Expecto Derivatum

The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice - Mike Carey, Peter Gross

Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship that Sank Twice was the first volume of the Unwritten series I’d encountered. The illustrations were fantastic, but the main story—that of the comic Tommy’s history—was so derivative of the Harry Potter series that it was a distraction. The frame story—that of a twisted older man engineering a real life counterpart for his literary hero—was more original, but also less appealing. Unfortunately, the artwork didn’t save this one for me.