I admit, the Scalped art was a little jarring to me at first - kind of a murky/inky, claustrophobic feel, but Jason Aaron’s writing won me over. And now I’m starting to think the feel of the art matches perfectly the tone of the writing. American Virgin was the opposite for me, really dug Cloonan’s art (’specially in color!), but could never engage with the story.

Anyway, Scalped is shaping up to be a really complex study of the screwball dynamics that occur in a closed society. Awesome if you guys give it a second chance in trade form. Totally fair approach and I do that all the time, sometimes it only confirms your dislike, but sometimes we can be pleasantly surprised.

Cheers!

I strongly recommend Scalped! It’s the best new book from Vertigo and it wasn’t on any of your lists! ARRGGGHHHH!

I couldn’t even make it through the first issue of Scalped. There was something about it that turned me off immediately. I plan to give it another try when the trade comes out, but I don’t hold out much hope, honestly.

I strongly recommend Scalped! It’s the best new book from Vertigo and it wasn’t on any of your lists! ARRGGGHHHH!

I dunno, I just can’t stack Scalped up with DMZ or American Virgin, both of which I feel are much stronger series.

I liked the first issue of Scalped, but didn’t love it. And the second issue sort of lost me. I’m going to give the book another chance in trade, but for me it’s more like Crossing Midnight, Testament and Exterminators… solid enough, given Vertigo’s baseline quality, but not exciting for me like Fables, Y, DMZ or American Virgin.

Also enjoyed Fear Agent, Buffy, SMLMJ, Countdown and Uncanny X-Men. All in all a pretty good week. I wasn’t really disappointed in something which almost never happens.

Nick, did you find Buffy a little hard to follow? I enjoyed it, but at points, the Whedon-esque dialogue became a little muddled in its transition to print, if that makes sense.

It does indeed make sense as there were a few times that I had to read a certain panel over again to really get the gist of what all was going on. Not really what you want to happen, as it breaks up the comic experience a little. Still, despite the inclusive feel of Whedon’s writing and the few hiccups here and there, I really liked the issue and the whole opening arc as a whole.

Let’s just hope that the Vaughan arc is just as good.

Hey Dan, what did you think of mpd psycho? I ordered it yesterday, should read it next week!

It is intense and gripping. It is also not for people with weak constitutions. There were a couple scenes that actually turned my stomach. If I thought Eiji Otsuka was pushing the envelope on Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, he absolutely tears it apart in MPD Psycho.

Randy - ‘Strange Embrace’ was indeed good stuff. Thanks for the recommendation. I prefer ‘Gutsville’ so far, but ‘…Embrace’ seems to be a novel idea with a great atmosphere.

And some widespread love for New Warriors? Didn’t see that one coming . . .