Tomorrow, the morning of March seventeenth, Valiant Entertainment is releasing issue 2 of Savage! Kevin Sauvage is new to London. Having lived his whole life on a remote island inhabited by dinosaurs, he’s getting used to city life. Unfortunately for London some of these great beasts followed him over. Number two picks up with a more formal introduction with a group among their other activities seems to catch unusual creatures, ya know, like dinosaurs and unkempt, wild children.
The art throughout the first few pages stays light and a little more cartoony in style to balance the somewhat dark humor in the writing. However, when the tone turns more ominous, the style changes to compliment very well. The only thing that felt unnecessary by way of writing is an overtly forced moment of dialogue that was a bit of a stretch making it chauvinistic just to shout it down. Save for that, the writing is intelligent and fun.
All said, I’m enjoying this. I’m liking the little things like balloons strewn through the jaws of a T-Rex, the self deprecating humor of the Professor, and I’m intrigued to see Kevin’s table habits. I’m looking forward to seeing where this story goes. If you need a scale, though, 3/5, I guess. I don’t normally rate things on scales like that. So, there.
