Member Reviews
I absolutely adore Sarah Anderson's comics, and I'd seen some of her "Fangs" comics floating around on the internet. I'm so glad that they're going to be all in one spot, because they are a treat!
"fangs" is a graphic novel about the relationship between Elsie, a vampire, and Jimmy, a werewolf. The art is BEAUTIFUL, and I love the various little details in every comic. I stared at some of the illustrations for a while just admiring them. This is more a slice of life showing the daily lives of Elsie and Jimmy, but it's creative and touching. My only complaint is I just wish it had been a little bit longer because I didn't want it to end.
So so good. Sweet and awkward and funny with monsters. Love it.
**Thanks to Sarah, Tapas, and NetGalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Wow am I glad I picked this one up! I went into this not knowing much about it except it featured a vampire, but little did I know that Elsie was the cutest vampire ever - let alone her adorable werewolf boyfriend, Jimmy! I sat physically giggling through the pages and loved the constant jokes and puns. Beautifully gothic, dark, and witty humour that I'd love to see more of - bloody brilliant.
My first Anderson comic and it was adorably cute!
Fun, quirky, sarcastic and spooky at the same time <3
wish it were longer!
Loved it so much!!!!
This was cute! Not so much an overarching plot but cute comic moments between the characters. A lot of fun moments using cliches of vampires and werewolves. The drawing style was really well done.
The love story between a vampire and a werewolf. Opposites attract.
So funny! I've enjoyed it immensely.
As a fan of Sarah’s Scribbles and a lover of vampire/werewolf romance, this sweet and funny book of comic drawings hit the nail on the head. Anderson’s characterization of the werewolf as a 90s Seattle grunge guy and the vampire as the cute goth girl from any high school may seem like stereotypes, but they work well to create a perfectly odd couple who relish each other’s idiosyncrasies.
This was a fun take on romantic/relationship comics, with added supernatural horror and eating people. It was funny, sweet and not at all cheesy. It was more a series of individual comics than a graphic novel so lacked some continuity, but I really enjoyed this glimpse into the vampire/werewolf couple's life together.
Fangs is a graphic novel that revolves around an everyday not so “usual” relationship between Elsie, a vampire and Jimmy, a werewolf.
I absolutely loved this graphic novel from beginning to end. There were multiple times I laughed out loud and finally my husband was so curious that we ended up reading it together. The humor throughout was right up my alley. It was such a fun read and I would definitely recommend it!
I want to thank NetGalley, the author and publisher for the e-ARC of this graphic novel. Opinions expressed in this review are honest, my own and left voluntarily.
I loved this! I've been following the webcomic very casually and always loved it when it popped up on my radar. This collection was so fun, and I loved seeing all of them together. I had read some of them before, but that didn't detract from my enjoyment of it at all. I'll happily read more of these when they're out!
Have been a fan of Andersen's for a while and was really cool to see a different side of her illustration in this collection. Very funny and sweet snippets. If i could get my hands on prints of some of these pages I would decorate my wall with them in a heartbeat haha, loved it!
Sarah Andersen shows off her creative wit in this short and sweet comic about a couple where one is a werewolf and one is a vampire. A lot of the short panels offer cute jokes about both relationships and also the supernatural. The comics were very easy to read. They are good to read either on their own or all together. This is great for fans of webcomics and Andersen's other works.
This was so cute! I loved the little snippets into the lives of the Vamp and Werewolf and how they all translated into a seamless short story. The artwork is really simple but stunning. If you want a quick, sweet but bloody graphic novel to pick this up!
I got an ARC of this book.
I am a fan of Anderson. I enjoy seeing her comics. I had started seeing bits of pieces of this on the meme app I have. The problem is, the pictures I saw pretty much were the best this book had to offer.
The art is wonderful. I really liked how it was a drastically different art style than I was used to seeing for Anderson. It made it feel like a new story and like its own world. I was impressed with just how different the humor and the art was. If this was based just on art, then the rating would be five stars.
The story itself was pretty nonexistent. There were a few pages setting up that they met and got together, but I didn’t see how they got together. The rest is just slice of life pages, nothing all that compelling or interesting. There was no plot, no deeper meanings, nothing really all that griping. There were some really good vampire and werewolf jokes, but I was expecting more.
It was sweet and as wholesome as a vampire/werewolf relationship can be. So it isn’t bad. If you are a fan of Anderson, this is worth reading. Just don’t go into this expecting a story. This is still very much just random comics that tell a very loose story. I wanted and expected more which is why I was let down. This could have been so amazing and if you go in expecting it to be what it is instead of what I did, you will probably love it.
Fangs, by Sarah Andersen, is an absolute treat and good soul food even when you are feeling soulless. It features a relationship between a vampire and a werewolf, and somehow avoids all the clichés, leaning more on the day-to-day details of their life together, and their past scars that their acceptance of each other is starting to heal. It is truly one of those books that anyone from 12 to 100 (or 300!) will appreciate.
If you've caught up with for free Fangs on Tapas, the physical copy has 24+ illustrations and a beautiful blood-red cover with black-etched pages, and it looks stunning.
I am a fan of Sarah Andersen’s other works and this one does not disappoint! Fangs is such a cute little graphic novel. As I’m sure most people know this graphic novel is about a werewolf and a vampire falling in love and their relationship. The artwork is really well done and the stories are so heartwarming; though that is not to say that there are not dark humored parts, I mean, it is about a werewolf and a vampire. Some of the panels are a bit cheesy with some stereotypical jokes that one would think these creatures would make, but it is all in good fun. If you are like me, it makes the book even more enjoyable. I definitely recommend picking this one up if you are looking for an entertaining read with some great artwork! ARC provided by Publisher via Netgalley.
Fangs is a short graphic novel following the relationship/romance between a vampire and a werewolf. It is meant to be humorous and fairly light hearted.
Going in, I’d expected something of a coherent story. Instead, every new page of story jumps to a seperate day in the characters’ lives. Normally I wouldn’t mind time skips like this, though things move so quickly that I held no attachment to either protagonist. There is little to no development and I could hardly get a feel for the characters at all.
This may have been the intention as Fangs is a humour based graphic novel, though even that aspect fell flat for me. A series of one liners and quick wit was not able to land well, as every joke was based off of the characters’ vampirism and werewolf side rather than their actual personalities.
In short, there wasn’t much that was creative or unique about this, and the art style wasn’t as refined as I would have preferred. A splash of colour in the drawings could have done wonders, though I understand why a horror-esque themed story might be in black and white.
Thank you so much NetGalley for providing me with this copy of Fangs!
I started reading Fangs on Tapas and I immediately fell in love with Elsie and Jimmy. Sarah Anderson’s art style is adorable and the relationship between the characters was really pure and lovely. It was a very enjoyable and funny reading for me. 10/10 would recommend to anyone who wants to spend a good time.
A sweet and playful slice-of-life look at the relationship between a female vampire and a male werewolf. Illustrated in horror-appropriate graphic, black-and-white line art and filled with vampire and werewolf puns, jokes, and visual gags.
Short graphic novel/comic about a vampire and a werewolf falling in love. Though the story is short I loved the characters and their relationship. I look forward to seeing more from this author.