Greystorm – comic book
Script: Antonio Serra, Drawings: various authors
Mark: * * * * *
I’m always very happy when I discover new comic book serial.
And this is the good one.
Episodes: The South Pole, The Downfall Of The Iron Cloud, Death
On The Island, Secret Of The Mummy.
Drawers are A. Bignamini, M. Zanella, S. Denna, S. Korbeta.
Bigger part of this crew are girls and they really did fantastic job. Styles
are very similar and the main impression is that the serial is work of one
person.
Drawing is very dynamic and full of speed and movement –
great style for action adventure comic.
Serial is based on some real historical events and also on
some urban legends, presented, of course, with lot of imagination and fantasy.
Main character is Greystorm, brilliant scientist, innovator and adventurist. He
is not typical hero, there is lot of darkness inside him; he is unhappy in love
and strange with people. Other characters are interesting – beautiful tribal
shaman EleEle, Dzejson – Greystorm’s best friend opposite by character – calm and
mild and many episodists. In their expedition they are discovering hidden
island, kind of heaven on Earth. After a long while, the whole ship crew
decides to stay there and to ignore the first ship which passed near the island
after a year. The only one who chooses return to London is Greystorm. Authors
of the comic book serial obviously are supporters of wild and natural life, distant
from civilisation.
Serial is interesting also for showing lot of inventions and
discoveries, because the main character and his friends are mostly scientists. “The
Iron Cloud” is fantasy vehicle – zeppelin outside and light ship inside. The
time when the stories are happening is late 18th and early 19th
century. Then, the world is new, young, and open for improvements. Or maybe –
improvements will unavoidably spoil the world.
Great stories, good characters and above all – amazing drawings
are the reasons for giving this serial five stars.
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