With Furnò back on art for another issue, Aaron recovers Scalped. The trick is his humanizing of Dash. The issue juxtaposes Dash and Carol’s “average” day, which isn’t particularly nice all told. But they’re domestic in their way and Scalped becomes a strange couples book but it works.
While Aaron is still dealing with the past–the issue opens and closes on flashbacks–he’s also still expanding the present. He adds more to Dash’s job, but he also reveals Carol’s for the first time. Furnò manages to be constrained–his lines aren’t expansive, but sort of a controlled chaos–while implying all of the newness of the issue.
Aaron even gets away with a totally new approach to his perspective. He emphases the juxtaposing to the point he’s giving the reader insight into both Dash and Carol’s thoughts, almost bouncing them off each other.
It’s a fantastic issue. Scalped‘s back.
CREDITS
The Boudoir Stomp, Part One; writer, Jason Aaron; artist, Davide Furnò; colorist, Giulia Brusco; letterer, Steve Wands; editors, Casey Seijas and Will Dennis; publisher, Vertigo.
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