American Vampire

Scott Snyder en Stephen King (w), in combinatie met Rafael Albuquerque (a), presenteren: American Vampire.

Vanaf vandaag ligt (als het goed is) issue #1 in je comicshop (Vandal Com-X bijvoorbeeld). Ik doe zelf niet meer aan losse comics, maar onder de cut lees je waarom ik voor deze comic bijna een uitzondering maakte.

Albuquerque could tell this story by himself — or at least the parts that the captions try to clear up — and his work on this issue is amazing. That’s right. Amazing. If you think you’ve seen his style on Blue Beetle or Superman/Batman, well, you have, but it’s not his only style. And in American Vampire #1 he uses two different approaches to tell two different kinds of stories. And both visual styles look, well, as I said, amazing.

- Timothy Callahan (Comic Book Resources)

Even if you’re not interested in an alternate history of the US as populated by a new breed of bloodsucker, you owe it to your eyeballs to pick it up for the artwork of Rafael Albuquerque alone. Really, a spectacular-looking book.

- Graeme McMillan - Io9

After reading the first issue we can say that the resulting comic here is something far more than the sum of those familiar parts, and beautiful besides, thanks to the spectacular art of Albuquerque.

- Laura Hudson - Comic Alliance

Niet de minste namen volgens mij. Ik kan niets anders zeggen dan awesome. Check hier ook even een preview.

Check ook de website van Rafael Albuquerque.