El Vocho #51

Another preposterous page of comics from El Bocho.
Click on the art to see it much larger!!!
I'm still digging into my supply of ratty brushes to see what emerges on the page. It's a cool technical challenge to make good looking comics with THICK Mexican ink and ratty, beat up brushes. I'm diggin' it.


New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler

El Vocho #48

Again I've posted full comic pages to El Vocho. To see these suckers really big, just click on them. Lemme know whatcha think about this approach to posting these comics.



The web is great for media like animation, music and movies, but comics? They just work better in book format. However, I post these El Vocho pages anyway, it's the best way to get the word out about the book prior to official publication.
IN the old days, I'd put out a series of comic magazines such as Bughouse, then collect them all in a graphic novel. To say it's no longer economically viable for me to publish individual comic mags is an understatement! I used to make a bit of money on it before the big Diamond Comics monopoly takeover of comics distribution in 1996. I miss the old comic books, but maybe things are better now, fewer trees are cut to put out the mags, and the graphic novel has a literary cache that it did not yet have back then. Now, if only MY graphic novels could catch on like the latest teen pop sensation! Fuck, if only I was sixteen!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler

El Vocho #45

I brought a new large format scanner from the states to my studio in Mexico over the holidays. I'm excited about it, as it will help me put comics from my entire career back in print, including Bughouse, Dog Boy and more. It will take time to get everything in print, especially as I want to publish El Vocho first.
But I gotta say, the prospect of having it all available is thrilling. I mean, the Dog Boy book alone with be close to 500 pages of very unusual, highly entertaining underground comics!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler

El Vocho #44

Here's a couple more panels of El Vocho. Trying to get back up to speed after the holidays, problem is I'm obsessed with playin' guitar, gotta put the damn thing down and pick up the brush! Hey!
New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2010 Steve Lafler

El Vocho #41

New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2009 Steve Lafler

El Vocho #39

New Comics posted every Wednesday. To read El Vocho from the start, check out the blog archives.
©2009 Steve Lafler

El Vocho #23

It's fair to say the El Vocho narrative takes a turn here. Who is this guy in the hat?! He is based on a real person. Any guesses as to who? There will be more clues in the next post.
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El Vocho #21

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El Vocho #20

Wow, first post in a month and more. I took a break from working on this El Vocho graphic novel to do a piece for the next issue of World War 3 Illustrated. It will be released in March 2009 and will feature all wordless comics.

My piece is a sort of capsule version of El Vocho, A parallel dimension short story if you will. Anyhow, it's an honor to be asked to be in WW3, the punk rock long running lefty anthology, so I kicked out the jams and tried to do a cool piece for it. Editor Peter Kuper gave me a little push in a good direction for a wordless piece, to good effect.
Anyhow, I'm looking to get back to work on El Vocho in earnest now.

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The Love Scene - El Vocho #19

While I'm attempting to write a thriller of sorts about green energy, El Vocho may be primarily a simple love story. That's what it's all about anyway, isn't it?

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El Vocho #18

As the world economy staggers about and blows it's lunch, I'm more convinced that ever that the next economy will be a green economy.

Ever since the "Reagan revolution", we've seen the old school business powers that be have their day. Reagan's first campaign manager, William Casey (later his CIA chief), stated flat out that the whole Reagan thing was a counter-revolution against the values put forth by the various youth movements of the 60s.

Even Clinton moved forward with deregulation and the deconstruction of social programs.

Now, with the disastrous BushCheney debacle almost done, we can hope for a more level headed approach to matters of public policy and business conduct that will give my kids generation a chance to live and thrive.

This is the sort of thing I'm writing about in EL VOCHO. Of course, I'm also putting forth the idea that the ass backwards oil gang won't give up without a fight, so be forewarned!

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El Vocho #16

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