By: Mark Ricketts
Artist: Micah Farritor
Pub: Image Comics
184 pages
Welcome to sixties London, cultural centre of the world. The cloths, the hair, the music, the films, the drugs, the sex, the pop icons, the violence, and the vampires.
Night Trippers follows the interwoven story lines taking in Teddy boys, It girls and the Beatles and more besides.
The Chelsea Killer is terrorising London, dressed like a Teddy Boy and looking like Elvis, killing seemingly at random, and at the heart of a media frenzy. Far from being the deranged murderer portrayed by the press, in reality he's a killer of vampires, and is working his way up the food chain.
Dot Pryce finds herself caught up in two the the Killers attacks and fleeing the scene of the second massacrer is rescued by Darien Pendragon. Pendragon is a media tycoon and captivated by Dot's looks catapults here to fame as an It girl and pop sensation. Pendragon is far more than he seems however, sporting a set of fangs and a past stretching back into legend.
The artwork of the book is without doubt completely captivating. Be it the grim of London's streets, the lights of a disco, the distorted reality of a psychedelic dream, or the violence of the Killer's slayings, everything is beautifully drawn.
The plot pulls the reader into the world easily, the familiar and strange blending as the plot twists and turns before reaching a satisfying crescendo.
The dialogue remains seated in it's chronology throughout without slipping into the feel of an Austin Powers movie.
The characters are well rounded and their inner musings and concerns (shown via very nicely done "thought" panels) fit the time period.
The book is a change of pace from the main run of vampire fiction and come highly recommended.
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