Posted on Aug 23, 2022
A Mexican Chinese superhero brings a forgotten part of history alive
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A new issue of the Mexican American “El Peso Hero” comic book tells a story about Mexico that very few readers know about.
“There is a long history of Chinese immigration to Mexico,” said the comic book’s creator, artist and educator Héctor Rodríguez, in an interview with NBC News about “El Comandante Chong,” a new issue released Monday.
“But there is also a history of anti-Chinese movements, including deportations, expulsions and genocide. And this history has been forgotten or purposely put away.”
Dressed in a modest white shirt and blue jeans, the cross-border hero El Peso Hero is a champion of Latinos and Mexican Americans, particularly immigrants. He takes on drug cartels, human traffickers and corrupt agents on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
“There is a long history of Chinese immigration to Mexico,” said the comic book’s creator, artist and educator Héctor Rodríguez, in an interview with NBC News about “El Comandante Chong,” a new issue released Monday.
“But there is also a history of anti-Chinese movements, including deportations, expulsions and genocide. And this history has been forgotten or purposely put away.”
Dressed in a modest white shirt and blue jeans, the cross-border hero El Peso Hero is a champion of Latinos and Mexican Americans, particularly immigrants. He takes on drug cartels, human traffickers and corrupt agents on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
A Mexican Chinese superhero brings a forgotten part of history alive
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."These experiences inspired Rodríguez to tell a story about a character that was proud to be Asian Mexican.
Rodríguez’s comic book “El Peso Hero” first gained mainstream fame after the superhero delivered a punch, or “trumpazo,” to presidential candidate Donald Trump on a 2015 cover in response to his campaign announcement in which he called Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals.
But the comic book also pays tribute to real-life heroes. In 2020, Rodríguez published a special issue that put the spotlight on nurses and other essential workers in the frontlines against COVID-19.
More recently, when López Obrador defended his country’s non-interventionist policy against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Rodríguez took action and put his Mexican American superhero in a new comic book issue set in Ukraine.
In this latest issue featuring a Mexican Asian superhero, Rodriguez said “it’s a short story, but it has a big significance because it taps into the heart of El Peso Hero.”
“And that heart is about persevering day-to-day, striving to be bigger than what you are,” Rodriguez said, “especially when you have to face a family tragedy.”
..."These experiences inspired Rodríguez to tell a story about a character that was proud to be Asian Mexican.
Rodríguez’s comic book “El Peso Hero” first gained mainstream fame after the superhero delivered a punch, or “trumpazo,” to presidential candidate Donald Trump on a 2015 cover in response to his campaign announcement in which he called Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals.
But the comic book also pays tribute to real-life heroes. In 2020, Rodríguez published a special issue that put the spotlight on nurses and other essential workers in the frontlines against COVID-19.
More recently, when López Obrador defended his country’s non-interventionist policy against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Rodríguez took action and put his Mexican American superhero in a new comic book issue set in Ukraine.
In this latest issue featuring a Mexican Asian superhero, Rodriguez said “it’s a short story, but it has a big significance because it taps into the heart of El Peso Hero.”
“And that heart is about persevering day-to-day, striving to be bigger than what you are,” Rodriguez said, “especially when you have to face a family tragedy.”
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