City of Others -

Steve Niles

Dark Horse

2008

112 páginas

3h 44m

ISBN-13: 9781593078935

An outstanding feature of any Bernie Wrightson graphic novel is his painstaking attention to detail, especially when his subjects include corpses and bloodthirsty monsters. Collaborating with veteran scripter Niles, Wrightson puts his anatomical expertise to grisly good use in this exquisitely illustrated story about a remorseless hired assassin. Stosh Bludowski’s taste for killing keeps him gainfully employed until his career hits a sudden roadblock in the form of two targets who simply refuse to die. Following the maps tattooed on his victims’ severed arms, Bludowski stumbles into a haven of vampires facing a murderous ambush of zombies. To survive the onslaught, Bludowski’s only recourse is to side with the vampires and become one of the undead himself. A dangling side plot focusing on the zombies’ mastermind promises further episodes in Bludowski’s quest to track down that unsavory nemesis. While Bludowski’s own brutal demeanor may not exactly endear him to many readers, Wrightson’s superbly arranged panels and vividly rendered action sequences should keep this new antihero’s adventures interesting.