Tuesday, June 12, 2012
American Vampire Vol. 1 & 2 - a Bloody Books Twofer
This graphic novel series is begging to be made into an HBO show. True Blood x Deadwood + Boardwalk Empire/Girls. Okay, maybe not that last one, unless vol. 3 is set in 21st century Brooklyn. Actually, how has no one done a hipster vampire show yet? That's my idea now, I call dibs.
Skinner Sweet is a wild west outlaw who becomes the 'American Vampire' - the first of a new breed, he can walk in the sunlight, and he sure as hell doesn't glitter when he does. Vampires have had a reputation problem over the past few years. Remember when they were scary? Before Twilight turned them into players in a weird pro-abstinence teen romance? This series goes a long way to undoing that damage and reclaiming the idea of a vampire as something terrifying & grotesque. No one is swooning over Skinner Sweet, I promise.*
4 super-sized orders of garlic bread out of 5.
*And if you read them and find that you are, you need to look at your life. Look at your choices! Girl. *smh*
Labels:
antidote to Twilight,
evil,
graphic novels,
horror,
scary,
series,
twofers,
vampires,
violence
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