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06 September 2006

Help for a comics artist American comics artist and former U.S. Gainax employee Lea Hernandez has suffered a terrible blow. This morning, half of her house burned down, including several of her original art pieces and six of her eight family pets.[More:]

Lea tirelessly crusades for comics and female artists, particularly girls who want to create manga. Recently, she helped establish a scholarship for female artists on GirlAMatic, the comics collective she is the editor of.

Can someone who has an account make a MeFi post for me? And please spread the word among people who might care to donate.
I am so sad for the loss of her pets. Damn, that just rips at my heart.
posted by getoffmylawn 06 September | 16:15
How perfectly awful. The note from her daughter in the last entry is perfectly heartbreaking. I'll be praying for the family and especially for their lost loved ones.
posted by muddgirl 06 September | 22:46
Wow. That is so sad. Good luck to Lea and her loved ones!

She's a wonderful part of the comics world.
posted by shane 07 September | 07:40
Please do not flash the octopus. || "She's got these long clothes on

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