Bookreview “Fangs” by Sarah Andersen
Blurb:
New York Times bestselling love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah’s Scribbles comics.
Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets Jimmy, a charming werewolf with a wry sense of humor and a fondness for running wild during the full moon. Together they enjoy horror films and scary novels, shady strolls, fine dining (though never with garlic), and a genuine fondness for each others unusual habits, macabre lifestyles, and monstrous appetites.
First featured as a webcomic series on Tapas, Fangs chronicles the humor, sweetness, and awkwardness of meeting someone perfectly suited to you but also vastly different. This deluxe hardcover edition of Fangs features an red cloth cover, dyed black page trim, and 25 exclusive comics not previously seen online. Filled with Sarah Andersens beautiful gothic illustrations and relatable relationship humor, has all the makings of a cult classic.
Publisher: Simon + Schuster Inc.
Published: 1st September 2020
Length: 112 Pages
Genre: Cartoon / Comic
Price: 11,59€ on Amazon
Summary:
The story revolves around Elsie a 300-year-old vampire in the body of a 26 years old woman and her boyfriend, which happens to be a werewolf. It’s not exactly a continuous story that is told, we just get glimpsed of what the life between two different kinds of monsters look like while playing with stereotypes from movies and what we might think monsters like that would behave in daily life 😉
Review:
Comics and cartoons have been around for quite some time now, but I think they have become more popular with the rise of webcomics on the internet! They have changed the way comics and cartoons are written to appeal more to a modern audience and that’s when they started catching me with their stories too 😉 Sarah Andersen better known as the author of Sarah’s Scribbles is one of those modern cartoonists since 2011. I love reading her funny cartoons for years now and when I heard that she made a book with VAMPIRES in it, I needed to get it!
The story started on Tapas, which is a whole website dedicated to publishing webcomics and illustrations 🙂 I have not read it on there, but I have heard that the story was not concluded! So if you consider reading it on there, because it’s for free, of course, you can do that and it’s a great reading sample, but you won’t know how the story between the sweet couple will end. Also supporting your favorite artists is a great thing and the book is not that expensive, so if you have the money, I highly recommend getting the hardcover^
Another reason to get the book is how beautifully it’s designed. The cover is strung with red cloth, as a homage to the old Dracula books, which I absolutely love! The black dyed pages trims makes it look even more special and really adds to the whole gothic vibe. The thick pages have a matt finish, which feels very nice in the hands. I really love it and don’t regret getting it for my little library at all 🙂
The Story is very different from what the author creates in her Sarah’s Scribbles comics, it’s still very funny, but it has a much darker vibe to it. The style of the comic is also very different, but also in a good way. I don’t think you have been able to tell the same story with the more silly-looking figurines Andersen uses for her semi-autobiographical comics. For me, it all matched very well, the style of drawing, with the design of the book and the story that is told.
Final Verdict:
Reading the book did not take me that long, that’s the only complaint I have about it 😛 But the comics can be enjoyed over and over again and the presentation of the book is gorgeous and having it in my home alone is a plus! I am looking forward to more from this artist, preferably more vampire content 😉 So I give it 4 out of 5 comic books!
