{{Short description|American comics artist}} {{Infobox comics creator

| image = <!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See WP:NONFREE. --> | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date={{Birth date and age|1964|3|11}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | collaborators = | cartoonist = | write = | art = y | ink = | letter = y | alias = | notable works = ''Killer Princesses''<br />''Rumble Girls'' | awards = | website = }} '''Lea Hernandez''' (born March 11, 1964) is an American comic book and webcomic creator, known primarily for working in a manga-influenced style,<ref>Kross, Karin L. [http://www.bookslut.com/features/2003_11_000970.php "An Interview with Lea Hernandez,"] ''Bookslut'' (Nov, 2003).</ref> and for doing lettering and touch-ups on manga imports.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/credit/name/lea%20hernandez/sort/alpha/ Hernandez credits], Grand Comics Database. Accessed Feb. 27, 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>''The Hardy Boys: The Ocean of Osyria'' (Papercutz, Jan.–Mar. 2005).</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=1608&issue=2002-12-01|work=Sequential Tart|title=Near Life Experience|last=Sebastian|first=Trisha|date=2002-12-01}}</ref>

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<ref>[http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lainspotting/2006/03/pre-web-anime-fandom-out-of-archives-4.html "Pre-web anime fandom (Out of the Archives 4),"] ''Lainspotting'' (March 24, 2006).</ref> and was briefly a guest editor for ''Wizard''.<ref>Contino, Jennifer. [http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/mar03/leahernandez.shtml "Rumble Girlamatic: Lea Hernandez,"] ''Sequential Tart'' vol. VI, issue 3 (March 2003).</ref>

Hernandez appeared in ''Adventures Into Digital Comics'', a 2006 documentary on the comics industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://promo.icon.org.il/eng/?p=55 |title=Icon Film Festival |publisher=Promo.icon.org.il |date= |accessdate=2012-08-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003426/http://promo.icon.org.il/eng/?p=55 |archivedate=2007-09-27 }}</ref> She did art on eight issues of the DC Comics title ''Teen Titans GO!''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccomics.com/talent/lea-hernandez|title=Lea Hernandez|date=Mar 4, 2012|website=DC|accessdate=Apr 20, 2021}}</ref>

== Personal life == On the morning of September 6, 2006, her house in Texas burned down<ref>Weiland, Jonah. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140303175841/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&old=1&id=8293 "Lea Hernandez's House Burned, Simone Rallies Help,"] ''Comic Book Resources'' (Sept. 6, 2006).</ref> 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.<ref>Simone, Gail. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130914050051/http://www.newsarama.com/2363-a-planet-karen-plea-from-gail-simone.html "A Planet Karen Plea from Gail Simone,"] ''Newsarama'' (02 March 2009).</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner99.php "Eisner Awards,"] Hahn Library. Accessed Feb. 27, 2014.</ref> In 2004, she was awarded Lulu of the Year by Friends of Lulu, a now disbanded women in comics organization, for editing at ''Girlamatic''.<ref>[http://friendsoflulu.wordpress.com/lulu-awards/ "Lulu Awards,"] Friends of Lulu website. Accessed Feb. 27, 2014.</ref>

==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.&nbsp;1G. * Pethokoukis, James M. (September 25, 2000). "Help, Spidey, help! Comics are dying!". ''U.S. News & World Report'', p.&nbsp;46. * Wolk, Douglas (November 1, 2004). "Web Comics Send Readers Looking for Books". ''Publishers Weekly'', p.&nbsp;15.

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==External links== * [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/divalea/ ''Atelier Divalea''] * [http://boingboing.net/tag/banigaru/ ''Bani Garu'' - Lea Hernandez’s involvement with animation studio Gainax] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512011712/http://divalea.livejournal.com/ Dangerous Beauty]—Lea Hernandez's LiveJournal * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030425124810/http://girlamatic.com/ girlamatic.com], archived using the Wayback Machine * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090108001831/http://www.fansview.com/person/0222pers.htm Lea Hernandez - Anime Convention Personality of the Week - Feb. 22, 1999] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110602004758/http://missionsunknown.com/2009/08/made-in-sa-lea-hernandez/ Lea Hernandez interviewed] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20091215045216/http://missionsunknown.com/ Missions Unknown]

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