Dark Days

After Barrow, a few people (19 according to Return to Barrow and a couple from New Orleans) are left to pick up the pieces. In the quest to do so, a book entitled 30 Days of Night is written, visual evidence is examined, and a war spills out from the shadows atop the world to the streets of L.A. It has to be one of the best sequels I've read in some time. In Dark Days, readers find themselves treated to some of the same people moving through a new story arch with the same stylized artwork, showcasing what Niles and Templesmith can do. Niles takes the siege of Barrow and puts a lot of pieces from that in play, including the loose ends that came from New Orleans. I liked the blend of the old with the blend of the new, and I especially liked the way the story moved because it was really amazing. I like what Templesmith does in this book, too, because he takes the minimalism we saw in Barrow and incorporates it into the very shadows and brings life to them. Sometimes it seems like the pictures seem to warp, bending with pieces of life all their own. I also like the hidden things that are sometimes placed in pictures, like the billboard for "Crack" flavored soft drinks. It makes for great bedtime reading. For those who liked 30 Days of Night, you'll really like the continuation. Even if you didn't like the first installation you may find the second more interesting, with the story coming alive and adding in so much more. Even the size of the book had almost doubled, showcasing just how much is going on. It is definitely a great choice and then some.

I'm not going to go into a long-winded review. I just want to say that I really enjoyed this graphic novel. Great story and great graphics. I also enjoyed 30 days of Night and Return to Barrow. I am a 36 year old female, so that will give you an idea of the difference types of people that can enjoy this series. AND, doesn't the guy on the cover look like that horrible little voodoo doll from that old old old movie. The one who came to life when a necklace was removed from it and chased this woman all over her apartment. I think she "killed it" in the oven.

good read. although my cover fell off the 2nd day i had it:( i love steve niles and ill buy any thing he writes..... you should check out a comic that he wrote in 2007 called "Pieces For Mom". READ IT!!!! sooooo gross... zombie book!!!! yay

Having only discovered Steve Niles' work a few months ago, he is rapidly becoming one of my favorite comic book creators. In "30 Days of Night," a small Alaskan town was beset by bloodthirsty vampires during a month-long period of darkness. In this series we follow one of the survivors, the wife of the sheriff who sacrificed his life to save the town, as she fights to make the world believe in the menace that destroyed her husband.Niles has an incredible ability to take concepts as old as vampires, zombies and werewolves (in his Cal McDonald stories) and find new and intriguing angles to view them through. We get to see a woman try to convince a skeptical world that vampires are real, that they have worked for centuries to cultivate the belief that they are fiction, and that they are very dangerous. Niles doesn't go for the easy ending, either -- this is a story even more brutal than "30 Days," and one that leaves you shivering.Ben Templesmith's artwork isn't something I'd always go for, but it fits the tone of these stories perfectly -- scattershot, disjointed... horrific, but with a strange elegance to it.This is one of the best horror comics on the stands these days, and I can't wait for the paperback of the third book to hit the shelves.