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grey_jayne's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Nightbreed comics are rad. The narrative is a little disjointed because it's spread out over different time periods but other than that we get to spend more time with core characters from the original. Really curious what happens knew.
droar's review
2.0
Alright, full disclsure, I didn't know that Nightbreed was initially a movie. That being said, this book makes little to no sense on it's own. It's just a jumbled history of some weird people smooshed together with a spooky narrator at the front. Having read the synopsis of the movie and the second book in this series, this book makes a little more sense but that doesn't make it good at all. There's just no cohesion here at all.
droar's review against another edition
1.0
Without reading the synopsis of the movie this book makes absolutely no sense, even having read the first confusing book. In theory they're supposed to wrap this up in a final book, but I'm not sure how they could conceivably do that. There's the Boone part (which makes no sense, but at least exists in a wider narrative vis-à-vis the movie). Then there's the weirdness with the reporter and the authors which seems to fit in nowhere other than to expand on the first books catalog of weird people.
james7634's review
3.0
Mundane story about monsters who have been hunted by humans and are killed by humans because they look grotesque, but maybe humans are really the monsters here!?
Not sue why you’d read more
Not sue why you’d read more
bookishplansandthings's review
2.0
It wasn't the worst thing I've read, but this is a reason why I'm hesitant to read graphic novels. It's always hit or miss.
krismoon's review
4.0
Really enjoyed the concept of a "monster" sanctuary sub-city. Enjoyed the stories very much, and guess I'll have to read volume two to see what comes of the woman with the babies that hatched from eggs...
dtaylorbooks's review
4.0
If you’re familiar with CABAL by Clive Barker and the subsequent early 90s movie Nightbreed based on that novella then you’ll know what I’m talking about here. If you’re not then stop, go read the story and/or watch the movie (preferably both) and then come back because you’re missing out.
Releasing at about the same time as the re-release of the movie, NIGHTBREED VOLUME 1 introduces us to new canon in the Nightbreed world. It acts as a prequel back to varying years on the timeline, from 1857 to 1945, and follows Peloquin (my favorite) and Shuna (also a favorite) at what isn’t necessarily the start of their Midian lives but what’s going to build to be integral moments in their lives as the series continues on.
The art, I think, fits with Clive Barker’s world. It’s dark and bloody but filled with detail that lends itself to enhancing the world of these monsters. You don’t really get to see Midian yet in this comic but the monsters bring that world with them wherever they go and the art uses that as a central force throughout the comic. Midian is with them even when they’re not there and it creates a pulse for the story that gets my heart beating in tune with it.
And it’s a good story too. You have Peloquin being Peloquin, shooting first and asking questions later but possibly making a mess for himself further down the road and Shuna who’s on the cusp of having her life thrown into upheaval but especially for her, her in-plot profession lends itself to her character in the movie. It’s been far too long since I’ve seen the movie so I am having a hard time connecting dots that would probably otherwise be obvious if it were fresh in my mind but some things are still there and they’re working out just fine.
I’m anxious to see where Andreyko takes the story. He’s done the canon justice so far so I have faith in future volumes.
4
Releasing at about the same time as the re-release of the movie, NIGHTBREED VOLUME 1 introduces us to new canon in the Nightbreed world. It acts as a prequel back to varying years on the timeline, from 1857 to 1945, and follows Peloquin (my favorite) and Shuna (also a favorite) at what isn’t necessarily the start of their Midian lives but what’s going to build to be integral moments in their lives as the series continues on.
The art, I think, fits with Clive Barker’s world. It’s dark and bloody but filled with detail that lends itself to enhancing the world of these monsters. You don’t really get to see Midian yet in this comic but the monsters bring that world with them wherever they go and the art uses that as a central force throughout the comic. Midian is with them even when they’re not there and it creates a pulse for the story that gets my heart beating in tune with it.
And it’s a good story too. You have Peloquin being Peloquin, shooting first and asking questions later but possibly making a mess for himself further down the road and Shuna who’s on the cusp of having her life thrown into upheaval but especially for her, her in-plot profession lends itself to her character in the movie. It’s been far too long since I’ve seen the movie so I am having a hard time connecting dots that would probably otherwise be obvious if it were fresh in my mind but some things are still there and they’re working out just fine.
I’m anxious to see where Andreyko takes the story. He’s done the canon justice so far so I have faith in future volumes.
4