cathepsut 's review for:

30 Days of Night, Vol. 1 by Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith

3.0

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

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This volume contains issue #1-3. I read #1 in 2018. At that point I had seen the movie three or four times and wanted to see how it compares. I liked the artwork right away, although it is quite different from the more classically drawn comics I usually read and liked before this. I liked the colours as well, the mix of greys with pastel tones. Nicely drawn bloodshed, almost poetic.

So, re-read and continuation it is, finally. The setting is Barrow in Alaska and the sun has just set for the last time before a stretch of 30 days without sunlight. Great opportunity for a bunch of vampires to go all out…

Some of the visuals reminded me of the TV adaptation of The Strain (never read it). Which was really yucky. Anyway, back to Barrow… bloodshed, a lot of it. And some panels that were hard to figure out, because it was only night, grey snow and lots of red. Not a lot of plot, we basically wallow in the visuals of the town‘s inhabitants being slaughtered. I think I liked the movie more. It felt like more of a story.

Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/8ClVrVK_y0E

Still, I am tempted to see what happens next…