Mucha Lucha! para siempre

Featuring designs from the series and other Lucha-Libre related art.

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2026! Who's still with me?

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An update of sorts...

About to divide my time between The Return Of The Return Of El Malefico comic (from now on referred to as TROTROEM...actually that doesn't work at all) and an animated video to promote the new and upcoming Rudopolis board game.

Just finishing page 12 of the comic...long long way ahead, but so happy to be doing this. Rudopolis should be one for the ages...

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Tees 'n Things Sale!

At this stage of my life I don't earn any money from Mucha Lucha! or Los Campeones, so I am grateful for even the smallest commissions (and they are tiny) I receive from TeePublic. There's a whole host of lucha, dance, music, whatever designs on all kinds of objects and apparel, and it's almost always discounted...like now.

New addition is this Luchaverse poster in 3 sizes...

Direct link below for more details...

Shop t-shirts, phone cases, hoodies, art prints and mugs created by independent artists from around the globe.

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Page 11

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More Randomness...

We (Lili Chin & myself) were constantly designing characters, character turnarounds, reference sheet, and even more characters thrown up by the script. But some I designed/co-designed once and possibly never drew them again. Mrs.Flea was one of these, which is why I'm really happy revisiting them for the comic I am creating.

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Random Thought

In 2004 there was talk about submitting some long form ideas to WB Home video. Throwing ideas around, a variety show format came up...

Or...one of our characters ('Late Nite with Senor Hasbeena') interviewing a combination of animated and live characters, with crazy stunts, and diversions.  A la Pee Wee's Playhouse..

Okay, so it's a bit Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast-ish, but I liked the idea of bringing Hasbeena to the fore, so I worked up a springboard premise based on this...

*Note: remember this is 2004. there was no youtube, Netflix was a dvd rental company, and streaming was something that needed a supply of water. Okay, let's proceed...

It all starts with a migratory swarm of cicadas from Hawaii which is blown off course and deposits into the town where our story is set. Meanwhile Senor Hasbeena has a late night community access TV show that no-one watches...except maybe Kid Upandcoming who regularly calls in to crank call Hasbeena.

Because of the late night chirping of the cicadas, no one can sleep. Suddenly, Hasbeena's viewership is soaring: Because everyone is awake, Hasbeena's show becomes the default program to watch. After years of lucha obscurity, Hasbeena suddenly finds himself back in the spotlight - maybe he has that one last golden chance to immortalize himself as one of the greats? But first he needs an epic match and an epic opponent...

So..I floated this by someone close to me (who up until this I had been in total sync with)...and they hated it!!! :D

Needless to say it didn't happen. While all this was going on we were still getting assurances season 4 was going to happen...well you know the rest, and that pretty much ended any discussion with Home Video.

Still...time, space and creativity is a strange thing. I'm thinking Senor H. will still get his moment to shine...

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Random

Dunno what's triggering it, but I am getting a lot of random Mucha Lucha! thoughts & recollections popping into my head. Maybe it's revisiting and drawing some of the characters for the comic? Then again, maybe it's just age..?

I always like to keep this blog visual, but maybe I'll just write down some thoughts as they come to mind...

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Hello eddie!! :D

So uhhh about the short scene of the adults (including mama and lonestar in las vegas), ever since i’ve watched The Return of El Malefico since 2017 (9 years? whoa) i have always thought of something… is it true that the adults (parents, teachers, other adult luchadores that were featured in this particular part) were actually drunk in that particular scene?? :o, i mean, it wasn’t shown explicitly but, I always assumed that they were drunk in that scene because of the animations of each adult (including a cameo of Kid Upandcoming), i imagine what other crazy misadventures the adults did in Las Vegas before battling el malefico hehe. (I pictured the headmistress with a giant beer mug in her hand hahahahahaha)

Also, i’m still looking forward for the upcoming sequel comic!!

