Banksy in Southern California and Semiotically Adapting Famous Semiotic "Mexicans"

Jaime Hernandez at the Fullerton Public Library TONIGHT! With ASK A MEXICAN's Head Mexican, Gustavo Arellano!

Selene's Hollywood Confidential!

Thanks to Matt Harris, Nash Entertainment for sharing the link!

Faces of Hate

gracias to Lalo Alcaraz for the headsup...

Musica, Tejas, Trival, & Tricked Out Boots or I Am Wearing My Low-Rider | via Boingboing.net

Cool New Review of Tex[t]-Mex on Amazon.com!!!!

Gracias, gracias to Naida J. Jimenez!

Daniel González! Mad-talented Artist!!!

Another Peculiar Chapter in the History of Caucasians in America...

Another Amazing Chapter in the History of Racialized Representation in America! Betty Boop via BoingBoing.net

Latina/o Hollywood: CEDAR RAPIDS starring Ed Helms, Anne Heche, John C. Reilly

Who would have Latina/o cinema is running around under our noses at the local multi-plex; I just checked out Miguel Arteta's Cedar Rapids this weekend and gave it a B-, meaning it didn't wow me but it also didn't waste my time. Roger Ebert seems to like it, though J. Hoberman, in the Village Voice, is less amused.

Here's the trailer:



The A.V. Club has a good interview with Arteta, originally from Puerto Rico, here.

Yet Another Chapter in the History of Bizarre Caucasians: Phyllis Evans Special Collection Edition

Phyllis Evans, an amazing artist working at South Texas College recently posted a snapshot from her travels that includes a figure from the Museum of Communism, Prague, and that deserves a place of honor in the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog bestiary of peculiar Caucasian representations; here it is: