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American Vampire, Vol. 2 (American Vampire #2; issues 6-11)

by Scott Snyder (Goodreads Author) (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (Illustrator), Mateus Santolouco (Illustrator)

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While trafficking in a bestselling sub-genre, AMERICAN VAMPIRE introduces a new strain of vampire — a more muscular and vicious species, born of the American West.

It’s Las Vegas circa 1935, and Skinner Sweet and our gal Pearl are about to learn the hard way that the bloodsuckers in Hollywood were nothing compared to what awaits them in Sin City.

In just a few short years, y...more

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Published May 31st 2011 by Vertigo (first published October 2010)

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Jun 19, 2012 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I suspected this before, but volume 2 in the American Vampire storyline confirms what has now become an inalienable truth: Scott Snyder is a bad ass. And so are his vampires.

In volume 1, we were introduced to Skinner Sweet, the first American Vampire whose accidental creation proved to be a blow against the old school European vampires; Sweet is faster, stronger, and unlike any breed of vampire that came before him. Clearly, there's some symbolism here about America rising out of the outmoded ar...more I suspected this before, but volume 2 in the American Vampire storyline confirms what has now become an inalienable truth: Scott Snyder is a bad ass. And so are his vampires.

In volume 1, we were introduced to Skinner Sweet, the first American Vampire whose accidental creation proved to be a blow against the old school European vampires; Sweet is faster, stronger, and unlike any breed of vampire that came before him. Clearly, there's some symbolism here about America rising out of the outmoded aristocratic societies from which its populace immigrated to become a superpower, but who cares because there are VAMPIRES who are KILLING people and ENJOYING it without turning into emo-esque tortured souls after the blood spatters have hit the wall.

Volume 2 continues the story of many of the characters introduced in the first volume, but the setting is approximately a decade later (this is one of my favorite aspects of this series, the way it's not afraid to jump forward in time and explore its characters as America continues to work its way through its adolescence as a nation). The first storyline follows Las Vegas police chief Cashel McCogan as he investigates a series of murders that occur during the building of the Hoover Dam. Cashel is shocked to find out that his city harbors more than the mortal vices of gambling, drinking, and prostitution when he discovers that Sin City has more monsters hiding in its shadows than in its bright lights. The second storyline focuses on Pearl, the vampire created by Skinner Sweet in volume 1, as she tries to create an idyllic life with her human husband, Henry, and avoid the past that she knows is tracking her down.

These stories continue to develop the characters of Sweet and Pearl, as well as Felicia and Abilena Book who have become vampire hunters intent on making Sweet pay for turning Jim Book. I continue to love the idea of various types of vampires (like the Gaelic Prime), each of which must be killed in a different fashion, and how the American breed proves particularly difficult to kill as no one--man or vampire--has discovered its unique weaknesses. There are also some nice plot twists (with a chilling end to the first storyline of Cashel McCogan) and questions that still have yet to be answered (such as what exactly is Felicia Book, the naturally born child of Abilena and the infected Jim Book). I suppose it's on to volume 3 to find out.

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Feb 12, 2012 Dan Schwent rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics, homework-from-the-ladies, 2012, cool-covers

Las Vegas police chief Cash McCogan has a murderer to find and all signs point to Jim Smoke, the man who likely was responsible for the death of McCogan's father. Meanwhile, some mystery men approach Pearl with a deal...

After the thrill ride that was the first American Vampire volume, I was jonesing for more. While this one wasn't quite what I expected, it more than delivered the goods. I like that Pearl wasn't swept under the rug after the first volume and that the series isn't all about Skinne...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Ronyell rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of Vampire Comics!

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Brief Introduction:

After reading the first volume of Scott Snyder’s classic graphic novel, “American Vampire,” I just had to check out the second volume to see more adventures from Pearl and Skinner! So, I finally read “American Vampire: Volume Two” by Scott Snyder (Stephen King is not writing this volume this time) and I was even more amazed at how well this story is getting developed and now I cannot wait to see what will happen to these characters next!

What is the story?

In this volume, the...more

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Feb 12, 2012 Kemper rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, comics, horror, vampires

About a hundred people died while building Hoover Dam. After reading this, I have to assume that all of those deaths were due to vampire attacks.

Picking up several years after the last volume, it’s 1935 and a formerly sleepy Nevada town called Las Vegas is booming because of the thousands of workers in the area constructing Hoover Dam. Police chief Cash Morgan doesn’t like what the gambling and prostitution are doing to his city, but there isn’t much he can do to stop it. When a businessman conn...more

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Apr 07, 2013 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Vegas in the 30's...we enter the city in its early conception and it makes perfect sense how it is the way it is. And when Skinner entered the picture again, I swooned with delight. This mutha'ucka makes me grin. Such deviancy!

Our first story arc revolves around Skinner, fellow vampire investors, a dam, a police chief, and a rouge killer; it's a sure bet this story will be interesting. We are introduced to different species of vampires and we even have a vampire baby. So many ways to branch thes...more

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Mar 24, 2013 Cale rated it 4 of 5 stars

It has been a while since I read Volume 1, but Volume 2 stands alone for the most part, sharing a few characters but not requiring much knowledge of their pasts. It's their present, and their presence in the early days of Vegas, that is key to the story, as a series of vampiric murders is investigated by the new sheriff. The story ties in business intrigue and family issues into its main mystery, and throws in a fair number of vampire violence, all the while introducing new factions to the mytho...more

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Dec 07, 2012 Evie rated it 5 of 5 stars

As soon as I saw the cover and who the authors involved in this project were I knew American Vampire was going to derail from the current pop-culture view of lovey-dovey vampires, but damn! They worked the extra mile to make us forget about all that glitter and be afraid of those creatures again, which reminds me...

(view spoiler)...more As soon as I saw the cover and who the authors involved in this project were I knew American Vampire was going to derail from the current pop-culture view of lovey-dovey vampires, but damn! They worked the extra mile to make us forget about all that glitter and be afraid of those creatures again, which reminds me...

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That surprised me, but not as much as finding what they look like when in "vamp-mode" - especially the face. Wow. Me likes! *insert drool, here*

Overall, the drawings were amazing. The story is original and takes a hold of you since the very first page.

I could only notice time has passed when I'd have some difficulty flipping to the next page. This would wake me up from the "reader's hypnosis state". Luckily it didn't happen much so I didn't even begin to worry about the time and how much sleepy I was. *tehe* I have a feeling that if I had more volumes with me last night I would have read them till day and only notice it was day already when I finished them all.

With this story, more than with any other of any comic book I've read, I found myself deeply immersed in it and I'm not sure what I like the best about it. If the excellent artwork, if the storyline or if the junction of those two. Sometimes I wished I could just read the story quicker, with no drawings - other times I found myself mentally blocking the text bits in order to just gaze at the illustrations. This felt funny, never happened to me before, but I adapted quickly and now I yearn for more of those scary pages. ;)

The second volume was even better than the first and went right up to #1 of my favourite vampire stories, with its plot twists (I even had 2 moments of "I did not see that coming!"), new characters and further development of the main ones.

I expect a crescendo of quality (which also comes attached as a consequence of the story's development, I guess) in the next volumes and I wish we could have a 6 stars system in GoodReads (so I don't need to go back to almost all my previous "5 stars ratings" and change them to 4, because of this story), but alas... #1stWorldProblems. :B

I'm drooling like a mad dog, now. Waiting to read volume 3. And the sneak peak we had of it in the end of volume 2 didn't help at all. The bastards! Arrgh! How could they do this to the reader? THAT was a major plot twist! D:(less)

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Oct 27, 2012 Alan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Author Scott Snyder continues to show why Kirkus Reviews called him a hot debut the year his first published prose book came out. Since then he has transitioned to comics, and American Vampire is quickly becoming the Vertigo's line best book (yes, arguably it is better than the excellent Fables and long-running Hellblazer).

The Hoover Dam is being built and relatively new Las Vegas Sheriff Cash McGogan has taken over for his murdered father. Now new, strange murders are taking place in Las Vegas....more

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Sep 16, 2012 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars

A bit of a disappointment compared to the first installment, but still far and away better than most of the stuff going to print these days.

Pearl and Skinner’s respective stories move forward a decade, to the 1930’s. Skinner’s set up shop in Vegas and is in the thick of the gambling and prostitution trade that’s thriving due to the construction of the Boulder Dam (known today as the Hoover Dam); while Pearl and Henry are trying to live a quiet life in California.

Some new faces are introduced, p...more A bit of a disappointment compared to the first installment, but still far and away better than most of the stuff going to print these days.

