30 Days of Night Night, by IDW. Written by Joe R Lansdale. Drawn by Sam Keith. $3.99.The biggest thing I noticed while reading these two issues is the lack of script. The story is almost non-existing in the first issue and the second one seems to spend most of it's time trying to tell the reader what should have been in issue one.
Maybe they are just trying to rely on the unique art style that Sam Keith is known for, but it really doesn't carry the book. Sam Keith has always been a "I love his style" or "I hate his style" comic artist. In this book, yes his art does fit the type of story here, but the story itself lacks to bring anything but the stereo-typical vampire art out of him.
I have always liked the concept of 30 days of Night, vampires going to Alaska because of the long nights, but the vampires in this story look like hillbilly punk rockers that follow a crazy bitch that makes them lick the blood they need off the floor. Not to mention the story starts off with Nazi's firing a tomb into a iceberg.....ahhhh when in doubt about whether or not your story is good, bring in Nazi's that has to make it sell.
I'm sure the whole limited series story will explain most of the confusion, or maybe in the series before this one it explained it. But in a rough world of getting readers to pick up your comic, this one relies heavily on the fact you have already read all that has gone before. That is a problem if you want new readers to pick it up.
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originally posted by contributor AnOriginalDick
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