Ruben Najera(II)

Ruben Najera was born and raised in El Centro, Ca. which is located in Imperial County. Ruben is a well known comic book writer and letterer with published work with Archie Comics , M House Publishing, Bloodmoon Comics with his original superhero comic "Calaguerra", and on his most recent work for 10 Ton Press for the world renowned rock band Linkin Park. Ruben is also the owner of the world famous two time Eisner nominated Metahumans Comics store as well as being the founder of both the Imperial Valley and Palm Springs Entertainment Conventions. He is of Mexican descent, his mother is from Mexicali, Mexico and his father was born in the border city of Calexico, Ca. In his 20's Ruben had a career as a professional skateboarder and had numerous signature products for many well known brands in action sports. From his early sponsorship years on Tony Hawks Birdhouse Skateboards flow team to being introduced into the professional ranks with his professional model skate decks with Michigans "Six Starz skateboards" brand. At one point in time Ruben had record breaking sales with the Nestle company on his signature PowerBar boxes which sold in stores worldwide which is the equivalent of being featured on a Wheaties box. He was marketed in this campaign at the time alongside NBA superstar Blake Griffin. Ruben has been featured doing stunts in numerous music videos as well as producing and directing on various films. Ruben can be found monthly on his podcast "Passions Personified" which can be listened to on Spotify, Apple, and every major podcast platform in existence.