Tales of the Vampires #4
In this atmospheric 2004 tale from Dark Horse, a young Kansas farmer’s life shatters when his mother turns him into a vampire—then kills him in a moment of tragic desperation. Written by Jane Espenson and brought to life by Jeff Parker’s distinctive art, inks, colors, and letters, the story follows his solitary journey to understand what it means to be something neither living nor dead. The haunting cover by Ben Edlund captures the eerie mood of a world where the line between hunter and hunted is dangerously thin.
In the parched heart of the 1930s Dust Bowl, Joe Cooper wakes to a hunger he doesn’t understand—his mother’s final act has left him neither man nor beast, but something older, hungrier. Now, stranded in a dying landscape, he must learn what it means to survive as a vampire, with no guidance and only the wind to keep him company.
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Reprinted in Tales of the Vampires #[nn] (2004), Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales #[nn] (2011)
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