on a whim, i recently copped Trap Dancing: The Aym Geronimo Collection Trade Paperback by J. Morgan Neal and Todd Fox. it's a fabulous pulp-inspired adventure comic starring the super-smart scientist/explorer/adventurer Aym Geronimo and her team of "Postmodern Pioneers" as they travel the globe kicking ass and taking names... in the interest of science, of course!
Trap Dancing finds a way to include romance, science, fisticuffs, spirituality and gun-clapping all in one book, so of course it gets the thumbs up... plus, it turns the tables on Indiana Jones, Johnny Quest an'em by putting the Indian chick in charge for once! Aym is an assimilated Apache, unlike her brother Wind, who holds onto his culture with an iron grip that speaks volumes. the book has a great multicultural cast of heroes and villains, and manages to give each character space to breathe, but the distinguished Ms. Geronimo is definitely the star: she's brilliant and able-bodied, never getting upstaged by the other characters. if you're anything like me, and you enjoy seeing women run the show from time to time, peep some previews from Trap Dancing on their comicspace, and cop the trade here.holla!
-gM
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