V-Wars #2

V-Wars #2

by Jonathan Maberry, Alan Robinson R.

With the Vampire Wars burning hotter and bloodier with each new day, Reporter Yuki Nitobe is abducted and brought into the vampire underground. When Yuki is shown the world of these new species of vampires, she realizes no one has been telling the truth! Does she risk everything by exposing both sides or file the report that she knows gives her the biggest ratings?

Genres: Horror, Comics

32 pages, Unknown Binding

First published May 21, 2014

About the author

JONATHAN MABERRY is a NYTimes bestselling author, #1 Audible bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, 4-time Scribe Award winner, Inkpot Award winner, comic book writer, and producer. He is the author of more than 50 novels, 190 short stories, 16 short story collections, 30 graphic novels, 14 nonfiction books, and has edited 26 anthologies. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was a Netflix original series starring Ian Somerhalder. His 2009-10 run as writer on the Black Panther comic formed a large chunk of the recent blockbuster film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. His bestselling YA zombie series, Rot & Ruin is in development for film at Alcon Entertainment; and John Wick director, Chad Stahelski, is developing Jonathan’s Joe Ledger Thrillers for TV. Jonathan writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, and action; and he writes for adults, teens and middle grade. His works include The Pine Deep Trilogy, The Kagen the Damned Trilogy, NecroTek, Ink, Glimpse, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, The Wolfman, X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate, The Sleepers War (with Weston Ochse), Mars One, and many others. He is the editor of high-profile anthologies including Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird, The X-Files, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Out of Tune, Don’t Turn out the Lights: A Tribute to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Baker Street Irregulars, Nights of the Living Dead, Shadows & Verse, and others. His comics include Marvel Zombies Return, The Punisher: Naked Kills, Wolverine: Ghosts, Godzilla vs Cthulhu: Death May Die, Bad Blood and many others. Jonathan has written in many popular licensed worlds, including Hellboy, True Blood, The Wolfman, John Carter of Mars, Sherlock Holmes, C.H.U.D., Diablo IV, Deadlands, World of Warcraft, Planet of the Apes, Aliens, Predator, Karl Kolchak, and many others. He the president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, and the editor of Weird Tales Magazine. He lives in San Diego, California. Find him online at www.jonathanmaberry.com

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the first book, but I was somewhat surprised by the xenophobic politics sprayed all over in several stories of this anthology. Yes, monster stories get to be the ultimate in us-and-them stories, but why the story about Native American terrorists against the "good guy" Viking vampires? I'm not saying that anyone should take retribution as far as the villains in that particular story, ever. But why be so unsympathetic to the anger of the Natives over old pain? It seems to me that such callousness cannot help anything in healing these old wounds.

[Shanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

*Won in a Goodreads Giveaway : )
In this issue of Vwars we open with the kidnapping of reporter Yuki Nitobe by the Vampires. They are holding her captive in hopes to use her to tell their side of the story. The government is viewing the vampires as terrorists, but Yuki sees first hand a different side of these vampires. Her views are not far off from that of Luther Swann the, Ph.D writer and consultant that we met in the first issue. During her captivity she sees things that the government is hiding from the civilians. Most of the vampires have control, and do not appear to be a danger; they just want to be left alone to live their lives just like everyone else. However a war between the humans and the Vampires is happening. Both sides are getting killed. Can Luther and Yuki team up to help bring about the peace?

First and foremost I want to say I am loving the artwork in this series. Jay Fotos is indeed talented, and from here on out I am a huge fan. Also the covers that Ryan Brown did for this series... totally awesome!!! The story is not what I expected but that is a good thing because it has such an originality. It's not like typical vampires stories you might read. Maberry brings complexity, and things are not just black and white, there are many shades of grey. It appears the non infected are acting out of fear of what they do not understand. The Vampires that aren't breaking the law and killing just want to be accepted and left alone, the non infected just aren't sure if these “creatures” can be trusted. I am rating this five out of five stars. Also I just want to say I'm loving the intercepts of the prose novel in the back of the comic. Super cool.

[Daniel A. Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

V-Wars = Fun read!

So far the best vampire graphics novel I have read! The story line keeps you wanting more, the graphics are very well done. Anxiously waiting for the next segment.

[Andrew Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This issue focuses on the journalist we have seen through out the series Yuki Nitobe and why she begins to speak out on behalf of the Vampires. The depth is starting to appear as we get more insights into the characters.

[Koji Sakai · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know, I heart vampire books and I really liked this one. Felt real, I know that sounds silly, but it did. :)