30 Days of Night by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith

30 Days of Night
Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith
IDQ Publishing
ISBN: 0-9719775-5-0
$17.99 USA.


Never
been a fan of comics. Even as a youngster I used to read only one(1)
comic; it was Eagle Magazine, filled with horror and adventure and a
splash of SF. It was great. I never touched another comic when that
company went bust and blended with another magazine, until my friend
sent me a copy of 30 days of night.

The cover alone got me to open and read my first comic in over 17 years.

The story is about a group of vampires who learn that Barrow, Alaska goes a whole month without a sunrise.

Vampires
swarm in and feed. The lead vamp, Marlow, contacts the number one vamp
of all vamps, Vincent and tells him about this paradise. But Vincent is
not a happy vampire, he is extremely pissed that Marlow has destroyed
all the work, of making humans think vamps don't exist.

Thrown
into the middle of all this, is Eben -- the local sheriff and his
wife, Stella. Plus a handful of the small town's residents who have
managed to survive in an old industrial furnace. The extras are mostly
fodder and complain: “We’re gonna die!” But, Alaska is so cold that the
vamps sense of smell is all messed up and they can't find the
remaining few.

Eben take it on himself to be the hero, spying
on the vamps he learns the only way they can be killed is by one of
there own. He has a tough choice to make. And as the town burns, his
choice is made.

Not only is this comic an excellent book, it
also reads like a movie. Originally published in three parts, it has
finally been collected into one thick A4 sized comic with gloss pages
through out and vivid color. The artwork is awesome and I can see by
the quality of work and production why there was a lot of talk about
this comic's series.

Clive Barker wrote the introduction for
this comic and claims: "...raw, even brutal energy of a horror movie
from the good old days..."

He is so right. If you love horror, stripped to the bare basics of what makes a good horror comic and great horror comic.

This
is one to add to your collection. The price is high but the quality and
binding (it has a spine) will last for years of horror reading pleasure.

Did I mention that this comic reads like a movie script? And at the back is the actual script for the first 19 or so pages.

That's an added bonus (like on DVDs). Enjoy!