feb. 27, 2014. In 2004, she was awarded Lulu of the Year by Friends of Lulu, a now disbanded women in comics organization, for editing at Girlamatic."Lulu Awards," Friends of Lulu website. Accessed Feb. 27, 2014.
Bibliography Short stories "800-DJIN-HLP" in Aladdin: Master of the Lamp. edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW books, 1992. "Al Einstein—Nazi Smasher!" in Alternate Warriors, edited by Mike Resnick, Tor Books, 1993. "Pteri" in Dinosaur Fantastic. edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW book, 1993. "The Ghost of Christmas Scams." in Christmas Ghosts. edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, 1993. "The Journal of #3 Honeysuckle Lane" in Witch Fantastic. edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books, 1995.
Books Cathedral Child. Somerville, Maryland: Cyberosia Publishing, 1998. Clockwork Angels. Berkeley, California: Image, 2001 Rumble Girls. New York: NBM Publishing, 2003. Manga Secrets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Impact, 2005.
References Sources consulted Guzman, Rene A. (January 23, 2002). "Manga revises Marvel heroes". San Antonio Express-News, p. 1G. Pethokoukis, James M. (September 25, 2000). "Help, Spidey, help! Comics are dying!". U.S. News & World Report, p. 46. Wolk, Douglas (November 1, 2004). "Web Comics Send Readers Looking for Books". Publishers Weekly, p. 15.
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External links Atelier Divalea Bani Garu - Lea Hernandez’s involvement with animation studio Gainax Dangerous Beauty—Lea Hernandez's LiveJournal girlamatic.com, archived using the Wayback Machine Lea Hernandez - Anime Convention Personality of the Week - Feb. 22, 1999 Lea Hernandez interviewed on Missions Unknown