I haven’t read a lot of horror comics in my time, but when I saw Dead Seas from Cavan Scott and Nick Brokenshire, I knew that I wanted to check it out.
I’ve pretty much only seen Scott and Brokenshire working in the Star Wars universe, so it was great to see their talents shine elsewhere. I got to see them dabble in horror with the Return to Vader’s Castle and Shadow of Vader’s Castle. But, this was going to be a full embrace, and I was excited.
The story is set in a world where ghosts are real. They are so real, in fact, that their ectoplasm is collected and sold, because it can cure a lot of diseases. Our main character, Gus Ortiz is a prisoner who is willing to take on a risky job collecting that ectoplasm on a dangerous ship in the middle of the ocean
Why? He wants early release, so he can get it to be with his daughter.
What happens? Hijinks. Ghost hijinks!
I think this could be a cool movie, too. My preference would be animated, but I think you could make this a pretty good live-action movie as well. If it was live-action, I don’t know if I would want to go the straight horror route or maybe try and do like a comedy horror? Actually, I take the bag. I would 100% go down the comedy horror avenue. I think that could be really good.
Dead Seas is excellent, and I highly recommend it.
Thank you Netgalley and IDW Publishing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
You can pick up this comic here.
Comic: Dead Seas
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Nick Brokenshire
Letterer: Shawn Lee
Cover Artist: Nick Brokenshire
