Posted on May 19, 2012 by dfstell
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Ryan Kelly (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Are alien abductions real? Review/Recap: So, this is the issue where Cornell starts to fiddle with the idea of whether alien abductions are real or whether something else is going on. The whole issue recalls some [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: alien abduction, aliens, Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, Paul Cornell, review, Ryan Kelly, Sal Cipriano, Saucer Country, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) Review (with SPOILERS): Things just aren’t going to end well for our characters, are they? The lesson of Scalped seems to be: you reap what you sow. Most of the characters in this series have [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill (colors), Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors) The Story: Everyone is trying to get Orson and “save” the little girl they think he has kidnapped. Recap/Review: There are two things really impeding my enjoyment of this issue (and series). Sorry to say, they’re both art [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robbins, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, review, Spaceman, Trish Mulvihill, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2012 by dfstell
By: Dan Abnett (writer), I.N.J. Culbard (artist), Patricia Mulvihill (colors), Travis Lanham (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The murder-mystery set in a zombie-infested Edwardian era London continues. Recap/Review (with minor SPOILERS): This was a challenging review to compose. I kept starting by saying that, “The New Deadwardians is different than typical [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dan Abnett, Dean Stell, I.N.J. Culbard, Mark Doyle, Patricia Mulvihill, review, The New Deadwardians, Travis Lanham, vampires, Vertigo, Will Dennis, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 28, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Haha! Did you really think there’d be a happy ending? A few things: [with SPOILERS] Shit’s about to get real! – Last issue was very unexpected as we leapt forward a few months, but it [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #57, Scalped #57 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 17, 2012 by dfstell
By: Paul Cornell (writer), Ryan Kelly (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The Governor of Arizona announces herself as a candidate for the Presidency under weird conditions that may or may not involve aliens. A few things: 1. Yay! A new Vertigo #1! - I don’t really [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, Paul Cornell, review, Ryan Kelly, Sal Cipriano, Saucer Country, Saucer Country #1, Saucer Country #1 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 1, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Jock (cover), Mark Doyle (assistant editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Surprise! It’s not what you think. A surprising jump forward for the soon-to-end series. A few things: [with SPOILERS] 1. Whoa! Not what I expected… – The first page features a classic Scalped [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Jock, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #56, Scalped #56 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 12, 2012 by dfstell
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 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, Sal Cipriano, Scalped #55, Scalped #55 review, Will Dennis | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 30, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill, Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors), Dave Johnson (cover) The Story: Now that our titular “spaceman” has rescued the little girl, he has to figure out what to do with her. Five Things: 1. The nuspeak is very cleverly done. - The nuspeak adds a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dave Johnson, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, Spaceman, Spaceman #3, spaceman #3 review, Trish Mulvihill, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill, Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors), Dave Johnson (cover) The Story: Our titular spaceman get’s tangled up in a kidnapping plot while having semi-explanatory flashbacks to the past. Five Things: 1. Story is starting to round into shape. - Last issue spent most of [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dave Johnson, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, review, Spaceman, Spaceman #2, Spaceman #2 review, Trish Mulvihill, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on October 31, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on October 29, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on September 16, 2011 by dfstell
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 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Scalped, Scalped #52, Scalped #52 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 3, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on July 4, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on June 11, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on May 1, 2011 by dfstell
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 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on January 30, 2011 by dfstell
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 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera, review, Scalped, Scalped #45, Scalped #45 review, Steve Wands, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 4, 2011 by dfstell
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 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Davide Furno, Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, review, Scalped, Scalped #44, Scalped #44 review, Steve Wands, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 1 Comment »
