La Vida Perversa

April 10, 2008 2:35 PM

"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)

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