The October Faction
by Steve Niles, Damien Worm
Genres: Fantasy, Graphic NovelsPages: 152
Series: The October Faction #1
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Synopsis:The October Faction details the adventures of retired monster-hunter Frederick Allan and his family... which include a thrill-killer, a witch, and a warlock. Because sometimes crazy is the glue that binds a family together.
Volume 1 of Steve Niles’ The October Faction was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I wasn’t a huge fan of the art style, though it felt like it was all going for a very Addams family aesthetic and was very successful at that. The setup is fairly straightfoward: ghosts and monsters exist, the main guy used to hunt them, now he’s tried to settle down… but his family want to hunt, and monsters are still interested in them.
There was enough here to keep my interest, and I’ll probably read the next volume, but at the same time… I wasn’t entirely impressed either? It felt very introductory, so maybe reading more will help with that — though there was one development at the end that felt naively and over-swiftly done, so my interest also somewhat depends on whether that gets handled in an interesting way, or whether it’s just to be taken at face-value.
So all in all… it was enough to make me a little curious, but I’m not sold on it yet, I guess?
Rating: 2/5
Oh I’ve never heard of this one before, but I love the art style! Sorry this one didn’t really work for you, if you decide to continue hopefully the next volume will be better!
The art style suits it very well! I ended up reading the whole series (at least, everything that’s out so far, I think), but I never liked it as much as I hoped. Still fun quick reading, though.
Sorry to hear you didn’t like it.
I kinda thought it was OK, really, rather than actively disliking it — it was interesting to give it a shot, in any case!