DARK RED VOL. 2

by Tim Seeley, Corin Howell (Illustrator), Mike Marts (Editor)

NEW ARC STARTS HERE!

In the aftermath of war, Fall's End is littered with the dead. Chip has his territory back...until something else walks into his town.

Something not human. Not vampire.

Something hungry.

Tim Seeley (BRILLIANT TRASH, Hack/Slash, Grayson) and Corin Howell (Ghostbusters, Bat-Mite) bring you the next chapter in this contemporary and horrifying tale of vampirism in the dark heart of America.

Genres: Comics

120 pages, Paperback

Published November 17, 2020

About the author

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

[Chad]

Reminded me of some of the crazy supernatural elements of True Blood. The main characters are two redneck vampires from North Dakota, but there are also all kinds of were-creatures like were-alligators. Pretty much every kind but werewolves actually. It's an over the top, bloody, good time.

Received a review copy from Aftershock and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.

[Reading_ Tamishly]

I enjoyed reading this one though with a pinch of salt and a bit of vinegar.

I wish the characters were better represented and the artwork a bit better sequenced.

I wasn't expecting a lot of violence. But it's fine regarding the plot. Beasts. Beware!

I hope the sequel is better.

Thanks to the publisher and the Authors for providing me the copy.

[Amy]

Now I have to read Dark Red Vol. 1

I devoured this graphic novel. Yes, it was that good. The artwork is superb. The storyline better than an 80"s movie extravaganza. Let's take a walk on the wild side, shall we?

Chip is back in Fall's End attempting to go on with life as usual. Unfortunately for Chip, he finds himself in a strange relationship with a vampire hunter, he is missing the love of his life, and he stumbles upon a creature that should not exist. That absolutely could not exist. This creature exists. Now, off to the races we go: to find a lost love, to reunite a child to her kind, to confront an age old evil in a larger than life city. All Chip wants is to move on. It appears life has made other plans.

Oh, and did I mention all the bloody violence and sexual innuendo? Oops! Sorry. Yeah that too.

Thanks to NetGalley, Aftershock Comics, Tim Seeley, and Corin Howell for a copy of an ARC in return for an honest review.

[Paul Sparks]

A very interesting concept, a redneck vampire ! I almost expected to see the Proud Boys make an appearance at a trump rally 😉 this is a well written, very well drawn tale that explores some uncomfortable facts in modern day, I will definitely be reading more, my only caveat being doing we really need all the scantily clad over developed bodies? If you want to portray reality then be honest

[Theediscerning]

I can't comment on this as regards the plot or story, because it makes no sense without Book One – none at all. What I can declare is that it's rather a tame book for all the talk of sexiness and gore; more like an urban fantasy than horror. The edginess comes from the C-bomb getting dropped and bounced.

[Robert]

A nice expansion of scope from the first installment.

[Devon Munn]

This was an okay series

Ok for more spoilery thoughts
The various Were-Creatures and their society was interesting. Wished we could see more of that. Also I don't like that literally the only Black character is a villain turns into a weird demon creature and is defeated so easily. In a series that is meant to be against racism and bigotry it falls into the same pitfalls it is trying to criticize)

[Jenn Marshall]

The second volume of Dark Red. This is a new story arch. After his war with vampires Chip really just wants things to get back to normal, but something else has come to town. Issues 6-10 of Dark Red

Chip is my all time favorite vampire! I love this story so much I have all of the single issues on my pull list, ordered exclusive covers signed by Tim Seeley, preordered every trade, and requested this review from Netgalley just so I could rave about how amazing this story is. The second arch was just as amazing as the first and I cannot wait to see where it is going next. Everyone needs to be reading this book!

Creative Team:
Co creator and writer: Tim Seeley
Co writer for issue 10: Aaron Gillespie
Colors; Mark Englert
Letterer: Carlos M Mangual
Co creator and artist: Corin Howell
Published by Aftershock