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Article: Cross-Cultural Comics.
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- December 4, 2000
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BAND OF AUTHORS TURNS TO ROOTS TO CASH IN ON MARKET FOR CARTOON HEROES
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Forget Batman, Spiderman, Superman. There's a new breed of action heroes out there in the brightly hued land of comic books.
They have names like "Sonambulo" (Sleepwalker), "El Gato Negro" (the Black Cat) and "Burrito" (Little Burro).
These characters and others are being created by a small band of alternative comic book authors drawing on their Latino roots to portray the culture they grew up in, be it in Los Angeles or elsewhere.
The comic book characters celebrate Dia de los Muertos, not Halloween. The barman is a cantinador. And, from time to ...