Lea Hernandez Seidman
Experience:
30 years' practice as an artist for graphic novels and comics featuring characters from:
• DC Comics (Teen Titans Go!)
• BOOM! (Adventure Time)
• Disney (The Little Mermaid)
• Marvel (Girl Comics, Marvel Mangaverse)
• Hasbro/IDW (My Little Pony)
• American Greetings/Lion Forge (Care Bears)
• Penguin Random House/NBM (The Hardy Boys)
Writing and art for original comics series and graphic novels published by:
• Image (Cathedral Child, Clockwork Angels, Rumble Girls)
• NBM (Rumble Girls)
• Oni (Killer Princesses, art, scripting by Gail Simone)
Other Experience:
•Editor and founder of GirlAMatic.com, where I nurtured and published new and experienced artists and writers, including:
Raina Telgemeier (New York Times bestsellers Smile, Sisters, Guts, and Drama)
Rachel Hartman (Hugo and Nebula nominee Tess of the Road)
Vera Brosgol (storyboard artist on Coraline, Paranorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings)
Skills:
• Software: Storyboard Pro, Clip Studio Paint, Procreate, Affinity Designer, and Photoshop,
• Hardware and media: Cintiq, iPad Pro, webcomics, and print comics and graphic novels.
• Leadership: as editor of Girlamatic.com, I scouted and recruited artists, publicity, educated comics pros and readers about the positive aspects of webcomics.
Awards:
• Eisner and Harvey awards for Best Anthology Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo
• Eisner nominee, Best Humor Publication: What's Michael?
• Eisner nominee for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition
• Friends of Lulu (publishing society) Lulu of the Year