The backstory of Ada vampire is revealed in Blood Type #2 written by Andrea Sorrentino’s Art and Dave Stewart’s Colors and Art and Corinna Bechko. She reveals her past to humans who call hostages/food sources, simply “beasts”, but the beast may have his own secret to reveal.
Ada continues to be a refreshing, disorderly character. She is a creature of pure habits, and her habits kill and feed her. Everything else is secondary. The only reason she keeps the beast alive is that his blood has a very good taste for it.
Author Corina Vechko loves not pointing Ada to good or evil. Yes, she does some sleazy things to get nourishment, but it’s no different from when a tiger chases a zebra and destroys it and kills it. It’s all a nature, baby. You like the old “Trial of Life” video sold on local TV at 2am on Thursdays. Unfortunately, the ADA is competing. Because the paradise on the island she is living in now appears to be full of victims.
The most enjoyable part of this issue is the ADA backstory. This is told in a framing sequence that looks like a picture book. This is a book from a book read by The Grave Digger, one of the Crypt Keeper-style hosts of EC comics that ONI rebooted. He is the almighty observer of the story, sometimes jarring when the story returns to him, his gnarled hands spin the pages of the book we are currently reading.
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It was a bit disturbing to me that I ran Morrison’s running in the late ’80s/early ’90s in the DC Animal Man series, realizing that the characters in the book are “watched” on a daily basis and sometimes talking directly to readers. It’s a way to tie firmly into the EC universe of Oni’s building, although the fourth wall has broken to n degrees, and sometimes it feels a bit unnecessary. Apart from that, it further drives the home how manipulative and ice cold ADA is and how she can win a hopeless detriment. It also reveals her deep love for reading.
The art of Andrea Sorrentino and Dave Stewart continues to surprise. The island’s background looks realistic with pictures, from the beach to the cliffs. Rocks, sand and water have textures. The characters themselves are expressive, even in the generally emotionless ADA, and are not frozen or “posted.”
The layout of the panels keeps the book visually stunning, from “storybook” style sequences that show the ADA’s past to one splash page split up with a mystical fang necklace discovered by the ADA. Speaking of necklaces, it takes Ada a step closer to understand the mystery of the island and the vampire that lives there, and looks forward to what she (and the grave digger) will do next.
Ada is one of the most fascinating characters in the comics right now, not just good or evil, but not just focusing on survival, but also on survival, it’s not easy for the vampire on tropical islands.
“Blood Type” #2 Review
Blood type #2 review
Ada is one of the most fascinating characters in the comics right now, not just good or evil, but not just focusing on survival, but also on survival, it’s not easy for the vampire on tropical islands.
The art by Andrea Sorrentino and Dave Stewart is detailed and textured. Panel layouts keep the story dynamic overall.
Author Corinna Bechko continues to make Ada an intriguing character, with the tropical island location keeping Ada on her toes.
Including grave digging sometimes gets in the way and removes readers from the story.
8.5
Ada’s past has been revealed!
