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What am I looking at? What is this noise? It’s just drums. Like — crazy marching band drums. Denver’s Itchy-O? They do have electric sombreros, it is true. And lucha libre masks and space mariachi outfits. OK then. Are they on Facebook?

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A storm is percolating in the southern Japanese city of Oita, where a politician a la Santo Enmascarado refuses to take off his luchador mask in order to attend city council meetings.

The council members are prohibiting newly-elected Skull Reaper A-Ji from participating in city business unless he is unmasked. Reaper A-Ji refuses to give into the demand, explaining that without his mask he is someone else. [Mas…]

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Passions run hot in the lucharrific Aztec Gold Dating Game featuring the Glorious Gabacho, Gabe “The Babe” and filmmaker Erik Bosse; all three are vying to be the valentine of a smoldering San Antonio señorita. [Aztec Gold Dating Game by me, Victor Payan.]

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In ¡El Tonto! a socially-challenged vacationer in Mexico City strikes up an unlikely friendship with lucha libre star El Solar.

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Muy Macho tells the tale of a put-upon, alcoholic gardener who finds out he comes from a long line of luchador-masked superheroes. When he ingests his pinche foul-mouthed abuela’s homemade remedio, he becomes a nine-foot tall wall of rippling Mexican crime-fighting muscle. (Totally NSFW language.)

By special arrangement with writer and director Kevin Beauchamp.

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POCHO has seen the future of downloadable interdimensional Canadian lucha libre videogames, and its name is Guacamelee! Just tell us what dimension we need to go to and what border we need to cross, and we will do it! Until Canuckian gamesters Drinkbox Studios release this title, we are on permanent Guacamelee watch!

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My summer vaycaycay by Peligrozo Azul (photos)

by GRETEL ADAMS September 12, 2012 Cultura
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He’s dangerous. He’s blue. He’s plush luchador Peligrozo Azul by artist Dennise  Rodriguez and he had a very cool summer. Here are his photos.

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‘Lucha!’ the video: One scene, 19 seconds, big ending

by Comic Saenz August 28, 2012 Cartoons
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LUCHA!: Nineteen-second cartoon — one scene with a shocking ending.

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You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do you ‘feel locky’? (video)

by Comic Saenz August 6, 2012 Cartoons
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Se hacen llaves (Feeling locky): After a long day at work, Misifús Godínez just wants to go home and rest. Nevertheless, a broken key and a peculiar locksmith will stand in the way for peace. (Después de un largo día de trabajo, Misifús Godínez solo quiere llegar a su casa a descansar. Sin embargo, no [...]

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Ñewsweek: Ostriches attack, burritos offend and chickens go gay

by Comic Saenz August 5, 2012 El Now
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It was an ordinary day in an ordinary Mexican convenience store and recorded in grainy black and white by an ordinary surveillance video camera. And then the masked luchador entered – with a posse of ostriches. This POCHO ñewsweek featured the Florida burritos with offensive names, chicken culture war hawk Col. Sanders’s statement on gay [...]

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