The Vineyard #1

The Vineyard #1

by Brian Hawkins, Sami Kivela (Artist), Jason Wordie (Cover Art)

THE VINEYARD is a family-owned winery that sows and reaps by the blessing of the great god of wine and revelry, Dionysus. However, the Vines family's patron god requires complete devotion in the form of four sacrificial killings a year before each harvest. This has been done in unfettered obeisance. But all of that changed when the family's patriarch, Didache Vines, was in a horrible accident that left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair.

Now, the sacrificial and murderous duties of the Vines family have fallen to wife and matriarch, Maranatha Vines. With harvest season fast approaching and the family short of their annual sacrificial killings, Maranatha's struggle with her conscience puts all of her family - husband, son and daughter - in jeopardy.

Written by Brian Hawkins (Black Cotton, Believe in the Name, Don't Ever Blink) and illustrated by Sami Kivelä (THE HEATHENS, UNDONE BY BLOOD, Abbott), THE VINEYARD is what happens when family values and otherworldly obligations collide.

Genres: Comics

34 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 3, 2022

Reviews

[Amy Imogene Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very cool horror comic concept, with a Black family owning a vineyard tied to Dionysus…but make it twisted. Interested to see where it goes! (And the art is beautiful.)

[J. (Better Off Read) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horror, wine, bloodthirsty gods, and mayhem. Mwah ha ha HA! 🔪🍷🍇🥀

[Martengo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this a lot. Beautiful colours and a nice setup for some drama and horror to come. The dialogue is a little clunky at times simply because the characters only seem to know one swear word between them and they use it every other sentence. Swears are fine but when it’s just everyone saying ‘fuck’ over and over it feels like a kid who just learned the word for the first time

[Femme Power Comix · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Cameron Howell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the worst but I just didn’t care for the premise much. Probably gonna skip on this one

[Jennifer Zeman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do making deals with Greek gods really worth the agony and sacrifice?

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is an amazing first issue. i immediately preordered the trade

[Orsayor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this!!!