In the forward it takes some jabs at Twilight and the other sexed up vamp stories. American Vampire SummaryĪmerican Vampire is a graphic novel series that attempts to put the scary back in vampires. But for most of us I think it has done little to reinvent the genre or stand out amongst the dozens and dozens of simiar stories already out there. Like love anything and everything vampy, this might be more fun for you. But for a graphic novel like American Vampire all there really is to say is meh. If I hate something I enjoy laying out my argument for why it’s bad.

If I love something I can praise it for pages. Meh books are the worst to write reviews for. Overall, it commits the greatest sin of being boring. The art is good and has some really fun monster designes but that’s not enough to make it a desireable read. They were underwritten and lacked a focused conflict. I didn’t care about the main characters at all.

It hops around through key points in American history but forgot to make me care about any of it. The whole series reads more like an anthology than one coherent story. American vampires are bigger, faster, stronger, smarter, and blend into society better. They threaten the way of life for the old school vamps who prey on young women and can’t come out in the daylight. Seriously, how many ways can you spice up this old trope?! Let’s move on!Īmerican Vampire works off the premise that there are several species of vamps and the American ones are the newest and most dangerous. But traditional vampires are boring anymore. There are a few notable exceptions like my favorite classic Buffy, and modern takes like the incredibly disturbing movie The Transfiguration. I think the whole genre is completely exhausted. I’m not a huge vampire fan to begin with. It’s not scary and worst of all it’s not that interesting.

Spoiler Free ReviewĪmerican Vampire is a graphic novel series that claims to bring horror back to the vampire genre. First is the spoiler free review followed by the spoiler full review and summary. This post of American Vampire by author Scott Snyder, Illustrations Rafael Albuquerque has been adapted from two previous posts.

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