“When do you know you should pursue something of worth? When it’s the first thing you think of in the morning and the last thing you think of at night. When it invades your mind, fills your heart with excitement and ignites your soul with a burning desire to share it with the rest of the world.
That’s when you know you have a foundation to start from. When you have such a foundation, you will succeed…so long as you give it enough time.” –Jaime Buckley
Born in 1969 in Oakland California, Jaime Buckley always knew he wanted to be a cartoonist and share stories with others. As he got older, got married and had children of his own, that desire flourished into a passion for the human soul. To work with youth, especially those left behind by an unfeeling society, and challenge their potential. To help them understand that anything was possible, even against seemingly unbeatable odds.
Jaime was blessed to find and marry his best friend and soul mate Kathilynn, and were married in 1990 and now have 11 beautiful children. For nearly three years Jaime worked solo in producing his comic books, putting in regular 12-16 hour days, six days a week. This eventually re-damaged his hands, which had required surgery to function in the first place. It was another three years before Jaime’s daughters encouraged him to rededicate himself to Wanted Hero…in written novel form.
Jaime has been an “professional” artist for over 25 years, which started in shopping malls in California, where he would do caricatures of young couples and then sell them for $4 each. That is, until he got caught without a license.
The drawing started vigorously at age 2…and never stopped. At age 15, he created a comic strip character ‘Chester’, which became two self-published works, selling more than 25,000 copies each (Chester: The End of Life as We Know It & Chester: Love Me or Leave Me, Just Hand Me The Remote). Many copies were donated to libraries…but they kept getting stolen. Until recently, Jaime’s writing career was limited to training manuscripts, advertisements, manuals and newsletters. During ’06-’08 he averaged at least 5 unique articles a week, as well as podcasts to train thousands of professionals across the country each Monday morning in the financial field…that was, until he could do something actually important. This came in the form of an offer from Crocodiles International, Inc. as the Crocodile Media Overseer, head steward of the Communications Division.
It has been very difficult to gain the trust of the various races he has interviewed over the years, and has stated repeatedly that these works would have been impossible to translate without the extensive accomplishments and compilations of his dear friend Hobin Luckyfeller. Jaime’s full focus is now on completing the full detailed manuscripts of the adventures of Wendell P. Dipmier and assisting International Speaker Roger Anthony recreate his Crocodile Mastery program using characters from his Wanted Hero Universe. He also asks for any news on the whereabouts of Hobin Luckyfeller, who did not return from his last scouting trip to find the Nimbarin Ice Gators.
Jaime is a proud father and husband, who regularly gives his time and talents to his community, while always engaging and entertaining youth at every possible opportunity.
