For my tastes I liked the first graphic novel, but I’m adaptable enough to like this style too, in fact in terms of artistic quality there are some truly beautiful images in Salvage and you’ll find yourself taking in the qualities of the pictures sometimes more than the story itself.Įven though I say you’ll be loving the art work and sometimes taking it in more than the story, this does not mean that it’s a weak novel, if anything it’s more abstract and interesting. The difference is that where the first followed the usual comic book conventions Christopher Shy applies an almost dream like style to the pages, with the characters looking more lifelike and less cartoonish, but dreamlike, or to be more fitting nightmarish. What this leads to is a very different style, which is quite jarring from the style of the first Dead Space graphic novel but in a good way. The first thing that is noticeable about Dead Space: Salvageis that although it’s written by Antony Johnston this time the job of artist has been taken over by Christopher Shy. With the government closing in looking to reclaim their property the Magpies find themselves in a fight to survive not only the creatures in the ship, but also the human danger of the agents looking to cover up what happened, and reclaim the Marker for themselves. As we know though from past events the ship is not as dormant as it seems and it’s not long before the Magpies find themselves fighting against the Necromorphs, and discovering strange shards clinging to the ship that just may be the remnants of the Marker. When they find the USG Ishimura it’s like striking gold so straight away they try to claim it so that processing the ship can begin.
The Magpies are a group of scavenger ships that look for scrap in space and see what they can salvage from it. In the second graphic novel, Dead Space: Salvage we now look at the events after the first game, when a bunch of Magpies decide to see what pickings they can get from the drifting seemingly dormant ship.
The first novel looked at events before the first game, giving an explanation of sorts as to just what happened to cause the destruction that you find once you make it onto the USG Ishimura. When reviewing the Dead Space graphic novels it’s quite interesting, especially if you have played the games. Written by Antony Johnston | Art by Christopher Shy | Published by Titan Books | Format: Paperback, 128pp
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