Jason Aaron, writer of Vertigo's Scalped, recently posted a money-back guarantee on the first trade paperback:
"If you're not reading my Vertigo series SCALPED, I want to make it as easy as possible for you to at least give the series a shot, so I'm now offering a money back guarantee on the first trade paperback, "Indian Country." That's the first five issues of the series, for only $9.99, and if you don't like it, you can send it to me and I'll give you your money back."
Well, Mister Aaron, I'm going to take you up on that bet. I have here one padded envelope that will be used to send the first trade of "Scalped" back to you if I am not satisfied.
Will I send Scalped back to Jason Aaron? Stay tuned.
I say nay!
ReplyDeleteI loved it. I have been saying this guy should write Wolverine, and he's going to very soon!
Loves it!
You won't.
ReplyDeleteEveryone I've ever recommended it to has fallen in love with it.
alright, I'll bite. :)
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Can anybody hook up a sister with a copy of "Scalped?" or a PDF?
ReplyDelete-- poor girl who spent too much money on "Superman Prime" and "World War Hulk Comics" to read the more high-faluting fare
ok my friend's gonna lend me his copy to review, but if I don't like it I'm totally going to ask, like, a refund of my time or something.
ReplyDeleteI didn't love it and I am definitely going for the refund. It's flash but no bang. When I finished I looked back and asked, "okay, so what happened?" And the answer, outside of double helpings of violence and swearing was, well, nothing. I've asked fans of it what was so compelling about it and no one could provide an answer on a level beyond "it was violent" or "it looked cool". Stacked against something like "Criminal" it fails miserably. Read one of each and you'll be able to FEEL the story in "Criminal" as opposed to feeling like nothing more than just a voyeur in the other. Then again, "Scalped" IS compared to "The Sopranos" and I thought that was mostly air and words for like 4 seasons. Meanwhile something like "The Wire" just had MEAT to it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't love it and I am definitely going for the refund. It's flash but no bang. When I finished I looked back and asked, "okay, so what happened?" And the answer, outside of double helpings of violence and swearing was, well, nothing. I've asked fans of it what was so compelling about it and no one could provide an answer on a level beyond "it was violent" or "it looked cool". Stacked against something like "Criminal" it fails miserably. Read one of each and you'll be able to FEEL the story in "Criminal" as opposed to feeling like nothing more than just a voyeur in the other. Then again, "Scalped" IS compared to "The Sopranos" and I thought that was mostly air and words for like 4 seasons. Meanwhile something like "The Wire" just had MEAT to it.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm except it didn't take me two years to read the story arc in Scalped like it does any comic by Ed Brubaker
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