The Deep: Here Be Dragons #1

The Deep

by Tom Taylor, James Brouwer (Illustrator), Wolfgang Bylsma (Editor)

Dive into the first, award-winning, all-ages adventure of the Nektons, a multiethnic family of daring aquanauts, as their hunt for a dragon begins.Will they find what they're looking for? Will they teach a fish to fetch? Will they be accidentally eaten? Find out here.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 24, 2013

About the author

Once a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.

Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.

He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.

He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting concept; a family of intrepid explorers living in their submarine. Also, a very progressive idea to make this a mixed-race family.

The art is also breathtaking, especially when drawing the undersea monsters the Nekton family encounters. See for yourself; the animals are drawn quite realistically to contrast with the almost cartoony humans.

[Thenia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful drawing in what seems to be a fun new series. Looking forward to reading more!

[Silas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a competently done first issue featuring a family exploring the ocean and looking for dragons. It is clearly for a younger audience, and a bit sparse and slow to get started. The adults are also not too quick on the uptake, but it needs to be at younger readers' level, so I can set that aside. The cast is diverse, which is nice in a science-based book, and this could be interesting for younger readers. I don't think it's for me, though.

[Aimee · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Deep is a pretty good comic. I would give it 3.5 stars. I would like to read the next comic in the series.

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the concept, art, humor, everything.

[Edward Petersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a lot of fun, I'd definitely pickup the full volume. And the art is fantastic.