I, Vampire #1 - Eric's Review

A friend of mine refers to something as "the dog's ears" if it's the best part of something that's already great. I, Vampire -- and I'm tempted to rechristen it iVampire in the wake of Steve Jobs' passing -- is the dog's ears. 

Andrew believes vampires' survival demands subterfuge, peaceful coexistence with mankind means hiding from them. Andrew loves Mary, who whimsically calls herself the Queen of Blood and wants to go to war against humanity, even if humanity has "Superman and a half dozen Green Lanterns" on its side. This is, after all, the DC Universe. 

Writer Josh Fialkov (whose Elk's Run should be required reading) and artist Andrea Sorrentino craft a vampire story that is structured with infinitely more complexity than Twilight. Good and evil wear unlikely faces, beautifully rendered by Sorrentino in a style that conjures Jae Lee, but they do not sparkle.