The Stop Button

For his first issue from Dash’s perspective, Aaron has a guest artist, John Paul Leon. While Leon lacks detail and is overly ambitious, it’s an interesting approach. Aaron has always told Dash’s story in the third person; having him explain himself to the reader… it makes sense to have a different artist.

Actually, it even has sense to have Leon’s style for it. The issue moves in and out of dream and could probably be read immediately after the big cliffhanger in the arc before. I think issue five. With this drastic change in voice and art, Aaron has sort of made his last arc superfluous.

Oh, the issue’s are great and it pays off in its way–as well as informing the reader of certain histories and events–but if Scalped were a “regular” comic, this issue would have been enough.

Even when it’s not entirely successful, Scalped excels.

CREDITS

Dreaming Himself Into the Real World; writer, Jason Aaron; artist, John Paul Leon; colorist, Giulia Brusco; letterer, Steve Wands; editors, Casey Seijas and Will Dennis; publisher, Vertigo.