Santo vs. Gangsters
It’s Hoodtown author Christa Faust‘s birthday, so I thought I’d throw up some imagery more in her film noir realm. El Santo often took on supernatural menaces and rampaging monsters in the pages of the prolific Jose G. Cruz photo … Continued
Mil Mascaras y El Canek
One of the rather neato by-products of being a lucha libre fan in the US is you get to see a lot of 70s and 80s legends making special appearances north of the border. In 2004 I was lucky enough … Continued
Wall of Hoods
Took these at one of the first Lucha VaVOOM shows, years and years ago now. Normally, the souvenir hood vendors set up on blankets outside the arenas, or primitive carts that can be moved on a moment’s notice. For VaVOOM’s … Continued
HOODTOWN now available for Kindle!
We’ve just made Christa Faust‘s HOODTOWN available as an eBook for the Amazon Kindle (and the Kindle app for PCs, phones, iPad and other tablets). Buy it now here, or search ‘Hoodtown’ via your Kindle store app. ONLY $2.99! Read … Continued
Expression in vinyl
Japanese toy company Marusan specializes in creating retro-styled toys of characters that never would have been produced for kid’s lines back in the day. So you see a lot of modern horror movies, obscure TV properties and yes, Mexican wrestling … Continued
Sombra Vengadora all tied up
Awesome publicity still from La Sombra Vengadora. The three serials/movies were the big break for Fernando Oses, and the costume served as inspiration for latter ring star Rayo de Jalisco.
A couple old school rooftop portraits
Publicity images from 60s lucha mags. If you subscribed to our old printed newsletter (FPU-Cito) in the 90s you may recognize these… The photographers for Mexican wrestling mags would often take their subjects to the roof of whatever building they … Continued