Review - Vampirella Southern Gothic #4Review by Paul Fiander
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Covers: Johnny Desjardins
Writer: Nate Cosby Pencils: Jose Luis Ink: Nelson Pereira Letters: Marshall Dillion Colours: Inlight Studios |
Vampires are an amazing subject for writers, from myths and fables to Bram Stoker's original Dracula to today's modern interpretation in the Twilight Saga, Buffy and True Blood to name but a few. They have taken moany forms and been responsible from everything to heinous murders to Twinkling in the sunlight. I am of the opinion that Vampires should be menacing and violent with an over arch of of a sexual nature. This comes from Stokers Dracula actually being a treatise on Syphilis in Victorian England.
Thankfully Vampirella has the ability to fulfil my desires of what a vampire should be. The main features are all present but this issue is hopefully just the appetisers for what is to come. But that would be spoiler so back to the main plot. We meet our vampiress interrogating a child and here she pulls no punches the dialogue is sharp and this continues throughout the whole story. You can find some sections a little wordy but nothing that detracts from the art.
The artwork itself is a showcase of near to life depictions. I am not overly taken with the human character models but the Vampires and other assorted beasties are real treat. The colours are mostly sedated making Vampirella Red top stand out on the page.
I am going to warn against this issue as a jumping on point I think it would help to start from the beginning of the series (this is 4 of 5) and you will find much more fulfilment but this is a series to take note of.
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