Hot Mexican Lovin'

The book: Hot Mexican Love Comics 2006

I picked this up for two terrible reasons. First, the people working the booth during APE were looking lonely and a bit downtrodden (though from their report it seems that I was horribly mistaken). I'm a sucker for sad folks. And secondly, I was going to buy this for BeaucoupKevin. But after flipping through I decided I wanted it for myself. I'm such a bad friend.

As I took a closer look, I realized that I did not recognize a single name. For an anthology, that seemed sort of strange to me. But I continued on. The reason for my naivete is that almost all of the artists are slaving away on network animated television shows (The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc.) as storyboard artists or editors.

My interest was officially piqued. My trek for comic goodness continued.

The art:


Good, good stuff. Many different styles, ranging from really clean "cartoon" style of Anthony Vukojevich to the very distressed and rough style of John Fountain (see above).

The stories:
Ranged from predictable vato/low rider stories to those with more historical value. Almost every story made me laugh out loud and took me back to the times of being a high school student in a ghetto high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To translate, this totally makes it work the measly $5 I spent on the book.