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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
Oh, my, gawd. Bre offered this to me. She only gave me the vaguest description: "It's about this place in Alaska that doesn't get sun for, like, 30 days, and this group of vampires who come in and take over." Now, of course, that's almost enough to get me to read anyway, but this wholly exceeded all my expectations. I can't decide if I look forward to the movie (because it's such an awesome book) or if I kind of dread it (because it is pretty terrifying)....
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME at so many levels.
I did not expect this book to be disturbingly awesome. It was one of those graphic novels that stood out when you least expected it. I thought Vampires couldn't get any more scary at this age especially when the generation today are growing up, believing that vampires are such beautiful, harmless creatures that we fall in love with. The art, the plot, the story line, ugh. AMAZING.
My love for vampires have been re-incarnated because of this series.
I did not expect this book to be disturbingly awesome. It was one of those graphic novels that stood out when you least expected it. I thought Vampires couldn't get any more scary at this age especially when the generation today are growing up, believing that vampires are such beautiful, harmless creatures that we fall in love with. The art, the plot, the story line, ugh. AMAZING.
My love for vampires have been re-incarnated because of this series.
~3.5/5☆
I finally read this! And I read it a LOT quicker than I thought I would. It's definitely a good story & a cool take on the vampire. But I think it could've used a little more....umph? I guess?
Ben Templesmith is my absolute FAVOURITE artist, so I loved the art style here. Gory & dark & lovely. One day I hope to own a print of his work for my wall. One day.
Overall I really enjoyed this one & kinda wish I had the next few volumes. I don't know where the other books are gonna go with this vampire thing, but Imma find out!
I finally read this! And I read it a LOT quicker than I thought I would. It's definitely a good story & a cool take on the vampire. But I think it could've used a little more....umph? I guess?
Ben Templesmith is my absolute FAVOURITE artist, so I loved the art style here. Gory & dark & lovely. One day I hope to own a print of his work for my wall. One day.
Overall I really enjoyed this one & kinda wish I had the next few volumes. I don't know where the other books are gonna go with this vampire thing, but Imma find out!
Well, this was a student's choice for the optional "read a comic online in English" task. I like to keep myself informed, and now I'm richer for the experience, I guess. :)
Off to watch Taskmaster to cleanse my palate, now. :P
Off to watch Taskmaster to cleanse my palate, now. :P
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Okay, so I saw the movie first. It was kind of dopey from a plot perspective, but worth watching over and over and over again to see the troupe of vampires led by Danny Huston - their work is breathtaking in its sheer physicality and movement and not the typical vampire fare.
Did I mention the movie was kind of dopey? Well the story part of the comic, 30 Days of Night is kind of dopey, too, but absolutely worth reading for Ben Templesmith's amazing art. It's dark and atmospheric in lots of blacks, whites, and gray with huge pops of red. Sometimes it's so dark that you can't quite figure out what's going on and that is part of what makes the whole thing work - that sense of suspense and of something in the distance that might be somebody walking their dog, or might not.
Templesmith truly uses the comic book form to its fullest, exploiting the ways that comics can compress and expand time, show different perspectives, create and atmosphere of suspense or of silence or almost anything else.
Yeah, the story's kind of dopey, but with this kind of art who needs a great story?
Did I mention the movie was kind of dopey? Well the story part of the comic, 30 Days of Night is kind of dopey, too, but absolutely worth reading for Ben Templesmith's amazing art. It's dark and atmospheric in lots of blacks, whites, and gray with huge pops of red. Sometimes it's so dark that you can't quite figure out what's going on and that is part of what makes the whole thing work - that sense of suspense and of something in the distance that might be somebody walking their dog, or might not.
Templesmith truly uses the comic book form to its fullest, exploiting the ways that comics can compress and expand time, show different perspectives, create and atmosphere of suspense or of silence or almost anything else.
Yeah, the story's kind of dopey, but with this kind of art who needs a great story?
This is the last of this series I'm going to review because it's the last of the series available in my local public library and I'm not into it enough to purchase and collect (which is not to say that I didn't enjoy it).
Horror is very difficult to do well - on film, in comics, in short stories, or book length. There are so many different definitions of what horror really is for one thing, for another there are there are so many tropes out there that it's easy to be lazy about it.
I love horror done well and am frequently disappointed, perhaps because for me it's very much less about the brutally graphic (you can find plenty of that in your average history book) and very much more interested in the building of suspense and the stuff that flits by the corner of your eye and then reaches out and grabs you when you turn away. This means that Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House absolutely works for me while Richard Matheson's similar book, Hell House, doesn't work as well. I'm not denying Matheson's place in the pantheon of horror writers, I am Legend is absolutely classic and scary, it's just that in comparison between the two I like Jackson's ghost story better.
