Brendan McGinley:
Savage Planet: Secrets of the Empire
Savage Planet: Secrets of the Empire
Genre: Fantasy/Sci-fi
Textured art and a good knowledge of anatomy can’t hide the incongruent posture of the characters throughout in this book. Like articulated toys or life-drawings made from a number of angles, the poses are slightly stiff or angled erroneously, only to relax suddenly into a pitch-perfect figure here and there. The story is similar, with solid concepts and plot betrayed by often-leaden dialogue, actions and setups that seem to be based on fantasy influences rather than writer/artist Dan Parson’s own vision.
Brendan McGinley is a long-time writer for ComicBase. His comic favorites include anything featuring Grim Jack, Punisher, Guy Gardner, Green Lantern, or written buy Evan Dorkin, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Deadpool… and the list goes on. But he insists he is of discriminating tastes.