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30 Days Of Night Paperback – March 27, 2007

by Steve Niles (Author), Ben Templesmith (Artist)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 594 ratings
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In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn't rise for over thirty consecutive days and nights. From the darkness, across the frozen wasteland, an evil will come that will bring the residents of Barrow to their knees. The only hope for the town is the Sheriff and Deputy, husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love.


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  1. Part of Series
    30 Days of Night Deluxe Edition
  2. Print length
    104 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    IDW Publishing
  5. Publication date
    March 27, 2007
  6. Reading age
    16 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    6.4 x 0.3 x 10.1 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0971977550
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0971977556
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“…a short, sharp shocker of a horror tale with an original premise and a Matterhorn-sized mountain of tension.” –Maxim

"The comic in your hands has much of the raw, even brutal energy of a horror movie from the good old days. Short, sharp and unforgiving. It's got a catchy title, a wonderfully clever, but simple idea at its chilly heart, and a narrative that starts at a run and never slows down." — Clive Barker

"Writer Steve Niles plays on common fears of isolation, darkness, and monsters in a story that's more chilling than its locale. A good writer could extrapolate any one of these fears into a thrilling story, but
Niles succeeds in pushing all of these buttons with the right frequency to produce a story that's not just chilling, but downright scary." —Jim Johnson, Comics Buyer's Guide

"Above all else, 30 Days of Night reads like a horror movie—a great horror movie. If you thirst for something that's guaranteed to scare the pants off you, you've gotta pick this up. But take my advic —read it with the lights on." —Casey Seijas, Wizard Magazine

About the Author

Steve Niles is a comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society and Batman: Gotham County Line. He is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence.

Ben Templesmith is a New York Times best selling artist and writer most widely known for his work in the comic book industry where he has received multiple nominations for the International Horror Guild Awards as well as the industry's top prize, the Eisner Award. He also won a Spike TV Scream Award. As a creator, his most notable works have been 30 Days of Night (which spawned a major motion picture) and Fell. His other projects include the critically acclaimed serial Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, as well as Welcome to Hoxford, and Singularity 7, all of which he also wrote.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ IDW Publishing (March 27, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 104 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0971977550
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0971977556
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 0.3 x 10.1 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 594 ratings

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Dan Wickline is a published writer and photographer. Born in Norwalk, California, he currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Debbie, dog Artemis and three cats: Tiger, Panther, and Crash. Dan has written for Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Humanoids Publishing, Zenescope Entertainment, Avatar Press, Cellar Door Publishing and Moonstone Books. Recently Dan has written the re-launch of ShadowHawk for Image Comics and the on-going Sinbad series for Zenescope. If you would like more information about Dan Wickline, his work, or wish to contact him, please visit www.danwickline.com.

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J. Givens
5.0 out of 5 stars Vampires plague and isolated Alaskan town
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2007
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"30 Days of Night" is a story of a very small, Alaskan town that is plagued by a group of vampires. Wintertime night has descended upon the town, where the sun doesn't rise for 30 days - hence the name. The vampires quickly kill and destroy much of the town in a bloody orgy of destruction.

The story is quite original, but there are some plot holes. What was the purpose of the vampire hunters in New Orleans? They could have been left out of the story, as far as I can see. They didn't further the plot or the story at all - only confused it, with the exception of the helicopter being used as a cover-up story for the fire (read the book and you'll know what I mean).

The setting is great for a horror story. It's a very harsh and unforgiving environment, especially given the period of darkness. The isolation of the town and location also add to the menacing feel of the story. John Carpenter's "The Thing" is one of my favorite movies - as well as the original movie and the book from which both stories are made John Campbell's "Who Goes There?." Like "The Thing," this story is set in a bleak and foreboding environment that takes part in the overall story, giving it a near gothic kind of dark setting. And using the long, dark winter of Alaska is a wonderful idea for a vampire story.

The artwork is excellent. It's rough, for lack of a better word, and not drawn realistically. It adds to the dark subject matter and the bleak and dark atmosphere (literally and figuratively) of the setting. It's amazing how well this comic captures action sequences. It comes across very dramatically, like a movie. The scenes of violence (and there are many) are very vivid - bodies being ripped apart by vampires, head shots with firearms, etc.

It you like comics and vampires, this is a must have. The only problems that I saw - and they really aren't major - were the small plot holes and the story seems short - but as far as the latter complaint goes, it's a comic and not a novel. I can't wait to see the upcoming movie based on this comic!
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Michelle M
4.0 out of 5 stars A good horror story that has great art work
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2023
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This was a horror comic that starts off with action right away and does not let up at all. I liked that it starts off with a bang and moves along quickly but felt that there could have been some expanding on elements of the story - such as the mother and son from New Orleans and some background for those two characters. The artwork was good, it had a foreboding element to it and gave a good visual of the cold darkness that would be found in the situation described. I found some of the narrative, especially near the end hard to read and would have appreciated a more reader friendly font be used. I thought this was a good book and would recommend it for people who like horror stories.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not a fan of the art, story wrapped up too quickly and easily
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2018
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A town full of people, a town full of darkness, a town full of vampires.

