Savage

Kevin Sauvage is an international soccer superstar. He and his family are on the way to America via private jet when something goes awry resulting in a crash landing on an unknown island. Then things get worse: there are dinosaurs on the island.The book is a quick and entertaining read which focuses primarily on the Sauvage's infant son who has now spent 15 years surviving in a hostile and very difficult environment. The book is almost a perfect mashup of Lost, Tarzan, and Land of the Lost with a solid dash of what makes Valiant an entertaining comic publisher. The great thing is that while the book has a connection to the greater Valiant Universe, it doesn't require any previous knowledge of Valiant characters or settings in order to enjoy a complete story.The book is well-written, and it's fantastically illustrated. There are two artists who contribute their work -- Lewis LaRosa and Clayton Henry. In the first three chapters, LaRosa handles the present-day pages while Henry illustrates the scenes from the past. Henry does a great job. LaRosa's art is simply on another level. The great thing about this collected edition is that it includes many of LaRosa's original pages in black and white at the back of the book, and honestly, they are more detailed and look better without color. The level of detail and shading the guy puts into the work is really amazing.Overall, this is a great read and a great entry point to the Valiant Universe.

Yeah where is more gosh dang it. It's been years so probably not huh. It left off at a good spot too

Origanial and well written . I really enjoy the lead character looking forward to reading the next installment. Hope you enjoy it too

Kevin Sauvage, a soccer star with declining skills, plans to try for a comeback in the United States, where nobody cares about soccer skills, but his private jet crashes near a convenient desert island, where he takes up residence with his wife and baby. In addition to a yacht with some disemboweled women, Kevin finds dinosaurs, because it’s that kind of an island.If you like the first issue, you’re in luck (or maybe not), because you get to revisit it, without the words, but with the author’s commentary about the art. This is like the comic book version of all those extra features on a DVD that I don’t watch because, who has time and really, who cares? I mean, the art is quite good, but I can see that. I don’t need a writer to explain why I should like the art.Anyway, by the second issue we see Kevin’s kid and resilient mom growing up on the island from Lost with dinosaurs and modern looking men. The issue is pretty short and then we get more endless commentary about how great it is.Then we learn that the island is home to a van, a beat up old car, some trailer park furniture, and some guys who look like trailer park rejects. And a bunch of graves and skulls. And of course there’s a gate or portal that sucks unsuspecting jets and motorcyclists and trailer trash to the mysterious island. It’s too bad the Lost writers couldn’t come up with something like that instead of blaming God for the island.That’s followed by more self-congratulation and by a final issue in which we learn that the whole thing is a prelude to explain why Kevin’s kid, who became the savage boy, is suddenly in a modern environment.The story moves along nicely and, if it’s not particularly innovative, it’s not particularly bad. It’s hard to know whether the series will go on to greater heights. I like the art quite a bit more than the story. I dislike all the “let me explain once more how great we are” commentary. Without that, I might have given this volume 4 stars, mostly on the strength of the art, but I’m cutting it to 3 1/2 because it’s up to readers to decide whether something is good, and too many pages are devoted not to telling a good story but to telling readers why the story is good.

This is the start of a new series and quite an intriguing and entertaining one. Volume one is basically a set-up story, telling us the backstory and events leading up to the present day. The time frame switches between "Then" and "Now" showing us how a family in an airplane crashes and ends up on a prehistoric island. Savage is just a baby when they arrive but "now" he is around the age of a young teen. The story starts with the events of the crash, the death of his parents and ends with his arrival "home", presumably 21st century America. I really enjoyed this but the only thing I didn't like was that each volume ends with the author's narrative on the making of the book showing concept to finish page. I'm sure this worked well in the individual issues when one had to wait a month for the next issue but here in the graphic novel format it just interrupts the flow of the story. Otherwise, I loved it!

Good read. Like street food delish but gone too fast!Would love to see the rest of “Tha’ Boy’s” Story!

Good story.

This was a great adventure book. Filled with action, revenge and Dinosaurs. After crashing on a mysterious island with his family as a baby, young Kevin Sauvage Jr grows up and has to fight off Dinosaurs and a tribe of ruthless men to try to avenge the killing of his father and mother. Can he survive and find a way to get back to the real world? I wish this story was a lot longer. Other than that, I really enjoyed this book.