Really loving this series. Its so dark and violent. Do not expect good paths or decisions from any character. This kinda deflects to other characters instead of Dash most of the time like Vol 1. Very good crime and I cant wait for Vol 3.

Any type of review I do for this book will not do it enough justice as compared to how I feel when I am reading it. Jason Aaron is a damn good story teller and in the world of scalped, he seems at ease showcasing this ability. Telling the story of the forgotten native americans, living in the same country yet in such different circumstances. I can't wait to read the next volume. Absolutely riveting stuff.

Simply amazing. The more I read the more I'm fascinated but this book's characters, specially Red Crow. And the art keeps getting better and better.

Did not disappoint. It was difficult to put down. The layered and unpredictable story continued on and left readers hanging for the next installment of the story. Lots of unanswered questions to look forward to.

"And once we've claimed what's due us, then all those people I shot, stabbed, scalped, hanged, and buried along the way...all those poor bastards won't have died in vain. And for the first time in far too long, my dreams might again outnumber my regrets." Book Two in this series improves on the solid first installment in every conceivable way. Not only is the artwork better rendered, the writing seems to have jumped up to the next level as well! While the first book introduces you to

Am I missing something here? A lot of people have recommended this run and it's gets glowing reviews, but I just don't get it. It's entertaining, it's realistic, but it's not great. Maybe it's a US thing, because I've had the same issue with southern bastards which I thought I'd love. I'm just not interested in the whole Rez thing. I thought the artwork was dull, the paper thin (vertigo's fault), and the stories slow. Don't get me wrong it's got some good parts and it builds a fantastic picture

Just keeps getting better and better !

No longer using this website, but I'm leaving up old reviews. Fuck Jeff Bezos. Find me on LibraryThing: https://www.librarything.com/profile/...This book, and the first one, are brutally violent, gritty, and licentious to a degree that is exploitative. There is so much suffering, the pages are saturated with the blood, sweat and tears of every character. The book doesn't even handle it well, doesn't let the reader come up for air or allow a moment to smile. It's a nonstop wince, if not a grimace...

Aaron's writing in this series is impressive for its risk taking. Talk about just opening a vein. In this volume he goes especially dark by showing each of the characters at essentially their weakest and darkest moments, showing their slide down the slippery slope and the letting them bounce along the bottom until they decide to soldier on.

Scalped is a visceral tour de force into the badlands, both physically and metaphorically.The gritty, punched up artwork accentuates the dialogue and the multi-threaded plot careens towards perdition.There is no clear divide between the proverbial "good guys" and "bad guys". Rather each character grapples with their own inner demons in hopes of taking a right turn towards redemption.Scalped is sublime in its execution, it doesn't shy away from dealing with harrowing issues and never seeks to deh...

(Zero spoiler review)Please see my book one review for a more expansive look at the series in general. This will just be a shorter commentary on the developments in the story, spoiler free of course. I loved this book before, but Ii feel I am even more enamoured with it now. Those small little points of contention I'd mentioned previously, such as artwork have been well and truly ironed out. R.M Guerra has hit is strides well and truly. Honing his style to a fine point. Three issues in this run

Definitely getting better and more interesting I like how it seems to not focus on a main character and has a few plot lines that all loosely tie with one another

Where the first still lacked in some areas of the storytelling, I gotta say Book Two won me over. Some of the twists you still smell from miles away but its still a interesting read. This book also focuses alot on other characters too which is a welcomed change to the one sided protagonist. And one of my biggest complaints of book one was the lack of indian culture shown, he catches up on that with this book somewhat. I am definitely looking forward to the next volume! 4.5 out of 5

Great volume. The story gets more entertaining and you start to care more about some characters. The writing by Jason Aaron on the first volume was good but in this one gets really, really great. Really excited to see what's coming on the third volume.

Deeper, darker, more harrowing ...This series continues to impress. While gritty crime and noir are not my normal reading fare, I'd say this is one of the best examples of such I've ever read. Part of what makes it so compelling is that Aaron lets you in on EVERYONE'S motivation. While you may not approve of the choices they make, you darn well understand what drove them to this point. Heck, Dash, who I had seen as the main character of the series, fades from view for practically this entire vol...

The trials and tribulations of the residents of Prairie Rose continue in the second Deluxe Edition volume of Jason Aaron and R.M. Guéra’s amazing crime/western epic Scalped. I read this series initially in trade paperback format and I forgot how effectively Aaron scripts each issue. No other completed comic series can match Scalped’s episodic style. This volume continues to build on much of what Aaron developed across the first 11 issues. While significant plot points come to fruition, even more...

I had friends who swore by this series, as well as my local comic shop guy, and Youtubers that I watch who like to talk about comics, so I was quite excited to get into this series. In fact, some of the first reviews that I read on this site before I myself starting using it were of this series. Then I found a certain review of this series that so shocked me by its forceful use of its voice and language that, for one, I had to go out and find this guy and befriend him, as I was quite impressed w...

We get to know the characters better, they gear up for war and most importantly we all go deeper on the spiral of violence and poor. What a ride.

3.5 starsWow! This volume was a page turner: a couple big secrets revealed, more character backgrounds to fill in their history and some crazy violence. Everything really came together in this volume and Dash takes a turn for the worst. The art is still a little dark at times but later in the book it seemed to lighten up. Not sure if that was a conscious decision on their part or maybe a different inker, either way it helps with making the visuals clearer.

I’ve warmed to this series. Volume 1 I rated 1/5 because I was overwhelmed by the negative tropes that we’re dogpiled on the reader by a non-indigenous writer. The art was outstanding in Volume 1 but I just couldn’t get over the dire dystopian violence of Rez Life in the book. All of this was through the lens of an Anishnaabe man who lives on a reserve himself. Volume 2’s 4/5 rating is the product of a discussion with a friend who loved the series. He is also an Anishnaabe and, like me, an educa...