REVIEW: Vampire The Masquerade - Winter's Teeth #3

By Gabe Gonzalez — So, I’m just going to get right to it: I really enjoyed Vampire The Masquerade Winter’s Teeth #3. This is a third issue that demands attention on every panel and every page, doing so with a careful balance of world-building, intrigue, and fantastic narrative flow. The book continues utilizing the modern gothic-horror at its foundation while also bringing in ideas and new spins on creations from the genre’s past. The creative team continues the impressive work of taking a sibling drama spliced with a coming-of-age story and embedding it into a world of crimson chaos.

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REVIEW: Vampire The Masquerade - Winter's Teeth #2

By Gabe Gonzalez — A dark, gothic terror spread throughout 29 pages, this book is tailor-made for me and this issue continues to establish this series as one of the best of 2020. I didn’t know how much I would love a comic based off of a pre-established property that I really had no knowledge of, but this has proven to be well-worth my attention. The creative team has crafted something incredibly special, which seems poised to just keep getting better. The idea of mixing familial dynamics of trust and sisterhood with a story of gothic backgrounds and a boatload of lore is fantastic. It’s also exciting to ponder the many directions this story could go and how exactly the personalities of Cecily and Ali fit into the larger world of Vampire The Masquerade.

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REVIEW: Vampire The Masquerade - Winter’s Teeth #1

By Gabe Gonzalez — Within horror stories, perhaps no monster has reached the heights and become as commonplace around the world than the vampire. For centuries, vampires have stimulated the imaginations of billions, first appearing in Germanic poetry in the 1700s. From those earliest appearances, vampire stories have seeded a sexual nature and erotic proclivities into the fibers of the beast, helping the creatures to become steadily-appearing figures in the world’s gothic horror stories.

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