By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The big throw-down between Dash and Shunka is here. Bring it on! Five things [SPOILER WARNING]: 1. Good lord this is a violent and gritty fight. – Most comic fights are highly [...]
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By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Someone dies, Dash still can’t talk and there’s a lot of double-crossing going on at the Prairie Rose Reservation. Five Things: 1. Beginning to thin out the supporting characters. You could think [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #54, Scalped #54 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Is it curtains for Red Crow after last month’s cliffhanger? Five Things: Full SPOILERS appear below…. 1. Shunka is the main character of this issue. It all starts with the resolution to [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #53, Scalped #53 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 1 Comment »
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill & Giulia Brusco (colors), Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors) The Story: In a dystopian future, a genetically altered man must find a way to live amongst the normal humans. Five Things: 1. Dystopian Sci-Fi Future. Is there any other kind of future [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, Patricia Mulvihill, review, Spaceman, Spaceman #1, Spaceman #1 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The final explosion of violence on the Praire Rose reservation is starting to build. What’s Good: Scalped is a really hard comic to review in single issues when Jason Aaron is writing one of his [...]
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By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Only 10 issues to go! Red Crow is trying to go straight, but will his criminal underlings let that happen? What’s Good: This issue starts a new story cycle and sets up [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #51, Scalped #51 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art & letters), Giulia Brusco (colors), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) Pin-ups contributed by: Tim Truman, Jill Thompson, Jordi Bernet, Denys Cowan, Dean Haspiel, Brendan McCarthy & Steve Dillon The Story: It’s an anniversary issue, so we take a break from our regularly scheduled story to [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brendan McCarthy, Dean Haspiel, Dean Stell, Denys Cowan, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Jill Thompson, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, Scalped, Scalped #50, Scalped #50 review, Steve Dillon, Tim Truman, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Things come to a head between Dash and Catcher. What’s Good: It isn’t really going to be possible to discuss this issue in a coherent way without getting into SPOILERS, so you’ve [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #49, Scalped #49 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Dash and Red Crow grow closer, and since you know it isn’t legit, you wonder who is conning who. What’s good: It has taken a few issues, but Jason Aaron has almost [...]
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By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Steve Wands (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: What have Carol and Dino been up to the last few months? What’s Good: Even though it has been really nice to get back to an ongoing Scalped story a few issues [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Scalped, Scalped #47, Scalped #47 review, Steve Wands, Vertigo, Weekly Comic Book Review, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The ongoing saga of Office Falls Down and Catcher continues… What’s Good: I’m mostly just excited that Scalped is back into telling an ongoing story again (with this being the second issue of the arc). I [...]
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By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: A new story arc begins on our favorite Lakota reservation. What’s Good: It’s nice to get plunged back into an ongoing Scalped story. For quite a few months, we’ve has done-in-ones and short arcs that were [...]
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By: Jason Aaron (writer), Davide Furno (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: As Aaron is resetting the stories in Scalped, we take an issue to focus on the hard-bitten, jackass FBI agent, Baylis Nitz. What’s Good: Another month, another outstanding issue of Scalped. I have really enjoyed this [...]
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By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: The finale of the Unwanted story arc. Will Dash & Carol get back together? Will Carol keep the baby? Can Dash and his father unite against a common enemy? Yeesh, it sounds like a soap opera. What’s Good: The [...]
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By Orson Scott Card (creator), Mike Carey (writer), Sebastian Fiumara (art), Giulia Brusco (colors) The Story: We are taken to the streets of Rotterdam in a future where they world is struggling with the aftermath of an alien invasion and the resulting intergalactic war. The streets are full of homeless and destitute children that band [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Battle School, Ender, Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Ender's Shadow #1, Ender's Shadow #1 Review, Giulia Brusco, Mike Carey, Orson Scott Card, Sebastian Fiumara | 1 Comment »
By Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors) Another excellent issue in the can by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera. It feels like it’s been forever since I read the last issue, but I’m pretty sure the book’s coming out on time. I think it might be because this story arc has been [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: DC Comics, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Native Americans, Nebraska, R.M. Guera, Scalped #16, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors) With two trades of Scalped already out in stores, there’s no excuse (unless you’re broke) to not be reading this series. It’s really as good as everyone says! Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera are in full stride with issue #15. And that the cover? Brilliant [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Bad Horse, Casinos, Crime, DC Comics, Giulia Brusco, Indian Reservations, Indians, Jason Aaron, Native Americans, Nebraska, Preacher, R.M. Guera, Red Crow, Scalped, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Guilia Brusco (colors) Jason Aaron wastes no time getting to the nitty gritty of this issue. We learn right from the beginning how Bad Horse’s mother died. He plays it cool, but there’s one panel where we actually see him show a hint of sadness. I like how [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Bad Horse, Casinos, Crime, DC Comics, Giulia Brusco, Indian Reservations, Indians, Jason Aaron, Native Americans, Nebraska, Preacher, R.M. Guera, Red Crow, Scalped, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Guilia Brusco (colors) Scalped #13 begins a new story arc, “Dead Mothers”. After four issues of side stories and stuff I consider “filler” material, the main story gets back on track! This issue starts off in all the right ways. We get three beautiful pages (by R.M. Guera) [...]
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By Jason Aaron (writer), John Paul Leon (art), Guilia Brusco (colors) Issue #12 brings Bad Horse back into the story line. He’s plagued with reoccurring dreams of his death. Each time, he dies by Red Crow’s hand and it’s beginning to overcome him. We also learn why he’s working for the FBI – he’s trying [...]
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By Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors) Issues #6-11 deliver the grand opening of the Lakota casino. Things aren’t going very smoothly for the opening and Red Crow’s forced to deal with some Asian gangsters who send one of their own to deal with his protester problems. However, he never shows up, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Bad Horse, Casinos, Crime, DC Comics, Giulia Brusco, Indian Reservations, Indians, Jason Aaron, Native Americans, Nebraska, Preacher, R.M. Guera, Red Crow, Scalped, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
