Lucha Comics

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 14: Tawa, el hombre gacela, issue 8 - art & story by Joaquin Cervantes Bassoco.

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 12: Tawa issue 7 - story & art by el maestro, Joaquin Cervantes Bassoco.

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 11: Blue Demon #136 tribute cover - artwork by Colombian-American artist Andrea Montano

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 10: (from the Lucha Comics archives) Blue Demon #26 - Mexican Wrestling (Lucha Libre) comic book

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 9: Yolanda Vargas Dulché is best known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín was also a film and television costume designer.

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 8: Biografias Selectas #102 featured Benito Juarez - Mexico's first indigenous president.

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 7: Wama el hijo de la luna - this jungle adventurer themed book (inspired by Tarzan) - drawn and written by legendary Mexican writer and artist Joaquin Cervantes Bassoco - would go on for 600 issues!

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 6: Los Super Sabios by German Butze - a classic Mexican comic that is still remembered to this day

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 5: Jose G. Cruz - This Mexican comic book writer and artist created "fotonovela" comics, which blended live stills with comic book panel layouts, lettering and effects.

Hispanic Heritage Month Day 4: Joaquin Cervantes Bassoco was a pioneer of golden age Mexican comics, and Mexico's only museum dedicated to comic books now bears his name. Bassoco worked on numerous titles, including some that he published DAILY.