I, Vampire #1 W: Joshua Hale Fialkov A: Andrea Sorrentino
Obscure? A character who ran for 24 issues as a third backup story in an anthology book?
Well,
from what history exists it's pretty clear this is entirely within the
established continuity of I, Vampire just rebooted into (possibly) the
current day. But that and daft names aside (Mary Queen of Blood is just
STUPID) this is a lovely, lovely piece of work.
The
story tells the interlinked story of Andrew (the titular hero) and Mary
and Andrew's fight against the army of vampires. It arguably doesn't
move nearly fast enough for your bog standard hero comic, or indeed for a
Buffy or Twilight reader/viewer if it was hoping to bring them in, but
the pace is just fine for me thanks and is sufficiently plotted that
panels like this work perfectly:
As
you might have guessed from the above, this book is gorgeous. It guess
it's most reminiscent of Moonshadow, but I think I can see P Craig
Russell in there as well. And Mignola and/or Guy Davis to a degree. But a
triumph nonetheless.
This is exactly the sort of venture we should be rewarding DC for. Just buy it.
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