Thursday, May 17, 2012

Reviews- DRACULA: THE COMPANY OF MONSTERS VOL. 2 & VOL. 3

DRACULA: THE COMPANY OF MONSTERS VOL. 2 (Boom, 2011; Softcover)
Collects Dracula: The Company of Monsters Nos. 5-8 (cover dates December, 2010- March, 2011)
Writers: Kurt Busiek and Daryl Gregory
Artists: Scott Godlweski (Issues 5, 8) and Damian Couceiro (issues 6, 7)
DRACULA: THE COMPANY OF MONSTERS VOL. 3 (Boom, 2011; Softcover)
Collects Dracula: The Company of Monsters Nos. 9-12 (cover dates April- July, 2011)
Writers: Kurt Busiek and Daryl Gregory
Artists: Scott Godlweski (Issues 11, 12) and Damian Couceiro (issues 9, 10)
This is solid stuff by Busiek and Gregory. They waste no effort in hiding what they think about corporate greed or the state of the economy. The moral of this story is that there are indeed monsters in this world, and the worst of them in this book don't have fangs. I thoroughly enjoyed this series, and feel that it has a satisfying ending. 12 issues over three modestly priced trade paperbacks.
The OCD zone- Typical wax coated cardstock cover. Nice, thick coated stock paper. My only gripe is that the covers are collected in the back of the book rather than as chapter marker pages. There are pages that say “Chapter 8”, etc., but I prefer to see the issue covers there. Your mileage may vary.

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