  jaime (sometimes spelled xaime) hernandez (born 1959) is the co-creator of the independent comic book love and rockets (along with his brothers gilbert and mario). ==early life== jaime hernandez grew up in oxnard, california.aldama, p. 119. 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 said. "i wanted to draw comics my whole life."aldama, p. 120. they 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. hernandez has also been a lifelong punk rock fan. in addition to playing in bands himself it has been a constant element of his work. his heroine maggie and her friends are almost all punk fans; he also has done a series of stories about the career of another main character (hopey) as a bass player for a luckless punk band. ==career==  jaime's main contribution to love and rockets is the ongoing s
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