Pearl and Skinner’s respective stories move forward a decade, to the 1930’s. Skinner’s set up shop in Vegas and is in the thick of the gambling and prostitution trade that’s thriving due to the construction of the Boulder Dam (known today as the Hoover Dam); while Pearl and Henry are trying to live a quiet life in California.

Some new faces are introduced, primarily in the form of Las Vegas chief of police Cash McCogan and a mysterious group known as the Council. Abilena Book and her now-grown daughter Felicia make welcome returns, as well as a prominent figure from Pearl’s past who was left for dead.

Snyder continues to weave an inventive and powerful tale, but this one leaves something to be desired compared to its predecessor. After growing used to the 50/50 split of Pearl and Skinner’s respective arcs, both in term of story and the year of their setting, it was a bit disorienting to see them both in the same era, even if their paths don’t cross. It also causes the fact that we’re reading two separate stories to seem more prominent, as sometimes there are large gaps between switching from Pearl’s story to Skinner’s and vice versa. Pearl, in my opinion, is given particularly little to do. Other than one big scene, she is mostly living the quiet life. And the quiet life, let’s face it, is boring.

There is also the fact that much of the Las Vegas arc is left unresolved. Someone is out to sabotage the building of the Boulder Dam. Though we find out who is responsible for the killings, we never find out *why.* No real hints are given, either, other than an odd parallel between the fact that someone is building a Really Big Dam and that a similar technique was attempted in the first arc to keep Skinner trapped in his coffin. There are hints of a conspiracy here, sure, but not enough to really satisfy. There’s not that “oh my god” moment that makes you HAVE to move on to the next vomlume.

But, as I said, American Vampire is still a fantastic series and a cut above most of the other monthly offerings in the comic industry today. It still tells a great story, still has perfect art, and is still very much worth a read.
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Dec 27, 2011 Gabriel rated it 3 of 5 stars

What is most interesting about this series - what keeps me from falling head over heels with this great return to form for the vampire - is how messy the formatting is. And I know that it is on purpose. I know the drawing style is such that it is meant to look like a step between first draft and final draft sketches. I know that the disorientation I feel while reading through the panels (and it is not hard to find the order, but there are times when I find myself hoping I've chosen the correct o...more

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Dec 03, 2011 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels, horror

Like any normal person, I am sitting here on Saturday afternoon, contemplating the modern day vampire. Which is funny, because I actually don't even LIKE vampires all that much. Except for Brad Pitt in that movie way back when....but that doesn't count anymore. After all, Kirsten Dunst is now touching thirty. *nostagic sigh*
So, I read this last night after enjoying a high-energy drink--which I think really helped to envision vampires roaming Las Vegas like normal people (we all can fancy the sig...more

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Nov 21, 2011 Angel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: vampire and horror genre fans, graphic novel readers

Shelves: graphic_novels_and_comics, horror_and_thrillers

This excellent series continues. We get two stories: one for Skinner Sweet, which is the main story in the book, and one for Pearl Jones. Skinner has now moved to Las Vegas just as it is booming with the construction of Hoover Dam. One of the strengths of the series is the historical detail, which enriches the series, and it is very apparent in this volume. We learn not only more of the vampires, but now a new secret group of vampire hunters emerges as well to complicate things. Overall, we get...more

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Aug 23, 2011 Trudi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, graphic-novel, series, horror, vampires

This second installment of the American Vampire series is pretty juicy, the pages gushing blood and all sorts of other categories of nastiness.

Skinner Sweet is truly a vile invention, a convincing monster, a chilling vampire. Edward Cullen – you sir are a douche bag in a tree. Deal with it.

I love the historical feel of this series. This time we get an up-close look at 1930s Las Vegas -- the beginnings of its rise (or descent) to become Sin City. We also get a peek at the building of the Hoover...more

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Dec 27, 2012 Brandon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, comix, horror, 2012

The setting for Volume 2 moves to Las Vegas where Police Chief Cash McCogan is tasked with the unenviable job of investigating Jim Smoke, the man believed to be behind the murder of his father.

I'm legitimately shocked with how much I'm truly enjoying these books. As I said in my review for volume one, my taste for vampires had more than diminished leaving me less than enthusiastic in starting this series.

The change in setting prompted a change in story style as well. Snyder took the environment...more

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Oct 09, 2011 Hayden rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: comics-graphic-novels

Picking up ten years after the events of the first book, American Vampire vol. 2 follows Pearl Jones as she goes into hiding in the California mountains, and the former outlaw Skinner Sweet as a drug and prostitution kingpin in the blooming city that is Las Vegas.

