Description
Description
"I'm psyched. I'm totally psyched. I'm not a loser.
Who the hell am I kidding?"
Life sucks for Dave Miller--he's broke, girlfriendless, and stuck in a dead-end job. Life sucks harder because his job is night manager at the Last Stop, LA's finest vampire-owned 24-hour convenience store. Dave's facing an eternity of turning the hot dogs and installing pork cracklins displays for Radu, his crappy boss and Vampire Master. It's bad enough that Dave is clinging to his days as a vegetarian by refusing to feed off of humans, leaving him weak as a kitten and so not capable of superhuman feats of strength. But when he finds himself competing with psychotic surfer-vamp Wes for the affections of Rosa, a beautiful mortal with a romantic fixation on the dark side, life is about as sucky as it can possibly get.
Who the hell am I kidding?"
Life sucks for Dave Miller--he's broke, girlfriendless, and stuck in a dead-end job. Life sucks harder because his job is night manager at the Last Stop, LA's finest vampire-owned 24-hour convenience store. Dave's facing an eternity of turning the hot dogs and installing pork cracklins displays for Radu, his crappy boss and Vampire Master. It's bad enough that Dave is clinging to his days as a vegetarian by refusing to feed off of humans, leaving him weak as a kitten and so not capable of superhuman feats of strength. But when he finds himself competing with psychotic surfer-vamp Wes for the affections of Rosa, a beautiful mortal with a romantic fixation on the dark side, life is about as sucky as it can possibly get.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Abel and Soria's light approach, combined with Pleece's bright, Technicolor art, gives the book an entertaining gloss to its Gen-Y bloodsucking melodrama.-- "Publishers Weekly"
A long, satisfying read that both subverts and rises above the paranormal genre, giving even minor characters room to breathe, and deglamorizes, if you will, the vampire mystique.-- "The Globe and Mail"
A fascinating, thoughtful read.-- "School Library Journal"
Abel and Soria hit their mark with plenty of attitude and just enough snark to let their characters come to life. Warren Pleece's art marvelously captures the humor of the mundane that lend the book's crew of late-night wage-slave vamps' believability and energy. A really fun read!-- "Booklist"
Life Sucks is the movie Clerks with blood.-- "Cinema Sentries"
Veteran comics creators Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, and Warren Pleece have crafted a timeless goth love triangle/coming-of-age story.-- "Midwest Book Review"
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books
Pub date:
2024-12-10
Length:
188 pages
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