author: Billy Martin
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.71
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2014/01/10
date added: 2014/01/10
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
Basilika City has a huge vampire problem on their hands and the only person that seems able to do something is our hero, Vitriol. The cops are woefully outgunned and outclassed, and every time you turn around another another nameless rookie cop is getting torn apart by vampires. Just to make things more fun, the vampires find a serum to create werewolves.
It's a weird juxtaposition. The art by Billy Martin has a cartoony quality like you find in kid's comics. It's an angular style with broad lines and brighter colors, but at the same time, there are decapitations, arms being ripped off, and all that blood splashing over the panels. Also, the story is quite simplistic. The characters are so one dimensional, and the story seems to be so very simple that it feels like a story for children. And yet, there is all the violence and death. Is this a book for children? I'm confused by the audience for this book.
But it has a B-movie goofiness to it that I kind of liked. Vitriol gets beat up in just about every fight he's in, but he seems to be the only person capable of stopping all this supernatural evil. He's a likeable hero just because of his sheer determination.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this graphic novel.
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