These issues easily made up for any faults the first ones had. The story was very intense and kept me hooked, and the art was absolutely beautiful. Seriously, the artwork in this book singlehandedly reminded me why I love comics. There...more

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Feb 06, 2013 MissAnnThrope rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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06 February 2013

Scott Snyder, you are my hero. You have saved one of my favorite genres from the horrors of sparkly teen vampires and given us back the magnificent, ferocious, bloodsucking beasts they were meant to be. I am in awe of your greatness and eternally grateful.

The first volume was downright impressive, but American Vampire, Volume Two is even better. It takes place roughly a decade later in the burgeoning Sin City during the building of the Hoover Dam. When tragedy strikes the group o...more

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Jun 27, 2012 Colleen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire, comics

3.5

This volume is comprised of two stories - Devil in the Sand and The Way Out.

Devil in the Sand introduces us to a new character, Chief Cashel 'Cash' McCogan, who is joined by Felicia Book, grown-up daughter of Jim Book. This story was ok, and we saw Skinner and Pearl in it a little bit, but, overall, it was kind of a 3 star story. It left things open for an interesting turn down the line, but it didn't have the intimacy and interest of the first volume.

Also, I would've liked to see Felicia gro...more

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Oct 31, 2011 Evanston Public Library added it

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If you prefer evil, bloodthirsty vampires to undead eye candy, the second book in this truly scary graphic novel series is not to be missed. Following up 2010's tag team debut with Stephen King, Snyder continues the violent tale of vampires Skinner Sweet and Pearl Jones - a fierce new American breed of fanged fiend that draw power from the sun. While Pearl has settled down to a quiet California life with her human love Henry, Sweet is as cunning and ruthless as ever. Haunting 1930's Las Vegas, t...more

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Dec 20, 2012 LeAnn Suchy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, graphic-novel

Originally reviewed at Minnesota Reads.

I should’ve paid attention that Stephen King was only involved in the first volume of American Vampire, because Volume 2 is nowhere near as good and I can only think it’s because we get no Stephen King.

In Volume 1, Stephen King wrote the Skinner Sweet part of the story, and it was better than Pearl’s story written by Scott Snyder, though I did enjoy both. In Volume 2, Scott Snyder writes the whole story and something has gone completely off course. The dial...more Originally reviewed at Minnesota Reads.

I should’ve paid attention that Stephen King was only involved in the first volume of American Vampire, because Volume 2 is nowhere near as good and I can only think it’s because we get no Stephen King.

In Volume 1, Stephen King wrote the Skinner Sweet part of the story, and it was better than Pearl’s story written by Scott Snyder, though I did enjoy both. In Volume 2, Scott Snyder writes the whole story and something has gone completely off course. The dialogue is cheesy, the character development is weak, and women are portrayed as either naked toys controlled by men or impulsive and screaming.

We begin American Vampire Volume 2 more than a decade after the end of Volume 1. Skinner Sweet is a kingpin in Las Vegas in a casino and brothel. The Hoover Dam is in the process of being built, the town is overtaken with drunken dam workers causing trouble, and someone is killing off the leaders of the dam construction project.

With all the trouble in Las Vegas we’re introduced to a new character, Police Chief Cashel “Cash” McCogan, a man who has just taken over being Chief after his father, the previous Chief, was murdered outside Sweet’s casino. Cash knows Sweet is involved in his father’s death but he can’t figure out how, so right away we know there is going to be good tension between Sweet and Cash.

Pearl enters the story later since she lives far from Sweet. Pearl has been held up in a small community in California with her lover where she abstains from killing humans for their blood. She’s brought back into the vampire community when human visitors from a vampire-killing society knock on her door, asking for help. She and Sweet are a new kind of vampire, one that can survive in the sun, and one that is not killed the same way as old vampires. They want her to tell them her weakness so they can kill Sweet.

I do think this story is interesting. I love the tension with the dam workers and the entrance of casinos. I love the way the story twists multiple times for Cash. I love how evil Skinner Sweet continues to be. What I didn’t love was how this was all pulled together.

