Bullet Review:How do you make a Roaring Twenties setting filled with demons boring?Follow this book's tired outline:1) Pick a by-gone era that isn't the 70's2) Pick a horror classic3) Get a good artist that can draw your horror classic well4) Create a generic "dude" with one mildly interesting ability5) Throw in a cheesy "whodunnit"6) Write some action scenes with old-timey guns7) Have a woman tossed in for the dude to bone at one point8) YAWNIt could have been worse, but it also should have bee...

Thanks to Netgalley for the digital ARC.This was 2 stars for me; the third star is pretty much for Brian Hurtt's art, which is reminiscent of his work in Queen and Country. This didn't have anything that bugged me about it, but I just didn't find it engaging whatsoever. The Damned didn't contain any of the feeling of dread that I've enjoyed in the past in Cullen Bunn's horror titles, and it just felt like a gimmick that there were demons in this attempt at Prohibition-Era noir tale. I remember t...

I've been literally searching for this book for years! I bought it when it was first released in trade, and fell in love with the rich black and white art. I thought the story was great, too! But then it disappeared from my collection! I must have lent it out and forgot who borrowed it. But I couldn't remember the name or author or artist or anything, and I've been trying to figure it out ever since. Then it appears on NetGalley! What a crazy coincidence. And it's in color, too. I'm not sure how...

This was really cool. It's essentially a gangster movie with demons. The artwork was grim, gritty, dark, and dreary. It suited the tone of the story perfectly. The character of Eddie is an interesting guy and I'm interested in learning more about his backstory. This was a lot of fun and mixed the horror and action genres seamlessly. Good stuff.

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy:Demons, dames, a horrid curse, more demons… What’s not to love? THE DAMNED: THREE DAYS DEAD is a spooky, Mike Mignola-esque romp through the prohibition era excesses. Only half the men aren’t men at all but demons from hell in tight, sexy 20s style suits.Our main character isn’t a hero. He’s a crook with a curse that makes him very useful for the local demon-mob families to keep around. Eddie sold his soul a long time ago, and has managed to avoid gett...

Before The Sixth Gun there was an earlier collaboration between Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt: The Damned. Instead of the wild west, it’s prohibition-era America with gangs of demons trafficking in the souls of humans, in particular two crime families who have been warring for years. Except when peace is finally brokered, the emissary for the two is kidnapped along with a ledger containing deadly secrets that’ll bring down both houses. It’s up to Eddie, a cursed small time fixer, to come back to l...

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.This was a really cool concept and I loved the art but the story was pretty average all things considered. It's basically just your average bland male gangster/detective character solving a 'classic' old timey murder mystery. And of course the only woman to be seen for miles is his love interest. Sigh. The demons were cool and it was fun in a really superficial way but these kinds of things could be so much more

The Damned, Vol.1: Three Days Dead by Cullen Bunn is the kind of independent comic book that reminds us why the independent market is so important in the wave of popularity that comic books are once again enjoying. It is now, when the market is so hot, that the big publishing houses, DC and the Evil Empire (Marvel), flood the shelves with big name titles that lack depth and story. So instead they come up with gimmicks, like embossed or variant covers and characters changing their race, sexuality...

Gangsters, demons and broads"When it comes to demons, there's always blood"Eddie has a bit of a problem. Or an advantage, depending on how you look at it. Eddie just can't die.And oh, he works for a demon. If you think about it, an immortal human could be pretty damn useful for demons. Eddie works for Al. But Al is double-crossing Eddie and Eddie's doing the same to Al. Eddie's also friends with this "guy" called The Worm. Like any good prohibitionist gangster era piece of work, there's back-sta...

Call me a chump but I really liked this book. Tough guys, mobsters, demons from hell and the undead, mix in a few criminally inspired monsters and how could I NOT like this book? On top of a great premise was great storytelling and fun black-and-white noir-style artwork. Soul-trafficking demons in a prohibition era setting, this was Goodfellas meets Hellblazer.I can't wait for volume 2.

More 3 1/2 but rounding up. Solid storyline where the mob is run by demons. Eddie's already lost his soul and his life numerous times so he's just the guy to send out to find out why a deal shit the bed.*Digital review copy provided by NetGalley and the publisher.

The Godfather with demons from hell. The main character reminds me of Hellblazer's John Constantine. He isn't the strongest character in the story, but everybody knows him and most have reason to fear him. Also he smokes, often travels between our world and the one beyond, never smiles and is consistently set up against bigger, stronger characters.Three days after being killed, Eddie is resurrected by his boss Alphonse Aligheri. He agrees to work for him one last time to find Lazlo, a demon chos...

This was short so I thought I'd give it a try.The story is about two very influential crime bosses that fight for power during the prohibition era. The twist? Both are demons so their commodity is souls. Other than that, this is a typical crime noir story. After both sides decide to be nice, their mediator goes missing so in order to prevent one side from blaming the other, the mystery of the mediator's disappearance / possible murder needs to be solved, which is why a guy named Eddie is brought...

The Damned is a graphic novel mash-up of gangster noir with horror comics. Set in gangland-era Windy City Chicago, it features dudes in trench coats with guns, comic book crazy demon families, and other crazy monsters, as well as a guy who keeps coming back from the dead, nightclubs, and bordellos. The artwork is compelling. The storyline is a little hard to follow.

After reading this and Sixth Gun, I have become a fan of Cullen Bunn. This is basically a detective comic, but with demons involved who run the under world crime syndicate of the city. If you like demons, and like detective/crime comics, then check this out.

Now this was different. Very well done.During the Prohibition Era two crime families- the Aligheri and the Roarke families are planning on a truce. A high level broker from out of town is coming in to broker the meeting. But this isn't an average crime story. The Aligheri and Roarke "families" are all demons. So is the broker. While human gangsters ply alcohol and fight over money-the demons trade is souls. A peace would be mutually beneficial, but the broker goes missing. Enter human fixer Edd

What if the mobs during Prohibition were actually controlled by demons? Well then, we'd have The Dammed. Eddie is a cursed man working for Big Al. The demon brokering a peace between two rival gangs has gone missing and there will be war is Eddie can't find him. Can you really go wrong crossing noir with the supernatural?Received an advanced copy from Oni and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

'The Damned, Vol. 1: Three Days Dead' by Cullen Bunn with art by Brian Hurtt is kind of a weird alternate world where prohibition era gangsters are ruled by demonic overlords.One crime family is run by Big Al, a red and horned demon. In order to find a missing bookkeeper, he brings a guy named Eddie back from the dead. Eddie can't die, but that doesn't mean he can't be killed. Every time he is, he spends some time in a weird shadowy world where things make even less sense than in his world. He f...

I really enjoy artist Brian Hurtt's work, so finding a used copy of this was a treat. The story involves a lot of demons and gang warfare; just look on it as an opportunity for great cartoon storytelling.Highly recommended.

Thank you, Netgalley. I received an ARC for an honest review.This is more a 3.5. It's basically a mob story that tries to do something different but essentially I'm not sure it really does. Maybe this 1st volume is setting the stage for the next one but to get the next one you have to care about one of the characters and I'm not sure I actually did.Eddie's curse is interesting and you can see its benefits and its drawbacks. The place he goes to when dead is interesting and I wonder if we will le...