Filled with Sarah Andersen’s beautiful gothic illustrations and relatable relationship humor, Fangs has all the makings of a cult classic. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014 and currently lives in Brooklyn.
This deluxe hardcover edition of Fangs features an “engraved” red cloth cover, dyed black page trim, and 25 exclusive comics not previously seen online. Sarah Andersen is a cartoonist and illustrator in her twenty-somethings. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets Jimmy, a charming werewolf with a wry sense of humor and a fondness for running wild during the full moon. Together they enjoy horror films and scary novels, shady strolls, fine dining (though never with garlic), and a genuine fondness for each other’s unusual habits, macabre lifestyles, and monstrous appetites.įirst featured as a webcomic series on Tapas, Fangs chronicles the humor, sweetness, and awkwardness of meeting someone perfectly suited to you but also vastly different. Finding those similarities – among the jokes about sleeping in coffins & changing under the full moon, of course – was a delight.A New York Times bestselling love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah's Scribbles comics.Įlsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match.
Filled with Sarah Andersens beautiful gothic illustrations and relatable relationship humor, Fangs has all the makings of a cult classic. Anybody whos familiar with the comics of Sarah Andersen will know how perfectly they summarize the daily struggles of modern life. I think my favorite thing about this is that, while it’s about two creepy ‘creatures’ that don’t really exist, there are a lot of parallels to be found in your average, everyday relationship between just two boring ol’ basic humans. This deluxe hardcover edition of Fangs features an 'engraved' red cloth cover, dyed black page trim, and 25 exclusive comics not previously seen online. The often dark humor adds an edge to the book that keeps it from being sickeningly sweet.
I loved these characters, and loved getting to see the sort of troubles and cute moments they’d have dating one another as such different types of people.Ī super heartwarming depiction of a relationship people two “monsters”, and I found myself laughing out loud at some of the humor in it. Who knew an undead love story could be so wholesome & adorable?įirst, I want to make a note that although this is shelved as a “comic / graphic novel”, it’s more like a collection of small snippets you’d find online – little quick, cute comics that don’t tell a big central story, but instead offer small glimpses into the world of the vampire and werewolf storytellers themselves, Elsie & Jimmy.
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