I felt here what I often feel in graphic novels – things move too fast, giving no time for the story to flow. Cash finds out that one of the four men leading the construction project is killed and some FBI agents come to help. Instantly another leader is killed, then another, then another. I can tell I’m supposed to get to know the FBI agents during all of this, because they aren’t quite as they appear, but things move so quickly and the dialogue and character development is so bad, that I never really got to know or care about them.

The only person who is developed is Cash. We do get to know him, but I still wanted a little bit more. Give me more tension with him and Sweet. Give me his struggles to please his pregnant wife. Give me more of his grief over his father’s death. He could’ve been even stronger than he is.

I wish the whole book surrounded Cash because by the time we get to Pearl’s story, she bored me. Her relationship is sweet. That’s about it. Sweet. Something does happen in the end which foreshadows that a wrench will be thrown into in her picture perfectness, but I am not all that excited about it.

I’m sad that Volume 2 disappointed me so much. I really loved Volume 1. I was excited for the series. I was ready to tell everyone to check out American Vampire. I’m not so sure I’m ready to praise it anymore. I think I’ll give Volume 3 a chance, but if it doesn’t bring back the magic of Volume 1, I’m done.(less)

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Jul 23, 2012 Zedsdead rated it 4 of 5 stars

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The Skinner Sweet story moves to pre-Sin City Las Vegas. Someone is killing the head financiers of the Hoover Dam project; we're introduced to the Vassals of the Morning Star.

Pearl Jones and her husband Henry have a run-in with a nest of vamps. The Vassals track them down and threaten Pearl unless she tells them how to kill Skinner Sweet. We discover that Hattie survived Pearl's attack in volume one.

Sweet's was the more interesting story of the two. We start learning about the different 'specie...more

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Nov 14, 2011 Gef rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: borrowed-from-library, graphic-novels, horror, vampires, personal-favorites

If I didn't impress the point enough when I blogged about American Vampire, Volume 1, then let me make it clear right now: if you are a fan of vampires in all their monstrous glory, you need to read this series.

It's Las Vegas during the mid-1930s. The Hoover Dam is nearing completion and the head honchos of the consortium responsible for its construction are being murdered. These aren't gangland slayings; gangsters tend not to drain their victims of all their blood.

Cash McCogan, Vegas' young and...more If I didn't impress the point enough when I blogged about American Vampire, Volume 1, then let me make it clear right now: if you are a fan of vampires in all their monstrous glory, you need to read this series.

It's Las Vegas during the mid-1930s. The Hoover Dam is nearing completion and the head honchos of the consortium responsible for its construction are being murdered. These aren't gangland slayings; gangsters tend not to drain their victims of all their blood.

Cash McCogan, Vegas' young and grizzled police chief is doing what he can to keep the peace, but he's understaffed and his cells are filling up with the rowdy, carousing dam workers. The murders are the worst among a whole lot of bad. Enter two FBI agents to give him a hand with a bit of inside knowledge on who-or-what is responsible for the killings. It doesn't take long for the FBI cover to fall apart, revealing the two newcomers in town are vampire hunters. And they've got their sites on the same guy Cash does: Skinner Sweet, or as he's going by in his Vegas bordello, Jim Smoke.

Meanwhile Pearl Jones, the formidable young woman Skinner turned into a vampire in Volume One is living the idyllic life with the love of her life in the Colorado outback ... until the vampire hunters arrive. They aren't out to kill her though; they just want information that may help their comrades in Las Vegas.

That's the first three parts of this graphic novel called "Devil in the Sand." After that there's a two-part story titled "The Way Out," which takes a closer look at Pearl Jones and her attempt at a happily ever after in Colorado. It becomes apparent that won't be easy, and not because of vampire hunters. Hattie Hargrove, Pearl's former friend turned vamp, is still alive and--hoo boy--she is pissed.

Even if the stories weren't so damned riveting, gritty, and relentless, this book would be well worth reading just to gawk at the artwork. Rafael's illustrations are as alluring and gruesome as they were in the first volume, and Mateus' work with "The Way Out" shows he is no slouch either. The mix of hard-scrabble desert and carnal cityscapes are impressive enough, but the viciousness and vulnerability--not to mention the carnality--are captured perfectly.(less)

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Dec 08, 2012 Forgotten Realms Queen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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One man's depression is another vampire's time of plenty.

Welcome back ladies and gents to the world of the American Vampire. Volume 2 specifically.

