A review by markoestes
American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder

5.0

Amazed that I'm late to the American Vampire saga when one literary figure, who I'm a huge fan of joined forces with another writer, who is gaining all of my attention when it comes to comics. The first volume was nicely packaged and immediately snatched my attention from gate. The foreword and afterward written by Stephen King and Scott Snyder, respectively, were nice bookends to the introduction of Skinner Sweet and the return to the ferocity and vicious nature of the vampire. The story itself manages to retain an air of originality despite the concept of the 'daywalker' vampire being used a multitude of times in recent years. The dual narratives and time periods complimented each other as Pearl and Skinner stumbled through their newfound vampirism without proper guidance. Albeit Skinner did pass on a cheat sheet of sorts to Pearl, but in the grand scheme of things she could still be considered a vampire "orphan" of sorts, with Skinner still looking out for his own personal gain.

There's so much more to say, but I'm just going to end it right here. American Vampire has become a new obsession and hopefully it will be adapted into a TV series one day.