THE AZTEC MUMMY – lobby card
“Azteca Lobby Card” for the first of the Aztec Mummy films, billed as both La Momia and La Momia Azteca (1957). In Zombi Mexicano I wrote about these films and how their success cemented the term “momia” in Mexican horror. The fact … Continued
Up close and… flakey
It’s been a while since I posted anything on what are easily my favorite Heche en Mexico lucha libre souvenirs — the 3″ poorly molded and even more poorly painted gems we refer to simply as “bag figures.” This particular … Continued
ZoMex award nom, and free shipping EXTENDED!
I want to thank the good folk over at Mail Order Zombie for the Dead Letter Awards “Best Book – Non Fiction/Reference” nomination. MOZ was the first real sterling review Zombi Mexicano received back in November, and I’m grateful for … Continued
A nice look at THE BOLOS
I love the early wrestling masks, before the 4-panel design became pretty much the standard construction everywhere. This really nice shot of 60s masked standouts The Bolos, who were various wrestlers under even more various incarnations of the name depending … Continued
Perhaps my favorite lucha figure ever!
The greatest thing about collecting Mexican toys is the weird mutations and entirely aberrant lines of figures you find. Even if there were a hundred reference books and websites cataloging lucha figures (and there aren’t), we’d constantly be finding toys … Continued
EL MONJE LOCO – The Mad Monk
While putting together the latest book, I realized twenty pages could have been dedicated to the horror institution that is “El Monje Loco” — part Cryptkeeper, part Zacherley, star of radio, newspaper strips, comic books, film and TV going on … Continued
UNUSED ZOMEX: Muertos line art
This time it’s something I did use in the book, albeit in the pink and orange scheme. Here’s the much less psychadellic original line art for those of you who want something to color on your own. A confession here … Continued