Little Monsters ‘Volume 1’ Graphic Novel

Little Monsters: ‘Volume’ 1 is a graphic novel from the creative team of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, the Eisner-winning creative team behind the bestselling Descender and Ascender series. The story follows a group of child vampires living in the ruins of humanity. As shocking events threaten to fracture the group, they embark on a path of discovery that will shatter their innocence forever.

The book design of ‘Volume 1’ carefully crafts a mood, setting up for the rhythms of the comic to follow. Dustin Nguyen’s gorgeous art, combined with Steve Wands’ lettering, add to the storytelling of the comic. Through visual elements like macabre imagery and splashes of vivid color, the reader is drawn into an atmosphere of dark fantasy and horror.

Jeff Lemire’s writing gives very little in the way of explicit details, and so the reader’s feelings become their primary way of navigating the story.

This is a key component of horror, where the reader is usually denied understanding. As the story progresses, the reader is presented with visual motifs, color associations, and echoes in page layouts.

These elements help to build a feeling of unease and dread as the story moves towards its conclusion.