Written by Scott Snyder and Stephen KingArt by Rafael Albuquerque
While vampires are as over-played as zombies these days (probably more, thanks to Twilight), American Vampire is a very good comic. I like the way that each issue is split into two stories, the first set in 1925 and featuring Pearl, a newly-turned vampire; while the second is set before that, and is slowly filling in the back-story for Skinner Sweet.
The element that has garnered the most press and attention for this book is that Stephen King is writing the second story, in his original comics debut. His writing feels natural here, as he provides the backdrop to the main story, and works at developing Sweet's character. In the first issue, I found I enjoyed Snyder's half of the book more, but now I'm pretty evenly torn between the two. Snyder has saved most of the set-up for his story to this issue, as Pearl 'changes' and has to learn what those changes entail for her.
What makes this book move from good to amazing is Albuquerque's art. The entire book is gorgeous, with the Stephen King story getting a more textured, burnished approach.
Highly recommended.
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