I suppose it’s cheating to cover two issues for the
Single Issue Showcase, but I don’t want to write about one half of a story. Scalped was created by Jason Aaron and
R. M. Guéra and was published by Vertigo from March 2007 to August 2012. It was
a stylish neo-noir set on a South Dakota Indian reservation about corrupt Chief
Red Crow and the undercover FBI agent trying to take him down while wrestling
with his own demons. I finally caught up with it this year and it is one of the best
series I’ve read in a very long time. The diversity problems in comics, particularly with Native and indigenous creators and representation, are serious and ongoing. It would be disingenuous of me not to acknowledge that. I would encourage people to seek out comicsabout Native Americanswritten by Native Americans and support the work of indigenous creators. I write critical essays about work in the comics medium of interest to the LGBTQ community that I think should be appreciated, and I thought these two issues were noteworthy.