Drunk?!? Characters aimed at an impressionable audience and forced to adhere to strict broadcast codes of decency? Heaven forbid!

Actually, as with the last question that was put to me about French Twist, this is a question for someone else: And that person in question is the mighty Ron Hughart who directed El Malefico. WBA didn't get all their hires right, but they absolutely scored by bringing Ron in. Lili and I were happy to take a backseat to him, and he proved to be the most easy-going, respectful and knowledgeable director who was an absolute pleasure to work with. I'm so happy he subsequently had so much success on American dad.

Regarding The Return Of The Return of El Malefico...

It's along haul, progress is slow (life at the moment means I can't spend as much time as I would like at my drawing tablet), but I'm enjoying drawing the characters again, and the challenge of adding something new to Mucha Lucha!

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Hi, Eddie! :3 Why did French Twist had a Red Mouth When he uses a lipstick or a makeup? or What's the Origin of French Twist? sooo, i love his design so much :3

Hi there and thanks for you question.

In all honesty that is a question for my co-creator Lili Chin. While we worked in tandem on all of the designs, French Twist was all her. My take is that yes - he uses lipstick to accentuate his mime persona.

I love the design too, and it was very important in the development of Mucha Lucha!, as up until then we (as lucha libre purists) had been keeping the mask designs and personas fairly grounded in the world of professional lucha libre. French Twist was one of the first designs that pushed things outside the box for us in terms of look and character.

As for his origins, I remember the writer of one of the early episodes had come up with a bunch of names for background characters in the classroom, and French Twist was one. There was no description of the character, just a name. In a moment of inspiration Lili took it upon herself to design him as a Marcel Marceau French mime, giving us the character we know today.

-Eddie xx

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My sketches for 'War Of The Donuts'

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Still drawing in Macromedia Flash, still drawing Mucha Lucha!...it's as if the last 20 years never happened :)

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The gang are ready...let's push for a positive collective consciousness to make it happen...

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Hola Eddie!! I hope you’re having a lucha day as always, soooo i have a question regarding to the character arc around the teachers in the upcoming malefico comic.

Since for a long time I’ve wanted to see some of the characters to have some development, including the teachers (headmistress, hasbeena, midcarda, kurtz, custodio & fundador), and ever since the announcement about the teachers’ development arc i haven’t stopped thinking about it ever since, and I’m very happy about that :D

And I was wondering if the teachers will have a development arc (both in character and personality, since they are the school staff), or an arc that consists of diving deeper into them, for example, such as their interactions with other characters (such as the parents or students) and all that stuff.

Thank you!

All I can say is that they will be featured in the story. As I've mentioned, I have a beginning, middle and end. I know in my head where the characters will be featured, but until I start drawing and reach the stages where I want them involved, it's all just ideas. I don't actually write scripts for projects like this and prefer just to keep building on the original one-sentence-premise idea. I will say though, that they will be 'active' :)

Love, Eddie

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Once Upon A Time In Tijuana...

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Hello Eddie, hope you have a great lucha day. Tibor the Terrible has a "tattoo" of a heart with an arrow, but I'm wondering who it's dedicated to: his grandmother, a relative, someone he admires, or even Captain Ahab?

Given that they both share a nautical theme, could Captain Ahab be a relative of his, like his grandfather, his father (some fathers are elderly and have children at an "not recommended" age), or an uncle?

I love Ahab. I had a lot of fun designing him. As for the heart, it's a bit of a personal reference. My dad was a sailor and he had this really wonky heart tattoo on his arm that looked like he had done it himself with a rusty nail and some ink :) I figured it was a seafaring initiation thing and as he had no idea what to do, he just decide on a standard heart with an arrow.

As for Ahab and Tito, I think Ahab would be more of a mentor rather than a relative.

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From page 9. had to take a break for a couple of days to storyboard a RUDOPOLIS teaser, so unfortunately the comic is a bit of a start/stop affair...