Jaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the independent comic book Love and Rockets . Jaime Hernandez grew up in Oxnard, California. He is the youngest of his family, with four older brothers and one sister. His family embraced comics: their mother read them frequently and old issues were kept in large quantities in the house, to be read and re-read by all over the years. "We grew up with comics," Hernandez says. "I wanted to draw comics my whole life." The brothers read all types of comics and enjoyed those that gave a fairly realistic depiction of family life as well as the standard... superhero adventures. Hernandez was particularly influenced by Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace and Dan DeCarlo's Archie' comics. The children in his otherwise rather realistic stories are often drawn to resemble Ketcham's, and Jaime's character's often strike very DeCarlo-esque poses. The work of Alex Toth, Charles Schulz, Jesse Marsh and Jack Kirby were also hugely influential. Hernandez has a lifelong fascination with pro wrestling, especially women's wrestling, and it has been a regular part of his work.
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