First published in 2015, the series cover the lives of South and Central American artists and leaders like Frida Kahlo, Violeta Parra, and Julio Cortázar.

Some volumes have been translated into other languages, including Portuguese and English, and Fink and Saá have developed a third companion series, the League of Anti-Princesses (Spanish: Liga de antiprincesas), which features historical figures using time travel to help one another.

[9] She desired to create works in direct opposition to Disney Princesses and Barbie dolls, popular characters which young girls commonly aspire to.

[3] Rosangela Fernandes Eleutério, a researcher in Brazil, said that the Anti-Hero Series covering men who were sensitive and sweet served to productively undermine traditional stereotypes of masculine emotionlessness.

Researchers Juliana Petermann and Desireè Ribas Fumagalli wrote favorably of the series' choice to subvert traditional fairytale structure by featuring real historical figures, especially those "who could have led a princess life" but opted not to.

[13] In another article, researchers María Morales and Giulietta Piantoni praised Fink's handling of her subjects' flaws and wrote that portraying them as real people made them relatable to readers.

[1] Their otherwise positive review said that the books choosing to overlook some negative elements of their subjects' lives (like suicide) while showing others was antithetical to the collections' goal of treating their young readers as mature and capable of handling difficult topics.

[1] A School Library Journal review described Saá's artwork as featuring "vibrant, bold colors outlined in black" which was "often graphic novel-like" and which "enhances the view of the subjects as strong heroines.