Publication History
Steve Ross was approached by artist Lyndal Ferguson from Rock 'n' Roll Comics in the late '80s to create a story for an "all adult" comics anthology he was developing at the time. Ross created a story which featured more toilet humor than anything explicit and introduced a new "sexy" character for the anthology named Chesty Sanchez.
The name itself was intended to be ironic; while the character was curvy and voluptuous, she had very realistic proportions. Much of Chesty's visual design was based on Mexican actresses, singers and pop stars as Ross had wanted to avoid the exaggerated and over-sexed images that plagued female comic characters. Chesty was also one of the few American comics characters to have a lucha libre theme. As there were very few sources of information available in English, Ross relied mostly on classic Mexican wrestling films, including Las Luchadoras contra la Momia (Wrestling Women vs. The Mummy). Ross also incorporated influences from classic pulp superheroes such as Zorro, The Domino Lady, The Phantom Detective, and The Spider. Chesty's costume design was based entirely on the classic Mexican mariachi garb, with the exception of the domino mask which was intended as a nod to the aforementioned pulp figures.
After completing the story, Lyndal changed his anthology series to a single story-arc, one which did not feature Chesty Sanchez. Steve Ross was able to retain his rights to the newly-created character, and presented it to Antarctic Press who was currently publishing his work on the Zetraman series. Antarctic was receptive to the idea and allowed Ross to pursue a three issue mini-series. Steve Ross wrote the script for the planned three-part story-arc, which would feature the origin of the Chesty Sanchez character, while interior artwork was completed by Scott Michaud. The mini-series was first published by Antarctic Press in 1995, which was later compiled into one ninety-six-page special issue.
The series is currently on hiatus, although Steve Ross plans for future installments under the more "family-friendly" name of "Loca Sanchez".
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