In this comic series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith the small Alaskan town of Barrow seems to be the perfect community for Vampires to prey on. But they didn’t count on one thing, the length that the local sheriff would go through to protect his town.

There really isn’t a whole lot of dialog in this series so the writing is ok and standard fair for a comic as this. However I really didn’t care for the artistry, it was too artsy. I found myself trying to guess what is going on in the comic at times. It’s almost as if I took my glasses off to read the comic (terrible thing to do, don’t do it).

I also thought the ending was a bit too “simple”. This big bad guy apparently the head Vampire comes into town and in a few pages the whole thing is done. They wrapped up this storyline way too quickly. I’m not sure if that was due to financial restraints limiting how many comics they could do in this first series or what.

It is available DRM free via Comixology so if you buy it via Comixology or Amazon you can get a DRM version.
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Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars A Modern Horror Classic!
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2022
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A must read for any horror fan and it was a great movie adaptation too. It's a very short, simple story and yet also very stylish and creepy. I first read this book almost 20 years ago and it still holds up today. I strongly recommend it!
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Challender
5.0 out of 5 stars I bought because I loved the movie.
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2023
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My only complaint was I wish it were larger. AS my eyes aren't what they used to be, and reading it was ... difficult. But I'm still glad to buy it and support the creators.
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oscar Arturo Martinez Vazquez
5.0 out of 5 stars Increíble!!!
Reviewed in Mexico on November 19, 2023
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El arte, la historia y la edición son buenas.
Recomendable.
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Laura G.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Any Horror fan
Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2018
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Amazing story and inspired, beautiful artwork. I had seen the film, but finally decided to check out the graphic story that inspired it. Was not disappointed. A fresh take on the vampire myth. I loved the crisp storyline. Character driven story. Clear character development and character motivation. No b.s. And for a vampire story, made it believable. And it left me wanting to know more. What was the origin of Vincente and the coven? Where did they escape to, where did they flee and how? What was the backstory the mysterious vampire hunter woman in New Orleans? The coven is now in danger-how will their world change for them? Am looking forward to reading the next stories in this continuing narrative!!! I should mention the art. The style is watery and blurred lines and figures, which illustrates the snowy landscape, and continual snowfall perfectly. It also makes a terrific haziness in which the vampires are portrayed in the best way possible: blurred lines, highlighting both their supernatural stillness and frenzied quickness of movement. And of course, in art, blood looks best on snow. Enjoy!
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Aspidistra
5.0 out of 5 stars Low budget horror story with striking, unique art
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2019
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The story, a gang of flesh eating vampires descending on a small town in Alaska during it's annual winter month of darkness is straight out of low budget horror - there is no deep and meaningful exposition here, just a simple tale of attempted survival against the odds, in the same bracket as Assault on Precinct 13, or Night of the Living Dead. When I heard it started out as a failed film pitch I wasn't at all surprised. I agree with those who feel the story seems more like three days than thirty (we seem to reach the end awfully suddenly) but what lifts this out of the ordinary is Ben Templesmith's unique art.

Templesmith's distinctive cartoonish style, with scratchy ink work, splatter and washes, his characters gleaming in obscure, gloomy backgrounds might not be to everybody's taste but I love it and it's the reason I bought this book. Otherwise I can take or leave out-and-out horror books and I have no desire to see the film that was eventually made. Here the violence is impressionistically implied with deft splashes of colour, not painstaking delineated gory bits. If you love to see every muscle and sinew lovingly depicted with anatomical accuracy, this might not be the book for you. But I enjoy the light hearted way he draws that (for me at least) leavens the horror with some extremely black humour.
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Max Power
2.0 out of 5 stars Why so much praise?
Reviewed in Spain on March 4, 2013
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I'm fairly new to comics.
And I don't get the point of this one. I see comics as just another way to tell a story. And the one in 30 days of night is not what I expected. Not after hearing so much about it. It's just too simple and it does not surprise at all. Very dissapointing. I don't get why it got to be a movie. Maybe cause vampires were not overexpoited then...
The pictures and the style are cool though.
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MilPic
3.0 out of 5 stars horror
Reviewed in Japan on January 19, 2013
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a tough story, slightly spoiled for me as i saw the movie some time before.
why only three stars is because sometimes the letters are hard to make out and makes reading slow, my kindle fire let me go to each panel but it slows it really down.
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