Life Sucks

First Second · 2008 · 1 issue

About the series

From 2008 to the present, First Second published this single-issue graphic novel, a darkly comedic slice-of-life story set in a convenience store run by a vampire. Written by Jessica Abel and Gabe Soria with art by Warren Pleece, Life Sucks stands out for its grounded, human (and undead) take on the supernatural, blending mundane retail drudgery with the eternal ennui of a vampire protagonist. It matters as a clever, character-driven inversion of vampire tropes, more interested in the quiet frustrations of immortality than in gothic horror.

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