Collect Scalped, Vol. 7: Rez Blues (Scalped, #7) Developed By Jason Aaron Distributed As E-Text

it was interesting to get a deeper look at some characters, it seemed to drag the story too much.
Curious to see where this will take us, Serinin bu kitabının başındaki bağımsız hikayeler de muhteşemdi, A superbly crafted and very much a human interest tale with its no holds barred look at the dark side of the modern Native American communities that have been setaside by the 'Americans'.
The intense drama continues but at a slightly slower pace than the carnage in the previous volume.
Dash gets to see his long gone dad, and they work a 'case' together, As for Carol and Dash, what's next for them, with Carol's news We also get to see a lot more of Shunka than we thought!out of
Loved everything about this installment, and it was a much needed breather after the last volume.
People are complex and broken and we all do the best we can, I loved the story about the old couple that kicked off this volume, and the exploration of parenthood.
There are no easy answers, and life is hard, and sometimes we do the wrong thing, that is the right thing for us in the moment.
The Dash and Carol scenes on a snowy night on the road are poignant, and I love Granny Poor Bear.
As for Shunka! I simply did not see that coming,

My review of the complete series can be found here:
sitelink goodreads. com/review/show Zero spoiler review for the deluxe edition collecting this arc,/
The highest rated book of the series according to the reviewers here, . . please. This is the most disappointing of the four so far, and Unfortunately, I could see it coming.
I lamented, with much foreboding in my bones, that bookwas heading in a different, and much less enjoyable direction from booksamp, which were some of the best comics I've read.
This collection had a distinct feeling of filler to it, with several of the issues, including the opening three, being of no real consequence to the ongoing story, and the two part Shunka solo run, not only being drawn by the weakest of the now three artists on this title, but making some revelations about his character that had my audibly groaning and shaking my head.
It certainly wasn't the start to this series I wanted, and whilst things ebbed and flowed from there, Aaron's once delectable dialogue and plotting have fallen into distinctly average territory.

The pacing was once on point, but now it is either unnecessarily rushed or awfully pedestrian.
Once imposing characters have been neutered through either Aaron's indifference or malaise, or taking them in some unconventional and bizarre directions.
Chief Red Crow, once an amazingly nuanced character, is a damp squib, who now speaks and acts like your average C grade movie villain.
I went from loving this character to lamenting his metaphorical death, Dash is another that has been butchered, with the outstanding initial plot and arcs being butchered or ground to halt to seemingly grind out its length or because Aaron just didn't know what else to do.
Despite the decent score I've given it, because I do love this world, despite its growing list of flaws, I really am very disappointed with this.

Guerra's art is still poignant and proficient in places, although his cleaner style that appeared through bookand continues here has lost some of the magic it once had.
Sure, my dislike of my direction could be an influence, but I'm objective enough to separate my feelings for both at least I think I can, anyway.

I'll keep this relatively succinct, as a zero spoiler review somewhat hampers the depth and detail I can go into, but believe me, I would love to go balls to the wall and really delve into the occasionally fantastic and deeply flawed story here.
Until then, I only hope bookpulls it all back in and finishes on a high.
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OmniBen. The society of the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation is explored further in this book with the short story of an old Indian couple living far from town in a house they built themselves in the middle of nowhere.
It's very touching and sweet to see these two people as they talk to each other without talking but the reader can see their thoughts through word panels.
Their story is a light in the midst of so much darkness,

Then we get back into the dark and violent world of these characters, One of the more engimatic characters, Shunka, Red Crow's right hand man, is given a two part story where we get to know more about who he is as a person rather than a mindless goon.
Expect some revelations and a lotta violence,

The main story picks up after this where we get to know about Dash Bad Horse's parentage, his father Wade and how he came to get involved with Gina Bad Horse when he returned from a tour of duty in Vietnam.
Aaron depicts the fall of Saigon as engagingly as he does every other episode in this series and it's great to see that even previously minor characters are given a backstory and a chance to become more real.
It adds to the overall richness of this story and makes the main characters even more complex and interesting.


Dash and Carol wind up cleaning themselves up drugswise and Carol finds a new path to follow after some dark moments in this book.
Dash meanwhile has a hard time cleaning up and dealing with the reemergence of his father in light of his mother's murder.


"Rez Blues" is a fantastic continuation of this startlingly original series and is an impressive book on its own.
Jason Aaron and RM Guera are creating something incredible here and anyone not on the "Scalped" bandwagon yet, and is a fan of comics, I urge you to give this series a chance you won't regret it.
It's always interesting to go through all the reviews for a series here on Goodreads, Certain patterns emerge with few exceptions, Unless its fucking Harry Potter, the number of ratings and reviews steadily decline from the debut onwards.
Scalped is no exception with a steep decline onwards from, Thankfully, the series has still not lost its energy, ferocity, nor it's surprisingly warm human heart behind it all.


