tommygoes's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
leilaofpaper's review
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
iliapop's review
2.0
The five characters in this vampire road trip through the USA are pretty indistinguishable from each other, and Elaine Lee admits they are facets of her own personality as much as they are inspired by her fiercly independent-spirited female friends. The vamps are maneaters quite literally, happy to seduce barflys and bozos to their deaths, and there is some fun to be had in their camaraderie and their fierce desire to escape the clutches of the dominating male vampire who created them.
That revenge of the Brides of Dracula premise is mixed in with a second plot involving one of the characters losing custody of her baby because she was a sex-worker, and trying to get revenge on the judge, lawyer and surrogate family. This had the potential to push the comic in quite interesting dark and morally ambiguous territory, but there's not enough space to really flesh this out. Instead it's resolved rapidly and unsatisfyingly in the final issue.
William Simpson's character designs are great, and he has a lot of fun drawing different outfits and motorbikes for the five characters. The book bears the hallmarks of the mid 90s Vertigo style when it comes to its colours particularly, and it also has that era's overwritten captions. Comics have learned to show not tell since then. Brian Bolland's covers are predictably gorgeous.
That revenge of the Brides of Dracula premise is mixed in with a second plot involving one of the characters losing custody of her baby because she was a sex-worker, and trying to get revenge on the judge, lawyer and surrogate family. This had the potential to push the comic in quite interesting dark and morally ambiguous territory, but there's not enough space to really flesh this out. Instead it's resolved rapidly and unsatisfyingly in the final issue.
William Simpson's character designs are great, and he has a lot of fun drawing different outfits and motorbikes for the five characters. The book bears the hallmarks of the mid 90s Vertigo style when it comes to its colours particularly, and it also has that era's overwritten captions. Comics have learned to show not tell since then. Brian Bolland's covers are predictably gorgeous.
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