Pasadena Weekly runs an interesting story on David Gonzales and his Homies characters.
After being criticized for glorifying Mexican gang culture, he's sold millions of little toys, created comics, video games and now is featured at the Pasadena Museum of Art.
“This is Americana. This is the world that — what’s that guy from the Saturday Evening Post, that painter? Norman Rockwell. He painted his world. The people he saw were farmers, little country kids at the pop shop. I’m painting the world I saw, this part of Americana. I really believe this is folk art; this is Latino, Hispanic, Mexican-American, barrio folk art, whatever you want to call it, and that’s all it is. No one can deny these characters exist in Latino communities,” said Gonzales.
Lots of characters exist, but he didn't choose to paint them all, did he.
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