Given the treatment by the administration of the United States of Mexican people in the country, this cover actually says quite a lot, even if it is 24 years old. Ms. Rio is very vocally-proud of her heritage, going so far as the base the second story in the comic on the old idea that the Mayan civilization was actually contacted by advanced alien civilizations. It's cool to see some of the beliefs and deities of that culture transformed into science fiction counterparts by someone who cherishes the heritage, rather than someone looking to mine it for ideas.
The first story is much like all of the other stories so far. The porn industry in the 80s, rather than a cesspool of drugs and disease as we are led to believe, is being shown as a place that women who didn't fit a particular mold could go to express themselves. I wonder if any of the featured stars have any other biographical material available. I'd love to compare the content of these stories with more in depth content. There's obviously things being left out of these stories.
I have to say, these are very entertaining comics. Today's second feature is really nicely done by Mike Wolfer, whose work I know from Warren Ellis's Strange Kiss series. Though the lead biographical stories are very similar, the quality of art is quite good throughout the comic. We're getting everything from the underground-inspired (Larry Nadolsky), the slicker, more mainstream (the aforementioned Wolfer), and then some art that I"m going to say is quite indicative of adult comics, though I'd have to think a bit before saying how that is. The cool thing about this art is that the artist, Fauve, is a woman, and is the artist most associated with the Carnal Comics line. She still does work under another name (Holly Golightly, I think), but you don't see much to do with this series on her site.
A pity, I think. The more I read, the more important I think these comics are. More to come...
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