10-23-2007, 08:15 AM
Right, so seeing the trailer piqued my interest. Enough to get the graphic novels (the entire set, in fact).
The basic premise of the series, if you haven't heard it from the movie trailer, is that there is a town in Alaska where the sun sets for 30 days, one whole month. Vampires hear about this, and so flock to the town since they can feed uninterrupted. What they didn't know was that the temperatures in the place would dull their senses, allowing their human victims-to-be some measure of hope. What ensues is a maelstrom of bloodbaths and a whole lot of red snow.
Browsing through gives you a pretty dark watercolor-like palette sweeping through the books. If you like something different from the usual comic book/manga art style where everything is clear-cut and outlined, you'll get plenty of it here.
Story-wise the original three books pretty much deliver a linear plot with some side trips, but that's all well and good since they were the first three books. The rest of the series goes on and expands on other themes and characters, but still under the general category of OMFGVAMPIRESAREHERE.
The basic premise of the series, if you haven't heard it from the movie trailer, is that there is a town in Alaska where the sun sets for 30 days, one whole month. Vampires hear about this, and so flock to the town since they can feed uninterrupted. What they didn't know was that the temperatures in the place would dull their senses, allowing their human victims-to-be some measure of hope. What ensues is a maelstrom of bloodbaths and a whole lot of red snow.
Browsing through gives you a pretty dark watercolor-like palette sweeping through the books. If you like something different from the usual comic book/manga art style where everything is clear-cut and outlined, you'll get plenty of it here.
Story-wise the original three books pretty much deliver a linear plot with some side trips, but that's all well and good since they were the first three books. The rest of the series goes on and expands on other themes and characters, but still under the general category of OMFGVAMPIRESAREHERE.
