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When the three Cliffhanger titles debuted, I picked up the first issues of each of them. Danger Girl was okay, but really was just showcasing J. Scott Campbell's ability to draw beautiful women. Battle Chasers was okay, but I really just couldn't see past Red Monika's boobs. I don't think anyone else could either.
Crimson, by today's featured creator Humberto Ramos, was the most low-key of the three titles, and the one that I was most interested in. And it's the longest-running of the three original titles, ending at issue #24 in 2001. That said, I only have the first few issues. I find that I have moments of buying comics where I'm after far too many at once, and sometimes I have to make hard decisions. On the other side of things, I haven't bought a new comic in almost 6 months. Once Squirrel Girl ended, I just couldn't see the point.
Anyway, this comic is absolutely loaded with diversity. Taking place, as it does, in the grimier parts of New York City, we see a vast array of characters from numerous different backgrounds. I'm wrestling with whether the depiction of Joe in the comic is okay or not - he's given some Native American trappings, but it's hard to tell if the character is actually Indigenous or not. Guess I'll have to read more. But, yeah, for a comic from the 90s, this is a remarkably diverse book. I guess this is what happens when we have comics that aren't just written and drawn by white guys for white guys. A comic like Crimson, like many of the queer comics I've reviewed, looks much more like the world I see outside my doors than a lot of mainstream comics. How any of the insane Comicsgaters could possibly think that this weakens the medium somehow is just beyond me.
More to follow.
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