American Vampire Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Stephen King-192 pages; Eisner Award for Best New Series, 2011
This is definitely interesting. I am somewhat interested in vampires and thought I would try this since it won an award. Two stories are contained within this volume that are intertwined. One starts in 1880 with outlaw Skinner Sweet being taken by train to jail when an ambush set by his gang gets him free, but he is killed by a vampire. However, the vampire's blood gets in Skinner's wounds and he "raises" from the dead a new breed of vampire. The story leads up to 1925 where the second story begins.
The other story is about Pearl, who is an up-and-coming actress working multiple jobs to pay the bills. She is fatally injured by European vampires, just like Skinner Sweet, but Skinner bites her and turns her into a vampire much like himself. Skinner and Pearl can walk around in broad daylight without and ill effects. It was an interesting read and Stephen King wrote the chapters on Skinner Sweet's story, so that's pretty cool.
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