Lea Hernandez

Posted on September 7, 2006 by Brad Guigar

Lea Hernandez

If you’re familiar with webcomics, you’re probably familiar with Lea Hernandez. She was the original editor of Modern Tales’ Girlamatic and co-creator of Killer Princess.

Hernandez’s collaborator on Killer Princess, Gail Simone, passed along some sad news yesterday: She had a devastating house fire yesterday morning. From Ms. Simone:

Half her house is now gone, and the rest is smoke-damaged. In addition, she lost at least six of her family’s beloved pets, two dogs and four cats. If you knew Lea, you’d know how devastating that is. She’s lost a great deal of her family’s possessions, including irreplaceable art.

Lea has two (wonderful, amazing) special needs children and right now they need a place to stay and some clothes to wear. More than that, they need some help, and fast, in the form of donations to her paypal account. Lea’s a proud person so I’m going to ask FOR her. This is important, and a great chance to do a wonderful thing for a creator who has consistently enriched this industry we all love so much. Please, take a moment and send WHATEVER YOU CAN to Lea’s paypal account and help make this time a little bit less painful for someone who would do the same for you if the positions were reversed.

If you remember the Webcomics Telethon last year, you may recall what a huge role Lea played. Here’s your chance to do something good in return.

Send her a PayPal donation: divalea(at)gmail(dot)com . You know what to do with the (at) and the (dot).

Do it now before you forget.