Nanny and Hank #1
Bluewater Comics
Web: http://www.bluewaterprod.com/
Nanny
and Hank #1 is an impressive character driven comic. It has a nicely presented
design which is filled with colour, texture and style. The characters are all
drawn in their own unique ways, the vampyres seem hard and angular while the old couple and
their daughter are more organic and soft. The backgrounds all create an
excellent mood and the text is easy to read and follow.
I
like the way it brings together two seemingly distinct storylines to create an
extremely engaging tale. O’Neil is in a
bar getting wasted and is upset he is not appreciated in his work. He rails
against those who do not respect the hard work he does and who put style over substance.
At first you have no idea what he does but hear a lot about the Council he
works for and his lack of satisfaction. It is only after a while you realize he
is a vampyre recruiter and that the Council are not
happy with the quality of recruits he is offering.
He
gets so drunk he causes a scene at the bar and is thrown into the street. At
the same time an old couple is planning a holiday. They are your average
pensioner duo planning to visit their daughter and her children. They like to
driven at night and Hank has just picked up the van and is racing home for
dinner. He is a bit distracted and hits what he thinks is an animal, but it is
actually O’Neil and boy is he pissed !
The
two tales now merge together and O’Neil decides to take revenge on the old
couple but also get back at the Council. While normally he would have simply
killed them, he turns them and now Hanny and Hank
have a very different future in front of them. Even worse, the couple has to
embark on a family vacation without alerting their children and grandchildren
to the fact that they now need human blood to survive.
Nanny & Hank features the
talents of writer Mark L. Miller, writer of the company’s Vincent Price
anthology series, and artist Steve Babb.
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