These days the best horror is few and far between, although there are many good practitioners of the genre. I loved House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box; The Shining and 'Salem's Lot still scare me. The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell is horror crossed with the post-apocalypse through way of Truman Capote and Eudora Welty - the writing is beautiful - its zombies more a part of the landscape and less the central fact of the book. [Yes, I know I haven't mentioned H.P. Lovecraft, but I just can't read him. Love the mythos, though.]
In comics there's the inimitable Alan Moore (who is one of the only writers who's ever given me real live wake up screaming nightmares), Garth Ennis' run of Hellblazer, and lots of other good series. Some people say Neil Gaiman's Sandman is a horror comic and sometimes it is, but not always as explicitly as some other series.
30 Days of Night is a good horror comic, although less for the story and more for the setting, idea, and Ben Templesmith's art. Return to Barrow is just that - a return to the original scene of the crime - sadly that makes it less interesting. The writing is decent, but because it's back in the same setting it has some limitations both artistically and as a story line. Same location, same atmosphere, hard not to repeat yourself (and hard not to ask why everybody there isn't dead with repeated attacks each winter).
Having fallen in love with Templesmith's art, however, I'm probably the last person in the world to know about Welcome to Hoxford and his Wormwood series - both are on my buy list.
It's hard to do horror well, but when it's done really well and the noises in the house make you jump it's like nothing else. 30 Days of Night does horror well.
Horror is very difficult to do well - on film, in comics, in short stories, or book length. There are so many different definitions of what horror really is for one thing, for another there are there are so many tropes out there that it's easy to be lazy about it.
I love horror done well and am frequently disappointed, perhaps because for me it's very much less about the brutally graphic (you can find plenty of that in your average history book) and very much more interested in the building of suspense and the stuff that flits by the corner of your eye and then reaches out and grabs you when you turn away. This means that Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House absolutely works for me while Richard Matheson's similar book, Hell House, doesn't work as well. I'm not denying Matheson's place in the pantheon of horror writers, I am Legend is absolutely classic and scary, it's just that in comparison between the two I like Jackson's ghost story better.
These days the best horror is few and far between, although there are many good practitioners of the genre. I loved House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box; The Shining and 'Salem's Lot still scare me. The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell is horror crossed with the post-apocalypse through way of Truman Capote and Eudora Welty - the writing is beautiful - its zombies more a part of the landscape and less the central fact of the book. [Yes, I know I haven't mentioned H.P. Lovecraft, but I just can't read him. Love the mythos, though.]
In comics there's the inimitable Alan Moore (who is one of the only writers who's ever given me real live wake up screaming nightmares), Garth Ennis' run of Hellblazer, and lots of other good series. Some people say Neil Gaiman's Sandman is a horror comic and sometimes it is, but not always as explicitly as some other series.
30 Days of Night is a good horror comic, although less for the story and more for the setting, idea, and Ben Templesmith's art. Return to Barrow is just that - a return to the original scene of the crime - sadly that makes it less interesting. The writing is decent, but because it's back in the same setting it has some limitations both artistically and as a story line. Same location, same atmosphere, hard not to repeat yourself (and hard not to ask why everybody there isn't dead with repeated attacks each winter).
Having fallen in love with Templesmith's art, however, I'm probably the last person in the world to know about Welcome to Hoxford and his Wormwood series - both are on my buy list.
It's hard to do horror well, but when it's done really well and the noises in the house make you jump it's like nothing else. 30 Days of Night does horror well.
I was looking to read my very first graphic novel. I saw this one, and had already seen the film so I thought I would try this.
It was ok. Obviously the film has a lot more to it and more info about what is going on. I think that if I hadn't seen the film first I would have no clue what was going on in the book.
I liked the colour theme of the artwork and some illustrations were amazing. But I didn't like their faces.
An ok read for my first graphic novel. But hasn't won me over to read any more any time soon.
3/5 stars
It was ok. Obviously the film has a lot more to it and more info about what is going on. I think that if I hadn't seen the film first I would have no clue what was going on in the book.
I liked the colour theme of the artwork and some illustrations were amazing. But I didn't like their faces.
An ok read for my first graphic novel. But hasn't won me over to read any more any time soon.
3/5 stars
Short and sweet. Definitely has me interested about the vampire lore.