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Scalped: Indian Country

post #1 of 11
8/8/07 at 12:22pm
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Folks looking for some gritty crime stories might want to check out this reasonably-priced trade (can be found for $10 or less pretty much everywhere) which includes the first 5 issues of Jason Aaron's new series. As I've described it before, it's pretty much Thunderheart meets Casino. And by that I mean not only the storyline but a relative comparison of quality. Great filthy dialogue by Aaron, terrific bleak art by Guerra, lot of earth tones. Don't know how many people have been on a Rez, but he really nails the depressed economies yet steadfast proud traditions found on them. Just don't expect any politically correct shit herein.

Here's a preview from the first issue way back this spring:

http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/6701_x.pdf

Really fucking good.
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post #2 of 11
8/9/07 at 5:20am
Fantastic trade, I've read a couple scattered issues and liked it, but reading the trade just rocked my socks off.

Btwn buying this, the new 100 Bullets trade and the new issue of Criminal today, I had a lovely crime fiction trifecta.
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post #3 of 11
8/9/07 at 9:47pm
Scalped is great, even if the coloring is a little murky which sometimes makes the characters hard to tell apart
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post #4 of 11
8/11/07 at 9:39pm
It's one of the books I don't read because of the colouring/art. I just like to be able to tell characters apart.
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post #5 of 11
8/12/07 at 1:54am
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I gotta say, I really don't agree with these complaints. The colouring may not be distinctive, but the characters do not run to type. None of the 8 or 10 main characters in the story really resemble each other. It's not like Wasteland, where this is a valid complaint - 3 or 4 light- and long-haired white guys running around in B&W. But, even if this was the case the quality of the writing merits investigation or purchase of the book (as with Wasteland).
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post #6 of 11
8/13/07 at 5:14pm
OMG this looks like my cup of tea x 10.
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post #7 of 11
8/15/07 at 10:26am
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A little preview of an upcoming issue, with more great art by Guerra:

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthrea...=123614&page=5
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post #8 of 11
8/15/07 at 12:27pm
I got the trade on Sunday, very good stuff. Although it's clearly it's just a set up to what's coming next and not really a complete arc.

Hope we get to see more of Deputy Falls Down.
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post #9 of 11
8/16/07 at 2:26am
Hmm, never heard of it, but it's definitely an interesting concept based on that preview. Thanks for the recommendation.



On an interesting side note, I read a script called Scalped about 3 years ago, a Native American revenge screenplay.
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post #10 of 11
10/2/07 at 1:33pm
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John Siuntres did a terrific interview with Aaron for Word Balloon.

Aaron does not disappoint.

http://cdn.libsyn.com/wordballoon/WBjasonaaron.mp3
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post #11 of 11
2/7/08 at 12:06am
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The second trade, Casino Boogie, hits stores today. Better than the first if anything. Terrific intro by Garth Ennis.
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