Title:
BLOOD
BLOKES
Format:
AMERICAN COMIC SIZED. COLOUR COVERS B/W INTERIORS
Length:
6
ISSUES
Price:
£17.50
Publisher:
GREAT BEAST
Creators:
ADAM
CADWELL
Available
from: https://adamcadwell.bigcartel.com/
Review:
An
everyday tale of slacker vampires in the early noughties… in
Manchester.
Vince
is a twenty-something dropout from university, who loses his job and
his girl and then his life all on the same day. He wakes to find
himself all vamperised and wearing a gingham dress on a coffee table
in the local vampire den. His new housemates, Mike, Ari and Douglas
do there best to explain his new non-life to him (and why he’s
wearing that dress.) They introduce him to the thriving vampire
underground and hierarchy and rules as he struggles with adjusting.
Cadwell’s
art is pretty impressive. Clear-cut and simple, but never lazy.
Obviously influenced by Jamie Hernandez, while not being as
accomplished (yet.) He takes full advantage to the stark black and
white areas to satisfying effect. His backgrounds are full of well
rendered detail and in-jokes.
Those
references tucked away in the art are a lovely touch in themselves
and I’m sure that I only clocked 75% of these vampire and horror
related Easter Eggs. There’s even some great ‘Young Ones’
references that I enjoyed!
Cadwell
has a good handle on how to best tell a story through pictures…
with only a couple of missteps in the whole story.
Vince
himself comes across as a lovable loser character much like Simon
Pegg’s character from ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and it’s nice to
see him actually having a proper character growth during the course
of the six issues.
The
style of this reminded me quite strongly of the early episodes of the
British version of the TV series ‘Being Human’, since it portrays
the main monstrous cast trying to keep their heads down and lead
(what for them is) a normal life. It has a similar mix of unsettling
horror and humour.
I
loved the set-up here and would love to see more of the Blood Blokes.
Who knew Manchester had such a thriving vampire scene?
John
A. Short
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