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midnightcomets's review
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Very campy and feels like a hardcore metal song, but I had some problems with it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Antisemitism
Minor: Slavery
Guys there are nazis in this book. There was no warning I could add with that word but what the fuck, I didn't expect it and I don't know how I feel at all.alecs_stan's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely incredible art and a story at the height of absurdness. Olivier Ledroit is the absolute best illustrator I have ever seen in comics. There's him ... and the rest. I've read this with a big smile on my face. I was very, very impressed. I tend to stick with scifi comics but after seeing a couple of spreads of this after reading SHA (another must) I knew this is just too incredible to miss. And I was right. I'm going through all of them at the moment. It just gets weirder and more insane as I move along. Exceptional.
leviathandreamer's review against another edition
4.0
My favourite character in this book so far might be Otto von Todt (yes, that's his name), a former devoted Nazi soldier. There you go, a sentence I'd never thought I'd say.
This series is set in hell, essentially. It's full of Nazis. The main character, Heinrich, (a knight who's called ''honorable'' on multiple instances) is a Nazi. The author himself said in one of the introductions that the MC was somehow likeable, as far as Nazis go. Well, no, thank you. I ''like'' Otto because he's a charming badass (still a Nazi, I know), but don't go around suggesting your readers should feel sympathy towards Nazis. I recommend skipping the author's prefaces in general, if you just want to enjoy the comic books for what they are and not bother with the author's personal political and moral litanies, which leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth (unless you're a Nazi, of course) - especially when Heinrich's ex-lover, a Jewish woman, gets shit for using Heinrich and gaining power over him through sex and manipulation because she didn't want to be gassed. Yeah, what a fucking bitch, right? That's where you're supposed to feel sorry for Heinrich, by the way.
The whole concept is fucked up - the more sinful life you lead, the better off you are in Resurrection (which is the ''official name'' of this place). If you've ''only'' committed suicide or if you're a former a corrupted businessman, you're nothing. If you've killed and tortured thousands of people, you're Dracula, the most powerful being in Resurrection, you run the place. Congrats. To be fair, I don't really see a problem with that. It's a fiction after all and it works - hell should be twisted and messed up. The story is full of cynical dark humour which I dig, and it's really rather inventive. What's problematic are only the author's claims which make me feel a bit uneasy about stuff I wouldn't normally give a damn about in an obviously fictional world that's intentionally sick and offensive.
Moving on - the art is what truly stands out. It's so ridiculously over the top - every panel is full of Satanic imagery, as if the artist did a challenge of how many six's and reversed crosses is possible to insert in one book. It looks like a mixture of Giger, Beksiński and Iron Maiden album covers. It's absolutely gorgeous, especially the backgrounds with the gothic buildings and macabre ornaments. It's so fucking extra and I'm here for it. Only German would make this more metal, written in Schwabach, preferably.
Overall, this is an enjoyable and twisted ride that is absolutely worth it just for the stunning artwork. Just don't look much into it.
This series is set in hell, essentially. It's full of Nazis. The main character, Heinrich, (a knight who's called ''honorable'' on multiple instances) is a Nazi. The author himself said in one of the introductions that the MC was somehow likeable, as far as Nazis go. Well, no, thank you. I ''like'' Otto because he's a charming badass (still a Nazi, I know), but don't go around suggesting your readers should feel sympathy towards Nazis. I recommend skipping the author's prefaces in general, if you just want to enjoy the comic books for what they are and not bother with the author's personal political and moral litanies, which leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth (unless you're a Nazi, of course) - especially when Heinrich's ex-lover, a Jewish woman, gets shit for using Heinrich and gaining power over him through sex and manipulation because she didn't want to be gassed. Yeah, what a fucking bitch, right? That's where you're supposed to feel sorry for Heinrich, by the way.
The whole concept is fucked up - the more sinful life you lead, the better off you are in Resurrection (which is the ''official name'' of this place). If you've ''only'' committed suicide or if you're a former a corrupted businessman, you're nothing. If you've killed and tortured thousands of people, you're Dracula, the most powerful being in Resurrection, you run the place. Congrats. To be fair, I don't really see a problem with that. It's a fiction after all and it works - hell should be twisted and messed up. The story is full of cynical dark humour which I dig, and it's really rather inventive. What's problematic are only the author's claims which make me feel a bit uneasy about stuff I wouldn't normally give a damn about in an obviously fictional world that's intentionally sick and offensive.
Moving on - the art is what truly stands out. It's so ridiculously over the top - every panel is full of Satanic imagery, as if the artist did a challenge of how many six's and reversed crosses is possible to insert in one book. It looks like a mixture of Giger, Beksiński and Iron Maiden album covers. It's absolutely gorgeous, especially the backgrounds with the gothic buildings and macabre ornaments. It's so fucking extra and I'm here for it. Only German would make this more metal, written in Schwabach, preferably.
Overall, this is an enjoyable and twisted ride that is absolutely worth it just for the stunning artwork. Just don't look much into it.
mlok's review
5.0
Very Metal
Pretty disgusting and provocative.
For whatever reason, the powers of Hell often held similar power and influence on Earth.
I wonder why? /sarcasm
Pretty disgusting and provocative.
For whatever reason, the powers of Hell often held similar power and influence on Earth.
I wonder why? /sarcasm
riduidel's review
3.0
Ce tome vaut essentiellement pour la figure très sensuelle (outrageusement sensuelle, même) de Claudia, vampire jouant avec la douleur de ses anciennes victimes comme un pianiste jouant de son instrument.
A part ça, évidement, le scénario ne vaut pas tripette. On peut sans doute imaginer que [a:Mills|241715|Mark Mills|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg] l'a écrit sous crack.
A part ça, évidement, le scénario ne vaut pas tripette. On peut sans doute imaginer que [a:Mills|241715|Mark Mills|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg] l'a écrit sous crack.
erratic's review
5.0
A fantastic comic. The artwork is incredible. Full of vistas of surreal dread and hellish apocalypse conjured straight from the mind of Ledroit. In these sickly beautiful majestic hellish lands, Pat Mills is weaving the twisted story of the honourable yet damned Vampire Knight, amidst injections of black humor drowned into delightful dark concepts, plots, ideas and characters! Masterpiece
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