A story about an Indian reservation and the opening of a casino on it. Sounds like riveting reading right? I thought for the longest of times it was going to be completely boring despite what I'd read and heard about comic series. Oh, how wrong I was, how very wrong I was. I'm willing to eat crow when I'm wrong and admit when I was wrong.
This is one of the best written series I've ever read and I didn't even get to finish it because my library didn't have the last two volumes. But I'm not complaining about it because they at least had the first eight volumes of which if they didn't have, I wouldn't have go to read any of it anyhow. Before I get to Scalped, I've got to say I've read some really good comics over the last two years and not just comics but actual stories that I would put next to any literary book out there for story line, writing, and character development. The cool thing with these comics I've read, the majority of them have been written by Americans. This is a good thing because British writers have dominated the comic scene for a long time, with Americans just churning out the typical Marvel and DC stories that have tended to more Soap Opera oriented than actual story. I'm really glad Americans have finally dominated comics in this massive deluge of a storm.
This story has a little bit of Breaking Bad and the Sopranos mixed in with the American Indian culture to create a thoroughly engrossing read. Jason Arron does some detailed world building and creates his characters, themes, and world from the first issue, usually this takes a lot of time for most writers to get into the groove of the world their creating. Not Arron, his writing is assured as he convincingly has a handle on the world he's writing about mixing in American Indians, FBI, gangsters, and the mob without the least bit of muddiness to the waters. His characters grow and develop with each passing issues to the point where I started to wonder who the villains and heroes were of this story. He really digs into the past of these characters, showing me what makes them tick as a person. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this story will end but have enough faith in what Arron has done so far that I'm sure I won't be disappointed by how this ends.
A good read. If you can find it read it and enjoy.
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