Writer jason aaron and artist jason latour cook up a southernfried crime story with their image comics series debuting april 30, and aaron describes it as his love letterhate rant to the south. Thirty years ago alan moore changed the face of comics, watchmen, v for vendetta. His current work for marvel includes the creation of the headlinegrabbing female version of thor and the launch of an allnew star wars series. He can do the epic action of thor and the characterdriven fun of wolverine and the xmenamazing xmen and also do the dark, character studies like southern bastards with jason latour and scalped, the series he did with r. Written by jason aaron art by john paul leon cover by dave johnson as the first year of scalped comes to its dramatic conclusion, we spend a night with dash bad horse the reservations resident badass as he lays out his hopes and dreams, his fears and darkest secrets, and his plan for staying alive throughout the turmoil. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read scalped. Script jason latour pencils jason latour inks jason latour colors jason latour letters jason latour. Jason aaron on the end of scalped, comics answer to deadwood. His work includes the vertigo comics series scalped, with writer jason aaron. His current projects include the cocreation and art duties on southern bastards w jason aaron at image comics. With every new comic book tv movie announcement i get less optimistic about seeing the comic book on the big screen. Whilst studying there, he was the head illustrator for school newspaper and began a comic strip called 4 seats left 4sl.
I suppose this is a sports comic, but only in the way that its also a barbecue comic and a deer hunting comic and a churchgoing comic and a mangy dog shitting comic. In 2015 he won the national cartoonists societys reuben award for best comic book. Southern bastards by jason aaron scalped, star wars and jason latour spidergwen, loose ends gets a premiere hardcover, collecting the first eight issues of the eisner awardnominated 2015. As well as scripting the upcoming spidergwen at marvel comics. The most engrossing crime comics in history if you love to see plans hatched and laws broken and heads cracked, check out the best of the crime comic genre. When dashiell bad horse, the protagonist of comic book series scalped, walked into the badlands cafe on the prairie rose native american. The plotting in scalped is superb, and the pacing is pretty good its 60 issues long but it feels leaner than that, but aaron relies too much on toughguy cliches a. David jason latour born 1977 is an american comic book artist and writer known for his work for image, dark horse, marvel and dc comics on titles such as. For the past seven years, jason aaron has been giving a master class in superhero fantasy in his thor run, a story that functions as both a comprehensive character study and a war epic that spans all of space and time.
Its easily the bestwritten comic ive read this year, and it honestly feels like things are about to be coming to a head, but the plot isnt entirely focused that was fantastic. The first issue transported readers to the prairie rose indian reservation in south dakota and introduced them to undercover fbi agent dashiell bad horse, who was returning home for a special assignment. David jason latour is an american comic book artist and writer known for his work for image, dark horse, marvel and district of columbia comics on titles such as scalped, wolverine, b. Jason aaron born january 28, 1973 is an american comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as thor, the other side, scalped, ghost rider, wolverine and punishermax. In many ways, it reminds me of garth enniss run on hellblazer, which also showed great promise even though ennis wasnt quite as good as he later became. M guera and jason aarons 60issue crime epic scalped is another step closer to hitting tv screens, as the wgn america adaptation recently nabbed some directors for the pilot. Apr 19, 2016 scalped definitely ramps up many of the conflicts in all of the characters lives, giving events a certain weight i havent felt before in the previous three books. Jason latour american comic book artist age, birthday. Jason aaron, the upandcoming writer of the critically acclaimed. Django unchained by reginald hudlin, jason latour, r. Jason latour was born on august 29, 1977 42 years old in charlotte north carolina. His cousin, gustav hasford, who wrote the semiautobiographical novel the shorttimers 1979, on which the feature film full. We later learned that the acclaimed artist of scalped.
Bartzilla comic story 9 pages big bratty book of bart simpson 2004 series 2004 harpercollins. Another problem with scalped is that aaron was still a neophyte comic book writer when he started it and even when he finished it, so he leans on some devices a bit too much. Scalped is an american comic book by jason aaron and r. David jason latour is an american comic book artist and writer, born in 1977, north carolina. The seminal southernfried crime series, southern bastards by jason aaron scalped, star wars and jason latour spidergwen, loose ends gets an oversized hardcover, collecting the first two arcs here was a man and gridiron. The character was a crime bossfootball coach which readers of southern bastards will have already figured out eventually became coach euless boss. Red crow takes on a new challenger for tribal leadership, dash pursues his mothers murderer, and officer falls down faces a most unusual captivity. Jason aaron is a comic book writer best known for his work on the critically acclaimed crime series scalped for vertigo comics and the eisnernominated southern bastards from image comics, as well as for various celebrated projects with marvel comics.
Jason aaron had created a character for his creatorowned comic scalped which latour occasionally did art for who never made it in the book. Scalped deluxe book four nook comics with zoom view by. Pencils jason latour inks jason latour colors jason latour southern bastards book one premier hardcover. A panel from jason aaron and jason latour s contribution to the love is love anthology shows two rival football players kissing. Silver bullet comics scalped reads like an action movie. Jason was born in alabama but currently resides in kansas city.
