The first time I read this comic I wasn't impressed, maybe because of its briefness or its sketchy artwork. We find nothing else about what happens later because the comic just ends. 0000002005 00000 n Theshizirl Featured By Owner Jan 6, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist .

So short in fact I feel like I didn't really get to know the characters or find out much about the plot.

It's a little short for one thing, and the story never really gets a chance to develop. So I thought maybe I'd pick up volume 2 but then I read about it and it seems like that volume goes to LA and just leaves Alaska behind. 321 0 obj<> endobj Steve Niles, Download 30 Days Of Night Omnibus, Vol.

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1 – Unfortunately, I felt the book didn't live up to my expectations. STEVE NILES is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence, and was recently named by Fangoria magazine as one of it's "13 rising talents who promise to keep us terrified for the next 25 years. I enjoyed the movie so I wanted to read the graphic novel, which is available free for Amazon Prime customers. I often like his ideas, but then I'm always disappointed that he doesn't really go anywhere with them. This story takes the run-of-the-mill vampire tale into more chilling territory by setting it in Barrow (a town on the northern end of Alaska that sits within the Arctic Circle) in the dead of winter when weeks pass without sunlight. Honestly most of the plot points are pretty vague. Good, but hardly great. There's also a lot that happens off panel and it's left to the reader to fill in the blanks. Temperatures range from cold as shit to fucking freezing.”. The only hope for the town is the Sheriff and Deputy, husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love. [Marlow is the undead who organized the hunt.

I often like his ideas, but then I'm always disappointed that he doesn't really go anywhere with them. 30 Days of Night (graphic novels) Forums > Entertainment > Books & Comics. Somehow I found it more enjoyable this time around, though I'm still not a fan of horror. I loved this movie when it came out. Graphic Novels. The movie was fairly close to the graphic novel, for all intents and purposes. In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn't rise for over thirty consecutive days and nights. Vampires go apeshit when they realize (finally) that there are 30 days where the sun never sets in Podunk, AK. This graphic novel takes an interesting premise - vampires attacking a small town while it lies sunless through an arctic winter - and completely squanders it through mediocre writing and irritating artwork. © Copyright 2012 - 2018   |   ListFreeBooks.com, 30 Days Of Night Omnibus, Vol. Omnibus collects the original trilogy of stories told about Barrow, Alaska x��T=H[Q>�|�`���Hh,��3hi;�`Sc�AQ�&88Z���T�,B��t��% �Q�N�8tS��ş�C��������{��\�{D"^#!%?�o֜�7Ow��*�D��-�(�0#5xχA�� >BH�>��ǎ�V��㷞�>��~,J�p22��������/�9E���-N��g��fy[ÒRH�Ԉ�m���N�Ċ�X�L�A�d�#i۱B�t�Xa�t1{�jƔ� ��5�����?����Eī�_��fM�����o�Y�&�j�Va�7��q�U���8�/A���w y�� V���t�ב��Q��`E���Z�aU{����9Y���rS<0Y������֐ϼ0�T���݌�����xm�@|�` R%r� Now, this should've been cool (HA); remote setting, dark, cold; perfect locale for bloody horrors to commence.

He is proud of his achievement, but the undead leader Vicente doesn't agree. Refresh and try again. I had to read it because it's popular and even had a movie made about it. Series by cover. The characters are beyond shallow, with a few stock lines parceled out on each page, and virtually no actual dialog. 0000001773 00000 n Book was only so-so.

But what if you're in a small Alaskan town and the sun won't be coming out for a month? The plot is very heavy in action, gore, and survival, with lots of emotion and nuances. xref That way they can feed. Now, this should've been cool (HA); remote setting, dark, cold; perfect locale for bloody horrors to commence. Now they'll slowly starve to death, um, redeath(?).

30 Days of Night (2018) » Graphic Novel, I D W. 4-07-2019. Bitter cold, endless night, and hungry shadows: the horror franchise that upended the classic vampire story is reimagined for the modern era! 0000001335 00000 n ", “The climate of Barrow is Arctic. I should know better by now that Steve Niles just doesn't do it for me. As for the artwork I can't decide if I liked it or not. It's almost like Steve Niles came up with this great concept (vampires in Alaska where they have 30 days of total night to wreak havoc on the sparse human population) and then just put ou. i reallyyyyyy want to read this because i dont really like the book i am reading, See 1 question about 30 Days of Night, Vol. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. From the darkness, across the frozen wasteland, an evil will come that will bring the residents of Barrow to their knees.

Even some of the vampires in the movie looked identical to the illustrations! There's hardly any suspense or tension at all. 0000001118 00000 n “—Podrías esconderte, vivir... como ellos... podrías. I don't think I will bother with the rest in the series.

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He orders the town to be wiped out to remove all evidence of their presence there. The vampire tale that put horror back on the map!

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The undead have become myth and legend as far as the humans are concerned.

As a fan of horror and scary vampires that don't sparkle, I have to say I really enjoyed this dark and brutal story with its unique art.