Savage #2 is the perfect continuation to the story we all started a little while ago. It offers more explicit content and gives us an idea of what we are in store for us in this new, wild world. I almost don’t want to say anything about it as I feel I’d give an important spoiler on the plot, but be sure that the events in this chapter are more surprising than what I thought they will be.
The originality factor in not as present as I would have liked, but this second issue is still interesting enough to keep you reading and immersed in the world you’re exploring along with the characters. It’s fun discovering each new danger and risk just as the characters are as well, and this is something I’ve discovered not every comic book can do/do well.
I could almost swear this keeps the same pace we had in the first issue, which is perfect for me and lets me watch/enjoy the images and detail them without feeling I’m in a rush to know what happens next. It’s not that Savage #2 is not an interesting enough read though, but that it allows me to enjoy the art as while reading.
It seems very easy to predict what will happen next, or at least one of the things we will see in upcoming chapters. The very ending of this arc could be either a nice surprise or a cliché that ruins it everything, but since this is a comic with a focus on the art, I’m expecting something nice and easy to read but with some amazing art.
The best part of the entire book are the inks, which match the coloring and play a nice role as a whole in Savage #2. It would not be unusual for me to say I’m bothered by the heavy use of black segments used here and there, but this time they have a good purpose and compliment the rest of the art. I’m still trying to get used to it, but it’s not as “unlikable” as before.
The panel distribution used throughout the book may be a little strange at first sight, but since this seems to be a comic with such an experimental styling, I don’t find it as a bothersome. Hell, quite the opposite in fact.
And speaking about the last pages, I’d like to see some of those raw layouts or black and white images more often. Maybe it’s because I don’t read as many comics as I’d like, but Savage #2 gave me a new perspective. That of potential geeks trapped in the corporative world, and a nice escape from daily routine.
If experimental material and new, fresh story from a different point of view is what you’re looking for, then make sure to read Savage #2. It took me longer than expected to get to it, but it was worth it in the end.
4/5
“Great”
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