Por un lado es una maravilla, pero por otro se me ha hecho excesivamente introductorio y a la mayor parte de los personajes les falta carisma más allá del dibujo.

Billed as an homage to the Stevenson classic, 'Long John Silver' is a four part series written by Xavier Dorison and illustrated by Mathieu Lauffray.

As the title suggests, the first book focuses on Lady Vivian Hastings, whose husband, Lord Byron Hastings, went off on an expedition in search of the fabled lost city of Guiana Capac, and has now managed to send word back to her that he's actually found it and that she's to sell their estate to fund a new expedition. Facing financial ruin she turns to Dr Livesy who suggests she contacts a certain pirate captain to help her gain control of the ship.

Right from the off I was drawn into the story. Intrigued by Lady Hastings, she came across as a strong woman that was prepared to do anything to get what she wants. She was determined, cunning and at times manipulative but despite the hardships she has to endure, her resolve never waivers. The story sets up her predicament and the potential fallout very well over the majority of this introduction. After all, it is laying the foundations for the rest of the story arc, and is does so very well for the short amount of pages it covers - only just over 50 pages in this volume. The introduction of Silver and his crew is brief but you still get a sense of the camaraderie and that they'll follow Silver until the end.

The artwork by Lauffray is superb, setting each scene perfectly and bringing the characters to life. The occasional big splash pages are very impressive too.

What we get is the beginnings of a rip roaring pirate adventure story in search of treasure, that leaves you wanting the next instalment.

Xavier Dorison, author of "Animal Castle", which expands on the George Orwell universe of "Animal Farm" is back with a new series that expands on the universe of "Treasure Island" with its main antagonist name as the title for it.

This first volume serves mainly as an introduction to all the characters and the setup for the story without much action or adventure actually happening. This makes it less impactful than "Animal Castle" was.

Regardless, it concludes with a good setup that promises a good adventure for next volumes. We'll see.

Mathieu Lauffray's illustrations are cold and haunting, a perfect fit for this story.

Un début très prometteur.

I've been browsing European comics on Comixology for the past few weeks. I have enjoyed a few, but this is the first really good title I have found. It is not a sequel to treasure island, but a riff on the story that incorporates some of the characters, particularly my favorite, Long John Silver. It introduces a scheming, sex-pot noblewoman, her treasure mad husband, and a scurvy band of Silver's pirates taking a voyage from of blighty up the black Orinoco in search of Inca gold.

It works and I am planning on finishing the series.

I don't have any experience with europe comics (except tintin and asterix). This book was good, but there were some parts that were boring, the second part is much better.