Javier Hernandez

Javier Hernandez (born April 23, 1966) is an American artist, comic book creator, and radio host from Whittier, California. Perhaps best known for creating the popular series, El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie, the majority of his works are published through his privately-owned imprint, Los Comex. Javier Hernandez was born on born April 23, 1967, in Los Angeles, California, a year later moving with his family to Whittier, California which he now proudl... more

Javier Hernandez (born April 23, 1966) is an American artist, comic book creator, and radio host from Whittier, California. Perhaps best known for creating the popular series, El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie, the majority of his works are published through his privately-owned imprint, Los Comex. Javier Hernandez was born on born April 23, 1967, in Los Angeles, California, a year later moving with his family to Whittier, California which he now proudly calls his hometown. His early introduction to comic books came when his older brother, who had long grown out of comic book collecting, had left his books to Javier. He would later credit the comics of the '60s and '70s as his artistic inspirations. Lucha Libre had an early influence on him, as well as such television staples as Speed Racer, The Addams Family, Giant Robot and The Six Million Dollar Man. Hernandez conceived El Muerto sometime in the early '90s, a character originally intended to be part of a group of Mexican-American... less