One of the things that makes Scalped great is the depth of backstories and their continual development.
From ancillaries to collaterals, everyone contributes to this complex tapestry of love, hate, and good ol' fashiioned murder.
And Vol.: Rez Blues is no exception,

From the very beginning of this collection, the camera veers from the main road, favoring a surprisingly subaltern story of two country bumpkins just living day to day on the outskirts of the "rez.
" Although on the periphery of the story literally and figuratively, this microstory adds a strong emotional and historical resonance to the overarc.
While Red Crow is blowing people away, prostitutes are prostituting away, and tens of thousands of dollars of narcotics slosh through the community, it's a real treat too see just what's going on with the average Joe at the time.
Even though the impoverished duo's connection to the "rez" is tangential, lest we forget it's their otherwise unseen stories that are building this environment as well.
Danijel Zezelj of Loveless fame w/Azzarello makes a surprise appearance as illustrator of this tale.


As surprised as I was with the subaltern take of the first issue, nothing could have prepared me for the ensuring two issues which enflesh the backstory of Red Crow's enigmatic right hand man, Chunka.
Although a progressive theme could be retroactively applied here, a far more complex and highly relevant to modern day readers tales emerges.
While it strongly reaches back to the traditions of the Native American past, it remains firmly rooted in the present with all the deception, blood, and guts that would entail.
Just as Chunka curbstomps an opponent in this section, so too did I feel curb stomped by the emotional and brutal intensity of this two issue insert.


With not a moment to spare, R, M. Guerra shows back up to complete the lastissues of this already phenomenal edition, Alongside the introduction of Dashielle's father and his ensuing backstory, a million controversial themes ranging from abortion to drug addiction saturate each and every panel with crushing claustrophobia.
Bad Horse, reaching rock bottom with his addiction now resembles Dhalism from Street Fighter, Carol finds herself facing an equally dismal decision regarding her unwanted pregnancy, In a similar vein to Tarantino's canon, sans the amorality, Aaron and his team aim to the us the story the way it is and allow us to arrive at our own conclusions.


I'm trying to remain as vague as possible but, this entire collection is an incredible emotional roller coaster that swerves up and down all throughout the Human Condition.




If Scalped were a tv show, Rez Blues would be one of those "filler" episodes that don't progress the main story line.
Thankfully, this isn't tv. Even though several of the stories here are either sidetracks or backstories, this is no filler.
In Rez Blues, I've finally moved past merely understanding the characters and toward real sympathy, at least for Dash and Carol, and even maybe for Shunka, if only a little bit.
Also, the first story in this collection was a wonderful little slice of life, It was nice to have a little positivity break from the noir, Overall, I really enjoyed this one, and intend to keep reading the series, How writer Jason Aaron does it, I don't think I'll ever really know, and perhaps that's the most fun about SCALPED.


Like the best serialized television series or

the most epic films and, for the latter, I can't think of a single film that measures up to the storytelling scope of SCALPED, Aaron both catapults his readers into the ongoing conflict of an undercover Native American agent working to uncover crimes on "The Rez," and unflinchingly casts glances into the sordid histories of the series' characters to give the book more depth and, ultimately, more future conflict.


"Rez Blues" follows suit with this narrative strength, Here, the fate of Dash's unborn child is revealed, and for those readers that felt that the pregnancy itself was going to be the biggest cross that Dash Bad Horse and his "equally bad" mistress had before them.
. . "Rez Blues" sets up conflicts that might not even come to fruition for another year or two, and that's perfectly okay with this particular critic.


It's the anticipation of what lies around the next corner that makes SCALPED one of the most coveted monthly books and collections to purchase amp read, when it becomes available.


But "Blues" also continues to shed more light on the backgrounds of those memorable characters that populate the Rez, never failing to humanize them and never failing to force the reader to secondguess their presumptions about each of them, their motives, and their futures.


SCALPED remains one of the best comic book series being published today, complete with riveting storylines and compelling character development.


Strange, isn't it, that SCALPED is one of those series that demands to be produced for the cable small screen, whether for HBO, Showtime, or AMC

Akin to programs like JUSTIFIED or THE SHIELD, this critic is confident that a televised SCALPED would become one of the most appreciated series on television today.


For those that have never read Kirkman's THE WALKING DEAD, the AMC cable program is one of the most entertaining shows of its kind ever.


Yet, like Kirkman's THE WALKING DEAD, would readers of SCALPED find that the program was simply "pretty good," understanding that nothing.
. . absolutely nothing will replace the storytelling that Aaron and his artists have constructed

That, true believer, is the true measure of great reading: Something that cannot be captured or replicated, even in the hands of the most capable director and in the faces of the most trained actors.


For now, readers can continue to clear their throats of the dust that this series kicks up.


Gasping for your breath never felt so good,

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