Lea Hernandez (born March 11, 1964) is an American

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and

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creator, known primarily for working in a manga-influenced style, and for doing lettering and touch-ups on manga imports. She is the co-creator of '' Killer Princesses'', written by

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and published by

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; and the creator of '' Rumble Girls'' from

NBM Publishing Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Inc. (or NBM Publishing) is an American graphic novel publisher. Founded by Terry Nantier in 1976 as Flying Buttress Publications, NBM is one of the oldest graphic novel publishers in North America. The compa ...

Career

She did art for comics published by

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and

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: '' Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher'' (a one-shot), and ''

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'' (two two-page shorts). She also did art for three issues of

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manga-style series at

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. Hernandez published several webcomics at

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and was the original editor of

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. In 2002, Hernandez created the short webcomic ''Near Life Experience'' for Modern Tales. Hernandez has written several short stories for collections of

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and fantasy. She was a vice president for General Products, USA (the U.S. marketing arm of

Gainax Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; ja, 株式会社ガイナックス, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ) is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, Roya ...

) from 1989–1990 and was briefly a guest editor for '' Wizard''. 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 down 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. In 2014, she married former LA Times comics syndicate and Disney Comics editor David Seidman.

Awards

Hernandez received a 1999

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nomination for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition. In 2004, she was awarded Lulu of the Year by

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, a now disbanded women in comics organization, for editing at ''

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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 ''Alternate Warriors'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. The anthology contains 29 short stories, including Resnick's own "Mwalimu in the Squared Circle". The other stories are ...

'', 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.

Notes

External links

''Atelier Divalea''

''Bani Garu'' - Lea Hernandez’s involvement with animation studio Gainax

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