American Vampire Vol 1
Overview: Cunning, ruthless, and rattlesnake mane, Skinner Sweet has a reputation for cussedness as long as he is ornery. As the first vampire conceived on American soil, however, he’s not your usual creature of the night. Stronger, fiercer and powered by the sun, Sweet is the first of a new breed of bloodsucker the American Vampire.
Forty-five years after rising from his grave, Sweet finds himself in 1920’s Los Angeles, where the young and beautiful are drawn like moths to the burning lights of Hollywood. Something beyond simple human greed is a work here, however, as struggling young actress Pearl Jones is about to discover. When her movie-star dreams are transformed into a bloody nightmare, Sweet provides her only chance for survival as we ll as the power to take revenge.
Pages: 192
Writers: Scott Snyder & Stephen King
Artist: Rafael Alburquerque
Colors: Dave McCaig
Letters: Steve Wands
Recommendations: 30 Days of Night
I will be honest, I picked this book up with a lot of expectations. Stephen King, vampires, and the old west. It would seem to be exactly what was missing in my life. The story follows an actress that is trying to make it. She eventually gets invited to a party with her boss that has some fatal consequences. She then has a run in with a notorious criminal and that sets a lot of things in motion. The story jumps back and forth between characters and between different times. This interrupts any flow that the story could have had. I can see what they were trying to do with the bouncing around, but a better story could have been told if they would have just told the story without the jumping around.
Overall, I had a lot of expectations for this book, and it just didn’t get there. Still, I will try the next one and see what happens to the characters.