Blood & Water #2

CRITIC REVIEWS

• 6.0

  Comics Bulletin - Shaun Manning

  Apr 15, 2003

  Blood + Water is shaping up to be nice vampire tale, but altogether forgettable to all but the most diehard Anne Rice goth kids. Judd Winick has created some compelling characters with realistic dialogue but still has not transcended a genre that demands innovation to stay fresh. With three issues to go, he could very well turn the book around, but the slow start may already have cost him readership and, possibly, any hope of acclaim he might hoped to have gained from the series. As with many Vertigo titles, its entirely possible that the series will read better as a trade paperback than as a monthly, and the finished product could indeed rock the world. One has to ask, then, why DC would bother with the serialized story at all, when both readers and creators would be better served by drinking Blood + Water in through one rich vein. Read Full Review