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From Parts Unknown

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About Me

Well for starters, I wrote this movie! Check it out...

From Parts Unknown Publications has brought vintage masked wrestler material and lucha libre pop culture to English speaking audiences since 1996. Visit our website for our line of books and magazine back issues.
Publisher Keith J. Rainville - a SoCal transplant originally from cow country Massachusetts - is from three generations of photographers, a graphic designer and production artist in one form or another since birth. Clientele has included distributors and publishers in the comic books industry during the 90's boom, Spümcø during the birth of internet animation, Lucha VaVOOM, and the LA Opera.
Also visit FPU offshoot Ninja80, - dedicated to ninja fandom and pop media - concentrating on the 60's Japanese craze and how we got none of that coolness here in the 80's.
Read the related blogs:
From Parts Unknown lucha blog .

Ninja80 shinobi blog .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The catalysts of the mask's development - the Parisian showman who according to legend entered an 1873 grappling tournament in a primitive hood inventing the notion of the wrestling mask, the original craftsmen at Desportes Martinez who perfected it, and Valente Perez as he was elevating it to a new level.

My Blog

Campeones, rare art, silver screen Santo and FREE crap, too!

Just a shameless last-minute plug for the first public screening of the animated movie I wrote LOS CAMPEONES, happening Thursday night at the Egyptian in Hollywood.Myself and directors Eddie Mort and ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:52:00 GMT

First public screening of CAMPEONES in the US is in...

...HOLLYWOOD! Thursday, February 5th, 7:30pm at the historic Egyptian Theatre. The American Cinematheque will be holding a special lucha libre night to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the passing of...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:24:00 GMT

NEW SALE! FPU 2 & 3 available again!

In celebration of the release of LOS CAMPEONES DE LA LUCHA LIBRE, we're having a huge sale at FROM PARTS UNKNOWN.Everything we sell, from new books to old back issues, is at slashed prices for a limit...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:12:00 GMT

FPU art gallery, CAMPEONES trailer and more!

No time to mirror everything, so check out a bevvy of new info and content over at the real FPU blog here:http://www.xanga.com/keithrainvilleThanks kids!KR
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:41:00 GMT

Lucha comics on FPU

Just posted an epic-length picture-heavy article on the FPU website, been the better part of ten years in the making.Before Santo and ilk crossed media to become silver screen superheroes, they were j...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:29:00 GMT

Another big lucha libre party - Friday in Pasadena!

Here's the rundown for Friday night at Vroman's in Pasadena:Dan Madigan and photographer Edward McGinty from "Mondo Lucha"SoCal art photographer Daniel Chavira - also a contributor to Mondo, and he'll...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:04:00 GMT

Lucha libre book group-signing April 7th!

On Saturday, April 7th at 2:00 p.m. DARK DELICACIES in Burbank, the amazing horror bookstore that LA Weekly calls "A virtual Pandora's Box of all things grim and grisly" hosts a group signing of recen...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:46:00 GMT

A great release / signing last night!!!

Many thanks to all those who attended the LUCHA NOIR coming out party last night, and aspecial thank you to the amazing Secret Headquarters for being gracious hosts. http://www.thesecretheadquarters.c...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:13:00 GMT

"Lucha Noir" release events in early December

Yikes - the release events for the new artbook are already upon us! This Fall is just disappearing right into Winter. Someone reminded me that this new book is out just in time for holiday gift giving...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:05:00 GMT

R.I.P Huracan...

Last week, working on the altar, it occurred to me that we had drafted the list of tributees a month earlier, and heaven forbid by now it might be a longer list. Had the event been on the real holiday...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:28:00 GMT