American Vampire
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0857680315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"An Excellent Tale of Horror" according to Amanda Jade. Volume 1 of American Vampire is set in two time periods - it begins with Scott Snyder's story, set in 1920s. We meet Pearl Jones, a struggling actress hoping to make it big in Hollywood. The unfortunate and naive Pearl is brutally attacked and left for dead, that is, until Skinner Sweat steps in and offers her the chance to wreak vengeance on those that ruined her life.The second half of the tale, told by Stephen King, contains the gruesome origins of the wicke. ""Stone killers who never get enough of that tasty Type-A"" according to Jared Castle. Meet Skinner Sweet, the candy-chomping, former Wild West outlaw who traded his six-shooters for fangs and immortality to become antihero of the vampire genre.Scott Snyder and Stephen King split the storytelling duties in this graphic novel, originally published as the first five issues of the Vertigo series. Artist Rafael Albuquerque adequately captures 1920's LA and 1880's Old West. He delivers a less murky vision of vampires than Ben Templesmith's red-smeared. New Kind of Vampire Before he made his comic fame for Batman, Scott Snyder took a run at another thing that went bump in the night.Vampyr. Good or bad, there is a lot that consumers are forced to wade through in order to find the good stuff; rivers and rivers of stories. However, every once in awhile, someone comes along with a new concept that forces fans of the genre to sit up and take notice, which is exactly what Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque did with their AMERICAN VAMP
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Introducing a new breed of vampire, Stephen King, Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque unite to describe a distinctly American take on the vampire mythos.