![]() ![]() ![]() Girl-shy, blood-shy and unable to harness his shadowy powers, his twin- mattress- on- the- floor, Mexican soap opera-watching, hot dog-rotating life is bleak. Dave's existence is peppered with the same toil and annoyance as anyone's. In the periphery is a colorfully dull, convenience-store atmosphere of weirdos, degenerates and pretentious goth kids. ![]() Through our awkward antihero Dave, a work-a-night convenience store clerk, we meet a cast of archetypal characters: the buddy roommate, the pushy friend, the oppressive boss, the love interest and the villain. The three-way collaboration between writers Jessica Abel and Gabe Soria and illustrator Warren Pleece exposes an undead world not different from that of the living. In visually apropos comic book style, and with its hokey velveteen cloak bowing at underappreciated cult television show “ Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Life Sucks recounts the lives of a smattering of Los Angeles immortals. One gets the feeling that Life Sucks' creators had that notion in mind when executing this vampiric graphic novel. ![]()
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