A comiXologist recommends…Shipwreck #1
The best stories start as a collection of questions in need of answers. Shipwreck #1 from comic legend Warren Ellis, acclaimed artist Phil Hester et al. is a story that captivated me from page one and left me desperate to keep reading in search of answers.
The story follows Dr. Jonathan Shipwright who is a survivor of a very unusual and very secret shipwreck. He doesn’t know where he is and neither do we. He traverses a visually unreliable location soaked in pastel colors until he reaches a broken-down diner. He is in search of Isham, who Shipwright presumes to be the saboteur responsible for the shipwreck. I could continue the summary here but I’m not sure how much good it would do because what I think is going on will become intertwined with what is there on the page. I’d rather spare you my interpretation of this text and urge you to read and create your own.
The art is unbelievable. The collaboration between Hester, inker Eric Gapstur and colorist Mark Englert creates a psychedelic atmostphere heightening Ellis’s plotting and dialogue, which is working on multiple levels of meaning (see main character’s last name and title of book). Small choices such as occasionally removing the line indicating Shipwright’s mouth when he’s not speaking and the shifting perspective of the background are a few examples of the visual undulation that the art creates.
Enjoy this comic filled with unaswered questions and beautiful art. I cannot wait until issue #2.
Joshua Doyle-Elmer is on the marketing team at comiXology.
Favorite Covers
@isensmith “anything Declan Shalvey does”
It’s hard to pick just one, right? Here’s one of my faves by Shalvey, Injection #7.
I feel like people aren’t making a big enough deal of the fact that Warren Ellis is writing a James Bond comic right now.
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