Clive Barker's Nightbreed #6

Aaron Boone is about to meet two interesting characters living in Midian. Lude and Annastasjia are sharing origin stories in a competitive game to out-tragedy each other. Abandoned by his mother, the demon-looking Lude has lived a lonely life as an orphan. The Hollywood starlet Annastasjia has not aged a bit since the 20s because she has someone elses head living beside her. Though they have diverse backgrounds, with special circums Read Full Review

Nightbreed #6 keeps up the good quality of its predecessors. Read Full Review

Nightbreed has gotten slower over the past couple of issue. They are pulling out big stories, and yet I still don't feel fulfilled. I think the problem is having all these background stories with no interaction between Boone and the other characters. I want to see Boone in action. We literally know nothing about him. We will see more of him next issue, as for #7 promises some background on Boone, but is it too late? If Nightbreed doesn't hit me in the gut with Boone's story, then I may be long gone from this series before it even picks up. With only six issues out, Nightbreed is quickly fading out for me. I hope we can pick up some momentum in our next issue. Read Full Review

Educated Reader

Nov 04, 2014

I think what is interesting and ironic about Andreyko in this series is that he portrays homosexuality as sinful (which it is) even though he himself is gay. I may not agree with his personal lifestyle, but I applaud him for making readers uncomfortable with Lude's "lewdness". Very creepy indeed!