With the cultural fascination that Mexico has with masked men fighting evil, why is it that they aren’t a bigger comic book market for companies like MArvel and DC? Logically, this market should dwarf the US since they don’t seem to have any problems with the concept of grown-ups wearing spandex and beating the snot out of each other. I suppose it could be a racial thing, what with there not being that many - if any - prominent Mexican superheroes, but then Wolverine being Canadian certainly never seemed to hurt his popularity here in the states. Either way, the whole luchador culture is one that’s endlessly fascinating to me, and I love seeing things like this. Equator Books in Venice, CA is currently running an exhibit of luchador photos in their gallery until December 1, 2005. I can’t seem to find anything indicating that they’re planning to publish them in book form, but I’d be shocked if that wasn’t in the works.

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