Little Monsters #9

Little Monsters #9

by Jeff Lemire (Writer), Dustin Nguyen (Artist)

As the vampires continue to discover startling secrets about the Elders' actions in the past, the deadly fallout continues in their present. Will the vampires burn everything to the ground now that they know the truth? And who is going to save Ray from his human captors?

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels Comics, Vampires, Paranormal, Fiction

29 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 11, 2023

About the author

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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 3 out of 5]

(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: Malice inflamed, yet it's more of the same, undying obsession but little progression, additionally flashbacks are lame.

*Progress update

[Nicholas Perez · Rating 3 out of 5]

The weakest issue thus far. We finally have everyone's backstory and Laura escapes safely. However, the issues just before Romie's revelation about the vampire elders were slow. The pacing in this series is slow and I've been mostly fine with it, but it feels like Jeff Lemire has dragged on too much before bigger things happened. Not that everything before this was filler, just it needs to pick up.

Please! Just tell us Romie's revelation already!

[Colin Post · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has been meandering in the last several issues. At first, the laze was a strength: I could read countless issues of kid vampires roaming a desolate city - as long as they are gorgeously illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. Then, Lemire has to come along and introduce a Plot - but it feels half-cocked and lacking stakes. So there are some humans around and there are some old vampires around, and…? Maybe when more is revealed next issue (as the end of #9 teases) we’ll be able to backfill some of the gravitas for the plot points. Right now, I just wish we could go back to issues of kid vampires running around a desolate city, stunningly illustrated.

[Wesley Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

After issue #9 we finally have all the characters' back stories on how they came to be a vampire. The reader finally gets to see the characters change their focus to why the adults left and some of the more internal conflicts the vampires typically face.

This issue was a little slower for me, but I feel it was needed to set the stage for the upcoming issues to finish this series.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m worried for all of our hearts.

[Leslie Carnahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can we just give a quick round of applause to Dustin Nguyen's artwork for a second?! Incredibly done. So much emotion. So stunning.