Here we encounter Skinner Sweet again, the first American-turned-vampire, and the first of his breed, a newer, faster, stronger version of the European vampires that turned him. Only this time instead of the Wild West outlaw we grew to know and love in Volume 1 he's now the head of a drug/gambling/prostitution cabal in young depression-era Las Vegas d...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Jared Millet rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, graphic-novels, vampires

American Vampire makes a smooth transition from "dazzling new idea" to "ongoing series" in volume 2, and continues its exploration of America's 20th Century boom through the eyes of its own, unique vampires.

That said, the two stories in this volume aren't as earth-shaking as those in Vol.1, but they do add more pieces to the world of the series. "Devil in the Sand" finds New World vamp Skinner Sweet operating a brothel in newly growing Las Vegas, while local sheriff Cash McCogan investigates the...more

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Apr 21, 2012 Mankey rated it 5 of 5 stars

As this title vamps along, you can feel it picking up steam (and blood). Every chapter (issue) tends to be an improvement on the one before it, in other words American Vampire just keeps getting better and better. Snyder continues to introduce intriguing new elements, other lines of vampires, and a group of humans dedicated to taking out the vampires. Skinner Sweet shows up in the book's major arc, and he comes across as much more frightening and less likable this time around. A smaller story fo...more

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Jun 02, 2011 D. Scott rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am really enjoying the American Vampire series. Vol 2 was just as interesting, and it has a great American hero lone wolf kind of feel. The Wild West was a great backdrop to start off with, including the 1920s when Pearl was turned, and now in Vol 2 we are into 1930s -- the cool thins about this is we get a little bit of history and it has a nice period feel. Everyone writes vampires in the "now"; it's a great addition to be able to step back in time with interesting characters, new people add...more

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May 17, 2012 anthony e. rated it 2 of 5 stars

I love Vertigo, and I love Scott Snyder's writing on other books, but his American Vampire just isn't interesting AT ALL. For starters, setting the book in the Roaring 20s was a stroke of genius- a stroke that he abandoned after the first storyline. Then he goes turning everybody we meet into super-characters in someway almost immediately after introducing them. Then there's a secret vampire-killing society that makes a deal that WE KNOW is going to go sour. There's an few interesting dynamics a...more

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Jan 24, 2012 Cristov rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel, paranormal, series, vampires, public-library, horror

Volume 2 of the series moves forward a few years but continues with Skinner, now living in Las Vegas and Pearl, living quietly in a sleepy small town.

The story is split in 2 parts with the first drawn by Rafael Albuquerque and the second by Mateo Santaluco. While both artists are great and stylistic cohesive, there is something about Albuquerque's work that is more consistently appealing. I found myself stopping to study panels and marveling at how he used space on a page. His work also seemed t...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Vincent rated it 4 of 5 stars

American vampire volume 2 delivers exactly what the first volume had, an extraordinary tale of vengeance and vampires with a bite to it. The American vampires are back to wreak havoc for anyone who gets in their ways as both story follow the principle characters from the previous volume who are trying to live their lives, one a sinner putting the sin in Sin City, and the other trying to put all the darkness behind them to live with the person they love. meanwhile forces conspire to destroy them...more

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Sep 23, 2012 Caroline rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels, read-in-2012, urban-fantasy

Enjoyed this just as much as the first volume in the series, and liked that it jumped forward 11 years to cover a different time/setting. One of the things that has been standing out is so far Snyder hasn't tried to sugarcoat or soften Skinner Sweet. He's not exactly the protagonist here (Pearl, who I'm happy is still around since she could easily have faded into the background, is really feeling like more of the protagonist than Sweet), but many writers would probably feel a need to make such a...more

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Dec 23, 2012 Gabrielle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reads, graphic-novels-tpb-editions

4/5 I really liked it.

"Smart, literary even, this series looks to be the cure for the plague of feyness among modern vampires." - Booklist

That is how I feel about this book, even though Stephen King is no where to found in this volume, Scott Snyder continued on with the story. Bringing us to the the years after the events of Volume 2.
I like how the mythology of the vampires in this story, on how just like any other species, the younger generation is faster, stronger, better. The characterizati...more

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Scott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.

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“I always, always got to be the last man standing.” — 5 people liked it

“That's what everyone thinks--they think being a cop is about punishing people for doing wrong. But that's not true. You know it isn't. It's about believing in people, believing in the good. In the will of people to do what's right despite their own instincts.” — 3 people liked it

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American Vampire, Vol. 2 (American Vampire #2; issues 6-11)

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