Some of his dialogue even felt like it could have been said by anyone else but it was given to him because he hasn't said anything in the last 5 panels. I could go into a lot more detail to elaborate my point, but that would mean crossing spoiler territory in the book. Now that I'm done scratching this little itch, I once again want to clarify that I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading Volume 2. I just hope they return to the formula they had in the beginning for the characters, especially Steve in their next volume.
Then again, it would also be hilarious if they make the next volume about someone else like Flay one of the other characters. So to the people that have read this and are just a publish button away from flooding me with hate comments, I am NOT implying that the creators, Dave Rapoza and Dan Warren, intentionally pulled a switcheroo to trick people into buying this book.
I can admit that it can be my own expectations that gestated for almost a year are at fault for this little outburst. I give many thanks to them all the people that pledged to make their Kickstarter a success for providing me with a book that I know I will be re-reading time and time again.
If there is anything you are going to bother to retain in this blog it's this: "Just so you know, this book eventually focuses more on Dracula instead of Steve. It could really use more Steve. It did not actually take me 2 years to read this. Probably over a year ago. It was okay. The basic premise, that traditional horror character archetypes live together in a cave , with very modern personality types and problems, was fun, but only held interest for me for a short while.
Jul 23, Nicole rated it really liked it. It's crude, it's funny, and more than a little self-depreciating. It isn't depressing, but don't expect it to be a light read. Steve Lichman is a suicidal lich living with a sociopathic vampire named Count Dracula, a geeky mind flayer named Flay, a druggie beholder, a kinky mimic, and more. They live more or less very well until a younger rival vampire threatens Dracula's status as Steve's best friend.
I do wish that some of the things brought up would have been wrapped up a bit better. Like what's the deal with Mothman?
Also, at one point the beholder hallucinates a cat and it isn't really brought up again. Flay is definitely my favorite.
He's snarky but still very vulnerable. Plus his facial expressions--despite having a squid face--are the best. Nov 11, Paul Spence rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novel. Their lives are frequently interrupted by adventurers seeking gold and monsters to fight, until one day a cool, young, blond-mulleted vampire in a leather jacket named Kiefer shows up and turns their world upside-down.
This book is laugh out loud hilarious and highly recommended. Sep 09, Paige Belfield rated it liked it. Pretty frickin weird. I enjoyed it. This was a really eclectic and enthusiastic read but at times just a bit too cringeworthy so I didn't feel as engaged as I could have.
The art style really suits the work though, and some of the characters were bafflingly delightful. There were so many great one-liners and I remember that is what drew me into buying this the other year. Keen to leap into vol 2. May 09, Elsbeth Magilton rated it liked it.
I liked that and I wanted to love it, but the complete and total lack of any female characters juxtaposed with the constant discussion of sex with women made it The whole monster premise and blot are hilarious, but even frat boys who are cool classic monster are still frat boys. Jul 27, Jordan Bethea rated it really liked it. An insane amalgamation of classic fantasy tropes and dumb nerd humor, uses my favorite kind of mix of very detailed high quality art, alongside completely stupid dialogue and plotlines.
Can get kind of repetitious with some of the dialogue nearer the end though. But very funny. Jan 03, Errol Dowis rated it really liked it. An excellent read. I sat down and finished this book in about an hour and it was tons of fun.
Sep 19, Neil rated it liked it. Clever and sardonic at the beginning, the basic shtick of "inner life of dungeon denizens" worked better as a humorous set of individual strips, vs.
After a while the joke just wasn't interesting any more. Aug 02, Julia Stephanie rated it it was amazing. This was hilarious! Aug 11, Jordan Johnson rated it it was amazing. Dave Rapoza and Dan Warren have rolled themselves a Aug 21, Joanne rated it it was amazing. Nov 15, Mitchell rated it liked it Shelves: comic , read-in I really enjoyed the first 90 pages, but once it starts to focus on Dracula and Kiefer I found it less funny.
It's also pretty problematic in his language. Nov 25, Andrew Cook rated it it was amazing Shelves: books-i-own. Sep 15, Jess rated it it was amazing. This book is hysterical! I loved it. May 16, Patrick rated it it was amazing. If you like fantasy and graphic novels this is a hilarious R rated graphic novel. Dec 26, Jenn rated it it was amazing. Aug 11, Nightstar rated it liked it Shelves: fantasy , graphic-novels , humorous. This web comic has popped up on Imgur every once in a while, and I was excited to read it every time it showed up, even if it was the same 10 or 20 pages each time.
I eventually checked out their website to read more of the comic, and found out they were running a Kickstarter campaign at that time, so of course I immediately supported it and excitedly waited for my two volumes to show up. When I finally got around to reading them, it was with mixed results. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover.
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