La Vida Perversa
April 10, 2008 2:35 PM   Subscribe

"Moralistic, prejudiced, racist, misogynist, manipulative, sexist, daring, exciting, critical, sarcastic and passionate - these are just a few adjectives that commonly describe Mexico's most widely-read publication: the historieta."

Some more background on the topic. Sample book covers, definitely NSFW: 1, 2, 3. A history of Mexican comics (warning: annoying audio). A few more covers. "The Imp."
posted by jbickers (4 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Later on, El Buen Tono joined forces with Cervecería Moctezuma, and subsequently all characters in the story resolved their problems by smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer.

Hey, works for me.
posted by nasreddin at 2:44 PM on April 10, 2008


These are known as trucker's comic over there. Guess trucking annihilates.
posted by elpapacito at 2:53 PM on April 10, 2008


"Moralistic, prejudiced, racist, misogynist, manipulative, sexist, daring, exciting, critical, sarcastic and passionate"


But enough about me...
posted by synaesthetichaze at 3:43 PM on April 10, 2008


They need to form a free-trade zone with Japan
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:30 PM on April 10, 2008


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