Boy Vampire 1: The Resurrection

Boy vampiro #1

by Carlos Trillo, Eduardo Risso (Artist)

He is a nameless boy who has not been able to die for 5000 years. Nor can he grow up. And he has an enemy - a woman - who has been following and fighting him under many disguises, driven by one to finish him once and for all.

Genres: Comics, Vampires, Horror, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Fantasy

132 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Carlos Trillo was an Argentine comic book writer. Trillo began a prolific career as writer already at the age of 20, writing his first story for Patoruzú magazine. Trillo created, together with Horacio Altuna, the strip El Loco Chávez, which appeared every day at the back of the newspaper Clarín from July 26, 1975 to November 10, 1987. After that, the strip was replaced by El Negro Blanco, which he wrote for the artist Ernesto García Seijas until September 1993. He married writer Ema Wolf and had two children. He participated on the creation of several comics including Cybersix in 1992, with Carlos Meglia, and the Clara de noche and Cicca Dum Dum series with Jordi Bernet. He has also collaborated with Alberto Breccia and Alejandro Dolina. In 1999, his work La grande arnaque won the Prize for Scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. He died in London on May 8, 2011, while on holiday with his wife.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Ramón Nogueras Pérez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primera parte de una original visión del vampirismo, donde el Sol no sólo no es el anatema de los monstruos, sino que, por una razón desconocida aún, es lo que les da la vitalidad y regenera sus heridas.

El protagonista es un niño de 5000 años, hijo sin nombre del faraón Khufu, enemistado con la amante de su padre, sufriendo ambos la misma maldición. Entre medio, la última de los indios oglala, y más cosas. Está realmente bien escrito, y el dibujo, que me recuerda por un lado a 100 balas y por otro a Sin City, realmente realza la historia que cuenta.

Habrá que ver a dónde lleva la historia, pero el comienzo es prometedor.

[Ali's Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gusto muchísimo. La historia, las preguntas filosóficas de por medio. El pasado unido al presente, la inmortalidad como condena en vez de como un deseo cumplido de felicidad. Me encanto el viejito indio, y como el nene sigue siendo nene y necesita amor. Trillo siempre entrega historias muy buenas y que nunca son solo lo que parecen en la superficie.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

I will never turn down a chance to read a vampire book. Now I might put it down in disgust after the first 30 pages (hello "Primal Heat"), but I'll give it a shot.

SO, this book was okay. It wasn't great. It was novel and mysterious enough to make be read all the way through. But is suffers a bit from casual characterization, especially in dialogue. I realize that the Egyptian vampire Prince looks like a child, but he would not say "What's up?"

I'll probably read the next book, if I can find it. Trillo is about as hard to find as Hermann (at least in English).

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Edición argentina, tomo 1.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Edición argentina, tomo 1 de 3 (sobre un total de 4 libros, pero los III y IV fueron editados en un mismo volumen).

[Ribrarian Not · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro de historietas con ISBN propio. Edición argentina que espera reedición.