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American Vampire, Vol. 2 by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, Mateus Santolouco
2.0

I was supposed to finish the whole series, or at least continue a bit further than this, but this is it for me. It's been a while since I read the first volume, and all the fantastic comics I've experienced since then makes this series seem even more flat. I still like the depiction of vampires, but the art is is sloppy and kind of juvenile. I don't know, I'm just not a fan. There's something off about the heavy linework and bulkiness.

The biggest issue I have is that I don't care about any of the characters. I'm not talking about emotional investment, since that's not a necessity for me, but the fact that I don't feel compelled to invest my time in finding more about the characters and following their journey. I don't care about the main vampires, I don't care about whoever they're fighting against. Meh.

Story-wise, the series is a huge dud. Stilted, clichéd. Meh. The whole series is just goddamn meh!

Anyway, I'm now done with the pile of comics I wanted to read within these couple of days. Obviously, there is still some interesting stuff I want to get into someday, but at the moment I feel like I finally have the time and energy to read something other than comics, so let's do that next.