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standardman's review
1.0
Picked this up because I've enjoyed most of the series and I usually like Sienkiewicz' art. Unfortunately the art is incoherent and in service of a poorly paced story with an anticlimactic ending.
I'm unsure if it's the worst of the series but it's definitely the most disappointing.
I'm unsure if it's the worst of the series but it's definitely the most disappointing.
otherwyrld's review
3.0
The world at large now knows about the vampires that come to attack Barrow, Alaska during the 30 days in winter when the sun never rises. This leads to possibly the stupidest of all plot devices - the rich American tourist who comes along for the chance to hunt a vampire and who usually drags along a group of less than willing people, most of whom are going to die, because they never listen to the people who might have saved them (i.e. the locals).
While it's an exciting if predictable story in some respects, it also throws in a few curve-balls - such as the existence of an entirely different group of vampires that are apparently the vampiric equivalent of polar bears in that they have adapted to live permanently in the subzero temperatures of the arctic (cold slows and weakens the normal vampires). The other problem is that the story just *stops* once most of the hunting party has been slaughtered with only the teenage daughter surviving, naturally enough. It's far too abrupt an ending for the story, especially as the idea abut the polar bear vampires is given more than one beginning which further muddies the waters.
The art is by comics legend Bill Sienkiewicz, and is just as atmospheric as you might expect from him. Pity about the red on black text used, which was very hard on my ageing eyes.
While it's an exciting if predictable story in some respects, it also throws in a few curve-balls - such as the existence of an entirely different group of vampires that are apparently the vampiric equivalent of polar bears in that they have adapted to live permanently in the subzero temperatures of the arctic (cold slows and weakens the normal vampires). The other problem is that the story just *stops* once most of the hunting party has been slaughtered with only the teenage daughter surviving, naturally enough. It's far too abrupt an ending for the story, especially as the idea abut the polar bear vampires is given more than one beginning which further muddies the waters.
The art is by comics legend Bill Sienkiewicz, and is just as atmospheric as you might expect from him. Pity about the red on black text used, which was very hard on my ageing eyes.
lukeisthename34's review
1.0
Why do I keep falling for this stuff? A new monster with no real explanation, terrible dialog and artwork that barely flows and then just turns into angry scribbling during violence.
thiefofcamorr's review
An appalling end to a series. The artwork is disgusting, the plot fails.
Incredibly disappointed.
Incredibly disappointed.
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