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4.0 out of 5 stars
Niles and Wrightson rock!, March 12, 2008
This review is from: City of Others (Paperback)
When Bernie Wrightson touches a title, something special happens. When Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson create a title, the simple becomes a feast of literary and visual gems.
The "City of Others" is Wrightsons' return to a medium that his artistic skills fit perfectly. When you are 'immortal' and don't want to be found, even travelling in a the womb of a pregnant woman becomes acceptable. Enter Chunx into the United States. Stosh Bludowski is a killer. Since the age of seven, he has killed family for revenge, killed orphans, and now Blud encounters the recently dead who won't stay dead. An undead 'convention' leads to an unlikely conclusion to his adventure. His savior offers a way out with no options but to continue the curse that frees yet traps him.
Few writers and artists can create horror that pulls you along twisting and screaming the way Niles and Wrightson can in "Others". The story, while a steadily paced quest for redemption at almost any cost is rife with subtle classic horror characteristics. There are Frankenstein, Dracula, and Night of the Living Dead themes that resonate in the collection. A particularly magical touch is the art styles that change as the subthemes change. The Frankenstein pages are rendered in a softer, more gentle touch a la the classic film. The Dracula pages are more vibrant and colorful. Only a master like Wrightson could consciously imbue a book with such a deliberate shift in atmosphere.
On the surface, the book is merely a Vampyre gone mad book, but beneath the bloodshed, it is the quest for a killer and his companion gaining immortality while empowering each other. It is also the simultaneous quest for immortality by Chunx. Exactly what the future holds for Blud and Chunx should prove to be very interesting an 'more than your average monster story'!
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Tim Lasiuta
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1.0 out of 5 stars
the book end in the middle, July 5, 2010
This review is from: City of Others (Paperback)
what a disappointment, what a rip off!
the bloody story about vampires is pretty good but the book feels like one part (or prequel) of a big story. it ends without warning just when the plot start building. as much is i could find there is no sequel... it makes this book just a fracture of a bigger (and non existent) story. it feeels like watching 10 minutes of an interesting movie you like.
buy it only if you want to be angry (like me).
too bad there is not a no star option.
and btw... there is even no city (of others).
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Decent start, November 8, 2011
This review is from: City of Others (Paperback)
I actually won all 4 issues from a Dark Horse Halloween give away. (Thanks Dark Horse!) Wrightson can draw anything and draw it well, especially a horror book like this one. The story is decent, however you can tell it's a 4 issue mini written to set up a series. The main issue I had were the terribly cliched names. I mean Blud, really? Outside of that, Blud is a bit of a sociopath and he's kind of hard to route for. There is plenty of action and potential in the book. Basically if you want to check out a decent horror comic with good art, that sets up a series that doesn't exist, then pick this up.
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