American Vampire First Peek
American Vampire is a new and exciting horror comic, which simply by looking at the cover seems as though it’s a vampire story set in the American old West. The contributing talent to this book includes Scott Snyder Raffael Albuquerque and Stephen King. Inside the book, Scott Snyder is listed as the writer. Rafael Albuquerque is listed as the artist. And then the miscellaneous credits include Dave McCaig- coloring and Steve Wands did the lettering. Rafael Albuquerque cover art editor Mark Doyle. American vampire created by Scott Snyder. All of which makes me wonder how Stephen King fits into all this.
After the story, which runs the usual 24 pages. There is an editorial by Scott Snyder, entitled On The Ledge There is also a list of other comic books, and titles available from Vertigo. Vertigo is the publisher of American Vampire. And this one I hold in my hands is issue number one. The date on it is May 10 with a cover price of $3.99 as you can see from the picture, the cover art is pretty. The inside art is a bit quirky, and I like it. It has good use of color and highlight. The ads in the magazine break it up at just the right points. Overall it has a good look and feel, very solid and very well done.
I haven’t read the whole thing yet. This isn’t a review of the story. It’s a review of the comic itself. I would absolutely recommend anybody buy it. (this assumes you like vampire comics) You can do it by clicking on any mention of the title in this post.
Stay tuned in a soon-to-be future post. I will do a review of the actual story(s) and/or a more in-depth study of the art stylings and such. It also has a preview of Area 10 as a bonus. That looks cool. I will have to get it. If it’s any good I will let you know.
That’s all for today. If anyone has anything to add, feel free. (or feel freely, whichever makes you happier)
PS-Actually this thing is into multiple printings now. So I’m guessing it’s fairly popular.
PPS-And I have been told that Mr. King created the storyline. If anyone actually knows, tell ME about it will you? Thanks.
Stephen King wrote one of the two story arcs in the comic. Specifically, the origin story.
According to King’s website:
“King’s story provides the origin of the very first American vampire: Skinner Sweet, a bank robbing, murdering cowboy of the 1880s. Skinner is stronger and faster than previous vampires; he has rattlesnake fangs and is powered by…. the sun?