Scalped, jason latour, denys cowan and danijel zezelj. Nov 08, 2018 scalped is a 60 issue crimewestern comic book series written by jason aaron and illustrated by r. When each new issue of southern bastards is released, i find myself doing the same thing i did with jason aarons scalped. He obtained a bachelors degree in visual arts at east carolina university. The deluxe edition book four also features guest art by davide furno, danijel zezelj and jason latour, and covers by jock. This week fox president announced the optioning of two books one being the critically acclaimed jason aaron and jason latour book image title, southern bastards. Scalped 2007, book four by jason aaron overdrive rakuten. Guera which was published monthly by dcvertigo comics from 2007 to 2012 the series focuses. Writer jason aaron and artist jason latour created the series as a tribute to the best and worst things about the south, of which both come from. Scalped tpb 20072012 dcvertigo comic books mycomicshop.
The series could be described as scalped meets walking tall 1973. A critically acclaimed writer of the other side, scalped, and southern bastards, jason aaron is a regular writer at marvel comics known for his work on ghost rider, wolverine, and thor. David jason latour born 1977 is an american comic book artist and writer known for his work for image, dark horse, marvel and dc comics on titles such as wolverine, winter soldier, southern bastards and spidergwen. The most engrossing crime comics in history if you love to see plans hatched and laws broken and heads cracked, check out the best of the crime comic. You gotta sin to get saved by jason aaron books on.
While both books have strong elements of crime fiction within them, the greater similarity is that hold up to. Jason aaron is an american comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as the other side, scalped, ghost rider, wolverine and punishermax. It topped many peoples lists as one of the best comic series of 2015. Jason aaron is an eisner and harvey awardnominated comic book writer. Scalped is a 60 issue crimewestern comic book series written by jason aaron and illustrated by r. Jason aarons followup to his outstanding vertigo miniseries, the other side, scalpeds protagonist is a native american who works undercover for the fbi as a sheriff on a reservation, as appointed by a corrupt tribal leader. Jason latour at the comic book db archived from the original fiffe, michel. Japans most wanted, comes a southern fried crime series thats like the dukes of hazzard meets the coen brothers. Southern bastards continues to do that legacy justice, thanks to the startlingly well developed lead character and jason latour s exceptional artistic contributions. His work has been published in spain, france and the united states. David jason latour is an american comic book artist and writer known for his work for image dark horse marvel and dc comics on titles such as scalped wolverine b. Jason aaron on the end of scalped, comics answer to.
Jason aarons followup to his outstanding vertigo miniseries, the other side, scalped s protagonist is a native american who works undercover for the fbi as a sheriff on a reservation, as appointed by a corrupt tribal leader. The main focus is on dashiell dash bad horse, who left the prairie rose indian reservation as a teenager, only to come back, violently resisting all attempts at reconciling with his mother, and joining up with the police force. Past projects include art on django unchained, sledgehammer 44, wolverine, and scalped. The hit new crime series, southern bastards, returns for its second volume, as jason aaron scalped, thor, star wars and jason latour spidergwen, loose ends pull back the curtain on the dark and seedy history of craw county and its most famous and feared resident, the. Scalped book one jason aaron haftad 9781401271268 bokus. Nov 24, 2015 david jason latour is an american comic book artist and writer, born in 1977, north carolina. Jason aaron, the hot new writer of the critically acclaimed series the other side, teams with gritty artist r. Oliver sava, av club an adventure that is the pinnacle of what super hero comics can be.
Southern bastards, book one by jason aaron, jason latour. His current projects include cocreation and art duties on southern bastards, a 2015 eisner nominee for best continuing series, at image comics, as well as scripting and cocreating spidergwen at marvel comics. Artist and writer who has contributed to such works as robert kirkmans battle pope and tarantinos django unchained promo series. David jason latour is an american comic book artist and writer known for his work for image, dark horse, marvel and dc comics on.
Guera mixed crime and native american culture in scalped. Jason latour person jason latour is credited in 250 issues. Jason aaron on the end of scalped, comics answer to deadwood and the wire when dashiell bad horse, the protagonist of comic book series scalped, walked into the badlands cafe on the prairie rose. I was learning a lot from guera when that book first started, and he was learning how to work with me.
People often refer to the book as a slow burn, latour said. Scalping is the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head this can either occur as part of war with the scalp being a trophy, or as an accident. From the acclaimed team of jason aaron and jason latour, the same bastards who brought you scalped and wolverine. You gotta sin to get saved ebook written by jason aaron. Rm guera is a serbian comic book author and illustrator. Scalptaking is considered part of the broader cultural practice of the taking and display of human body parts as trophies, and may have developed as an alternative to the taking of human heads, for.
Quentin tarantinos original screenplay for django unchained was adapted into comic book form over the past year. Jason latour born august 29, 1977, united states of. Scalped is an interesting case of a writer thinking the book is about one thing and almost ruining it because he steadfastly believes that, even if its really about something far more compelling entirely. Comics, comic speculation, marvel comics, dc comics, ebay. Guera kicked off their creatorowned native american crime saga scalped through dc comics vertigo imprint.