A beautiful vampire must flee monster slayers in New York City and reclaim the ancestral soil that restores her undead flesh. But the world has changed since she was reborn in the New Mexico desert, and now Constance der Abend and her loyal assistant Dooley must adapt to life in the rough frontier town of Sangre de Moro, where all sorts of monsters have settled.
A western tale of survival starring a cast of literary horrors from the diabolical minds of Tim Seeley, Aaron Campbell, and Jim Terry.
West of Sundown #1 is a glorious and gory hybrid of Sergio Leone westerns mixed with the best of Hammer House of Horror. A story of an America emerging from the Civil War and heading towards the 20th century. But, with more than one foot in the past and in the Old World of Europe. A Supernatural spaghetti western from Tim Seeley, Aaron Campbell, Jim Terry, Triona Farrell and Vault Comics. Read Full Review
West of Sundown is a western that opts for midnight over high noon. Expect more fangs than fistfights. Read Full Review
West of Sundown is an interesting project as we get more people playing in this era than we have in some time. We get hints of bigger kinds of monsters playing in this field going by the opening issue but it is largely focused on Constance and how she and Dooley have lived for the past decade. It doesn't exactly set her up as a hero or good person but it at least works to mitigate some of it in a shade of grey. Seeley and Campbell's script is solid as it delivers a lot of good context from the narration at times to flesh things out without being overdone or too verbose. Terry's artwork is definitely appealing with its style and design, especially with how Farrell works the color palette for it. The different ways we see Constance throughout this first issue are really well handled by the team and I'm left curious to see what's next. Read Full Review
What that leaves is a satisfying setup for seeing just how monstrous Constance and Dooley become when confronted by those hunting them. When their small, chosen family is threatened by different kinds of monsters, including the human sort pursuing their American Dream making an American Nightmare for others. Read Full Review
An impressive first issue which actually exceeded my expectations coming in, West of Sundown takes the familiar and makes it lively and fresh, sinking its teeth into the reader from the very first page. Another impressive addition to the Vault Comics library, and a series I'm going to be paying close attention to moving forwards. Read Full Review
While it isn't flawless, West of Sundown #1 does just enough as both a horror and Western story to pull readers in and make them want more. Read Full Review
A bloody fun vampire romp, with solid twists that even the most jaded horror fan may not see coming. Read Full Review
Yet another regurgigation of the same old Vampire story. I'll give it a couple more issues to make sure, but it doesn't look good.
Had trouble engaging with this. The concept is cool, cover art gorgeous, and the artwork pretty cool. There's just too much that I know I can get better elsewhere. American Vampire (check), even RUSH which is still running right now feels fresher.
West of Sundown has got the aesthetics down, but I couldn't come to care for this vampy lady and her nerve-struck sidekick.
Has a big change to improve, the issue has a lot of one-line zingers that I really like.
A case where the sum of the parts are greater than the whole.
Incoherent and boring. A vampire is dug up by a doofus, then, bad writing mixed with excessive paneling means I didn't take much away from the rest of the book. The only reason this doesn't get a 1/10 is because Cowboys Vs Aliens exists. If you want a good vampire story, read REDNECK.
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