Standard Attrition » RM Guera http://jasonaaron.org/blog A group blog and message boards for Vertigo creators Wed, 19 May 2010 02:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Todays Cover Art – http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/11/04/todays-cover-art-7/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/11/04/todays-cover-art-7/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:01:18 +0000 Jock http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=418 It’s all been a bit quiet round here hasn’t it… How’s everyone doing?

Here’s a preview to the cover of SCALPED#36 from me, what’s everyone else been up to?

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/11/04/todays-cover-art-7/feed/ 1 today’s cover art http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/08/28/todays-cover-art-6/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/08/28/todays-cover-art-6/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:56:35 +0000 Jock http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=401 SCALPED#35 –

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/08/28/todays-cover-art-6/feed/ 2 R.M. Guera + Quentin Tarantino = http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/08/15/rm-guera-quentin-tarantino/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/08/15/rm-guera-quentin-tarantino/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:45:53 +0000 Jason Aaron http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=399 INGLORIOUS BASTERDS, the (mini) graphic novel.  The SCALPED team of artist R.M. Guera and colorist Giulia Brusco have worked with Tarantino to bring a scene from his new film to life in comic form, and Playboy.com has the results.

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/08/15/rm-guera-quentin-tarantino/feed/ 2 SECRETS OF SCALPED http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/06/05/secrets-of-scalped/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/06/05/secrets-of-scalped/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:09:55 +0000 Jason Aaron http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=373 SCALPED character sketch by R.M. Guéra
#29 of SCALPED came out this week, which is the final part of the “High Lonesome” arc, an arc that was really just a collection of character-driven stand-alone issues that loosely tied together. Up next is “The Gnawing,” which is very much a plot-driven arc. Lots of big happenings in that arc. Some of our various long-running plot threads finally start to come together. Folks die. Relationships change. By the end of “The Gnawing,” a lot of the characters will be in very different places, setting the stage for everything that’s to come in the next couple years of the series. As a sort of palate cleanser between arcs, here are some little-known or never-revealed facts about SCALPED for you to ponder.

–Chief Red Crow was originally called Chief Crow Dog, and before the reservation was the Prairie Rose Rez, it was called Jumping Bull.

–In the original pitch, Dash Bad Horse was not the undercover FBI agent on the rez.  He was the same sort of disgruntled rebel-without-a-cause, but he came back to the rez only after his mother’s murder, looking to collect whatever money she’d left him in her will.  The undercover fed was a completely different character, and it was editor Will Dennis’ idea to combine the two. I won’t say much about that other character, since I may still bring him into the series, though in a different role.

–Looking back over my original emails with Will from 2004, when we first started bouncing the idea around, our main reference points for how we wanted the book to feel were Michael Mann’s “Crime Story” series and the Phil Joanou film STATE OF GRACE. At the time, I hadn’t yet started watching “The Wire,” which of course turned out to be a major influence on what I wanted to do with SCALPED.

–When I first conceived of SCALPED, it was going to be a relaunch of the old DC western hero Scalphunter. I can’t find the document now, but if I remember correctly, the book would’ve been split between stories set in the Old West, utilizing the original Scalphunter character, and stories set in the present, focusing on Scalphunter’s descendant, who was caught up with a crime boss running a casino on an Indian rez. Not sure how I would’ve ever made that work, but I would still love to write some straight-up western stories set within the world of SCALPED. And I know Guera would love to draw them.
First appearance of Scalphunter

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/06/05/secrets-of-scalped/feed/ 0 Philadelphia Daily News names SCALPED the comic of the year http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/01/14/philadelphia-daily-news-names-scalped-the-comic-of-the-year/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/01/14/philadelphia-daily-news-names-scalped-the-comic-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:48:51 +0000 Jason Aaron http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=292

And also names R.M. Guera the artist of the year.  Rock on, Philly.

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/36556324.html

]]> http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2009/01/14/philadelphia-daily-news-names-scalped-the-comic-of-the-year/feed/ 7 the price u pay… http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/08/02/the-price-u-pay/ http://jasonaaron.org/blog/2008/08/02/the-price-u-pay/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:27:21 +0000 thrilliod http://jasonaaron.org/blog/?p=131 so shit day from start to finish for moi (not all of it mind u but most) — kids suck, hung over, post SDCC funk, blah blah blah…(i should have problems tho, right? ) had to take my work to the park and get clear for an hour. thank god for scalped…i was reading proofs of scalped 21…a little debate on the team about the ending but no debating the soul of this issue/book/team…and im closing in on the end…and my ipod drops on to THE PRICE YOU PAY off Springsteen’s THE RIVER…out of about 7000 tracks…just bang. right on it. scary…no spoilers here but if this song aint playing over the credits of this episode (if it was on tv mind u….) then i’ll just have to pull the dirt in over my head and call it. thanx jason. thanx guera. thanx bruce. for the millionth time u saved a life tonite.

“But just across the county line, a stranger passing through put up a sign
That counts the men fallen away to the price you pay,
and girl before the end of the day,
I’m gonna tear it down and throw it away…”

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