Masked wrestler pop culture and vintage Mexican monster media for over 25 YEARS!
It was Tenebrous Kate of Super Coven and Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire a couple weeks back, and now Freddy In Space?!?! Great reviews from great websites! I love love love getting these Zombi Mexicano recs from folks I’m a fan … Continued
And I quote: “Zombi Mexicano is the kind of book that makes the reader want to run out and track down every title that appears on its pages.” That’s coming from esteemed horror blogger Tenebrous Kate. And while reviews and … Continued
“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
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
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
Something I truly regretted cutting from the book — this time for rights clearance issues and reproduction quality — was a short feature on real life ring workers who played various zombies, mummies and even El Monje Loco himself. The … Continued
For the next three weeks I’m against crushing deadlines at the day job, but that doesn’t mean I’m not super dedicated to getting everyone’s book orders out ASAP, especially with how alarmingly slow the U.S. mail has gotten lately. I’m … Continued
Got a nice review from some zombie-obsessed folk over at the Mail Order Zombie podcast. I was really hoping to connect with a zombie film fan-base who was less familiar with Mexican cinema with this book, and I’m delighted to … Continued