Scalped #19

As my buddy The Floronic Man was saying yesterday, this issue starts to delve into the past of Chief Red Crow's daughter, Carol. Up until now, Carol has just been an annoying, unsympathetic junkie whore. Harsh, but true. After seeing what she deals with every day (grab-handsy patrons at the greasy spoon where she waitresses, a deadbeat abusive husband who she only married to piss off her dad), a peek into her past (she was pregnant and about to escape the rez, but it looks like her baby daddy got killed by Red Crow), you can understand a bit more why she spends all her money on cigarettes and black tar heroin.

It's nice to see her character being fleshed out a bit. Scalped has been pretty good so far making all of the main players multidimensional and deep (though it took Aaron until this past story line to get to Dash, which is strange as he's ostensibly the main character.) I'm excited to see where this story arc's going.

Scalped is up for an Eisner for Best New Series this year, but it's some stiff competition. Immortal Iron First, Buffy, Infinite Horizon, and Johnny Hiro are all in the running. It'll be interesting to see what happens. I'd be happy with a win for either Scalped, Iron Fist, or Infinite Horizon (I read Buffy, too, but it's just not as a good a book as the others.)

-AR

PS. Plus, check out Tim Bradstreet's super hot Frank Miller-esque cover: