Title: Seductions
Date: 2008
Publisher: Aazurn Publishing
Writer: Gary Scott Beatty
Artist: Bill Bryan
Colorist: Gary Scott Beatty
Letterer: Gary Scott Beatty
The narrative in this vampire story starts off with something of a pickup artist vibe that was perhaps more of a turn-off in terms of sympathy for the main character than the author intended. Or perhaps not?
The gimmick here is that the vampire sleeps for ten years after each kill, so a lot of the book is quick flashes that manage to incorporate as many obvious cultural cliches from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s as possible into a couple of panels.
This is interspersed with backstory set in the 1500s that tells something of an origin story. The 1500s stuff is the best material by far, and provides the best character: the lost love-interest of that the vampire narrator now chases through an eternal existence of what felt like standard vampire angst.
The artwork looked great, but in spite of some attempts, this never broke far enough away from standard vampire tropes.
Rating: 4/10
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