Lincoln’s arc continues with more great work from Aaron and Guera. And Guera doesn’t slip up this time, even when he’s got the scene with the white trash guy. The visual pacing is fantastic–the wordless action scenes are perfect. It’s like Aaron’s figured out how long he needs to let the art go on its own and when to stop.
It’s also a Dash-free issue, but it more suggests a Scalped without Dash. Aaron’s now established he probably doesn’t even need the Dash character, not with the Hmong starting trouble for Lincoln; it’s too bad Aaron hasn’t fully realized his ostensible protagonist like he has Lincoln.
Dino pops in for a scene–with the aforementioned cracker–and it seems to be Aaron working his b plot. It’s a little obvious if he’s foreshadowing (Scalped is usually obvious in foreshadowing), but Lincoln’s story is so good it doesn’t matter.
CREDITS
The Gravel in Your Guts, Part Two; writer, Jason Aaron; artist, R.M. Guera; colorist, Giulia Brusco; letterer, Steve Wands; editors, Mark Doyle and Will Dennis; publisher, Vertigo.
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