Excellent story. The characters are turning into real heroes. The conflict between vampires is also getting more complicated and intriguing.

As with the first one, it simplifies the story a bit too much, making it confusing to read if you haven't read the books first.

The dread is building! Can’t wait to continue

A good read, but not as great as the first book. Without having read the novel, or watched the tv series, one might be confused about characters as this book jumps around a bit and the introduction of the newer characters is lacking. A lot of action too, which is good, but we don't delve into the lore as much as I would have liked.

The Beginning of the EndAs the Strain takes hold and Dr Goodweather is on the run framed for murdering the vampiric victims of the lethal disease, New York can no longer ignore the growing horror the city is becoming.Disturbing imagery and dynamic framing make this an excellent adaptation of 'The Strain'.

4 StarsYyeesss, just like the book, but things devolve much quicker in the comic world.

The Strigoi (there are only 7) are the old ones, and still resemble, can pass for, human. Yet those they infect are VERY different. Why?The 2 original CDC docs have met up with the only adversary of the strigoi, a rather old man, Abraham, who knows more about the enemy than probably anyone on Earth.But there are 2 adversaries, one about the same age as that old man who believes he can control the virus and live forever-- by becoming the 8th strigoi. And he's try rich, has many men at his beck an...

Del Toro described these vampires as the "anti vampire." your classic vampire is beautiful, seductive, and worldly. there's nothing redeeming in del toros vampires. you would have to be insane to want to be one. they are pure total monsters. this issue was good but not quite as gripping as the first but that's often the case in series. middle books tend to be the weakest. I definitely want to read the novels now because certainly some things had to be changed

Decent adaptation of the novel by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The artwork is fantastic and portrays the sense of impending doom on mankind very well. My only niggle really is that although I like the graphic novels and the original book, I wasn't completely blown away by them. I do think however, that the graphic novels tell the story in a much more succinct way than the novel.An advance reader copy was kindly supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

I thought it was a breeze to read and I also enjoyed a lot of the drawings, I liked a lot of the concepts. I'm in the unique position as to have watched the TV show first so my TV watching experience wasn't as 'bad' as a lot of other 'Strain' fans. Too long have I heard that the TV series kind of derails the character of Nora and Eph in some cases and by reading this comic book I see that. Nora in the TV series is similar to Nora in the comic books but Nora in the comics is much more 'relatable'...

Bullet Review:So many cliches. Why does the Master Vampire give two f@#$s for Ephraim and his family? Answer: Because the plot says so! Why is Nora even in this? Answer: Because we need to have a sex scene!Oh, and don't expect to see many female characters; pretty much the only ones are ones romantically tied to Ephraim (ex-wife and sex partner/"coworker" nudge-nudge-wink-wink).At least Vasiliy Fet is in this; he is by far the BEST character and made this a better read just by his presence.Don't...

(in mr. Bill voice):oh, noooooo, it's the attack of the killer hairless naked-mime vampires... with Gene Simmons tongues(end of mr. Bill voice)The best part: the covers... they're really nice, but aren't really representative of the story.The "OK" parts: the story and maybe the art.The story's OK, and I get that this is a serial and more will be revealed in the following trades. But there are so many holes in this story you could fit a VW Bug through them. They may not be your run of the mill va...

Just as good as the last one!

Pure awesomeness.

Nowhere near as good as the books but still a nice sidebar to add some extra colour to the trilogy of novels. The adaptation is supervised by del Toro so it is essentially 'canon' although creators Lapham and Norton were encouraged to make the story their own. A worthwhile read for fans of the books or newcomers just looking for an apocalyptic vampire thriller where the vamps are horrible killing machines that give the humans a real run for their money.

Propelling the plot onward, new characters are introduced. It's difficult getting a handle on who exactly they are and what roles they will play together.The art is truly awesome! However, I can't seem to stop thinking that I should have read the books first before reading the comics...Maybe the 3rd will help tie everything together better!

Wonderful!

Again my reviews of this graphic novel series may be a little biased because they're based off of one of my favorite books, but I enjoyed the second volume of The Strain. The only problems for me is that two things that were big to me in the book, are lost in translation here in this comic book interpretation. The fact that the recently turned seek out their loved ones is not even explained really and just assumed, when in the book it's a very big part of the story and finding Eph's son Zack. I

My comments for the first issue carry over, although I think my 4-star review here is a touch lighter than it was on Issue #1. Just a touch, like 3.75-stars.Once the origin reveals and the back story manages to creep through the cracks, this becomes "just a good story" rather than a ground breaking piece of vampire/zombie styled storytelling. I'm going to read the next one, for sure, but I'm less dogged in my pursuit of volumes going forward.www.well-lightedetcetera.com

nice comics based on the book. I love the graphics and storyline. This was very nice.My dream of being a writer is realized and I am now a Goodreads Author. I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics n...