This has very good artwork. Well-worth the time.

Thanks to the publisher for the ARC and all the best to the author.

This was a fun ride! I need the next volume asap! The characters were smart and snarky. I liked the world and the whole entire plot. Chef's kiss perfect!

This was good for what it was. An original idea carried out to the best of the author and artist's abilities. Thank you Net Galley for accepting my request to view this ARC. I actually tracked down a physical copy years later after I could not get the download working originally on here.

An interesting read to sway you off into the dark, this books gives off so much vibes with it's vivid art and fantastic story.

I will certainly be continuing on with this series as I love the mix of noir and supernatural elements combined with old-school mob narrative. The illustrations lend themselves perfectly to the story and a moody horror feel pervades every page. All-around, a great graphic novel.

'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 finds the bookkeeper, along with a missing ledger. Unfortunately, that discovery could lead to a gang war, and when you're dealing with demons, that may not be something you want to stick around for.

I'm familiar with this creative team from the series The Sixth Gun. I wasn't familiar with this earlier book, but I'm happy to have gotten the chance to read this reprint. The story feels fairly standard underneath all the weird demonic trappings, but I liked it. The art works really well for this story and I loved it.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Oni Press, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

The first volume of the Damned graphic novel was excellent. The book flowed well and the art was spectacular. Not something I would normally read, I don't tend to read many graphic novels, but really a fantastic experience overall.

Video review scheduled on Youtube on May, 4th at 00:00 (GMT -4)
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Video is in Spanish with English subs.

I'm always looking for new graphic novels to read! I love discovering new stories in different formats. After seeing The Damned being advertised on Netgalley, I read the description and it sounded like something that I had never read before, so I decided to give it a go!

During the prohibition era, gangsters grew rich on our vices, and rivalries between criminal organizations resulted in open war. But unknown to the masses, a more sinister power controlled the crime cartels, using greed, gluttony, lust and other sins to fuel a much more lucrative trade: mortal souls.

The long-standing feud between two of the families is about the come to an end thanks to a brokered deal to consolidate power. But before things can be finalized, the bookkeeper tasked to brokering the deal is kidnapped along with a ledger that could spell doom for all the families. Hoping to find the missing bookkeeper before the deal falls apart, Big Al pulls Eddie's corpse out of a ditch and puts him on the case. Now Eddie, cursed and unable to rest, finds himself caught up in the middle of a sinister web of kidnapping, murder and damnation.

Like I said before, I'm always looking for new graphic novels to read, and honestly? I'm really glad that I requested this off of Netgalley. I know that you're probably thinking 'well, she only gave it 3 stars, so why is she glad she requested it?' Well... there were a lot of mixed reviews on Goodreads about this graphic novel. A lot of people loved it, a lot of people found it boring, a lot of people were sat on the fence with it. I'm one of the people that are sat on the fence. The story has an alright concept: two very influential crime bosses that fight for power during the prohibition era; both crime bosses are demons so their commodity is souls. Wrap all of that up in a blanket of normal crime noir, and you have The Damned.

Once I had finished the volume, I was actually quite confused as to who was who and what was actually going on, so I started reading the second volume straight away so that I didn't lose momentum on the story and could get some idea of what was going on. There is definitely some vestige of 1920s gangster films and a grungy, urban underworld. There is mystery and the supernatural which added a good twist to it and it's very fast-paced.

The artwork really made this graphic novel. The colour scheme is mainly black to represent the dark undertones of the story, and I also love how the art style changes when Eddie dies and he goes to 'the other place'.

Overall, this wasn't a groundbreaking graphic novel, and it was confusing, but I'm interested to see where it goes and I want to learn more about this peculiar world.

Disclaimer: this book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review

I was really intrigued by the concept of this comic and to start with I thought it was really mysterious and dark, and something that I'd love! However as I read it I felt like it was just not giving me the entire story, I felt like I was missing out on plot points and it got confusing. A lot of things weren't clear but maybe they'll be cleared up on later volumes, I hope. The art was nice but not the usual style I enjoy.

The story was well constructed but I couldn’t connect with any of the characters probably because they were all white straight men (or demon).
I don’t know, I guess this was written for men in the sense that the only women has no depth and a very small girlfriend part… It was pretty disappointing.
I liked the whole curse and demon thing though.

Eddie was lying dead in a ditch for three days before Big Al dusts him off and put his convenient curse of returning from the dead to good use.
In the Prohibition era, two demonic crime families are ready to stop their internal feuding for the greater good of consolidating power. The bookkeeper who is set to broker the deal goes missing under suspicious circumstances and Eddie is appointed to find him before war starts again.
Old fashioned noir with a new spin including demons dealing in mortal souls, The Damned has a decent action plot and great graphics.

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-stabbing, face-slamming, gut-punching and fist-wrenching stuff going on here.

Only difference is, there are demons, demi-gods and wyrms in this one.

"You got a lot of nerve, Eddie, showing your ugly mug around here."
"Then again, you were always long on nerve and short on smarts, weren't you?"

The world-building and concept sucked me in immediately. Many comics and books attempt to implement a mafia-centric world and fail miserably. But this pulls it off neatly and succinctly in an intricately woven fabric of plot and intrigue.

Narration: I'll have him swimming with the fishes
I enjoy the first-person narration so much. It's dark, it's noir and so masterfully stylised. Comics often lack in the dialogue department, but not Damned. It soars. The dialogue is not only a masterful mimic of Chicago talk, but it's natural and flows so well.

Realism despite the unrealism
"Drop dead, Eddie."

Eddie escapes death each time, and his experience is harrowing. Every time he comes back, it's as if he's lost a little bit of his mind along with this death. His torment and ways of dealing with this supernatural event are all very human.

What's a matter with you?
"Tommy wouldn't have turned on my men. And he wouldn't have killed himself, neither."
"Maybe you haven't heard, but suicide's a sin."
"Yeah? Maybe he got homesick."

The humour is laced with sarcasm and the romance is a real tension-filled treat. This comic definitely doesn't fall for tell-and-not-show syndrome.

I also really enjoy the aspects of world-building; this isn't just a Prohibitionist piece. The curveballs and plot twists get thrown at you regularly. And for the most part, you don't see them coming.

Great series! I've read and enjoyed Bunn's Six Gun series, so I was glad to see another horror-tinged title from him. Instead of mixing Westerns this time he brings in crime/mafia stories. In this world demons are basically the hidden power behind organized. Crime, trading in souls and magic instaed of money and booze. Our unlikely hero Eddie is cursed with immortality, but along with it comes the burden to uncover a dangerous plot that threatens to end a delicate truce between two rival demon families. The art owes a bit to Hellboy, but it's not slavish imitation. The team does a great job in mixing in cartoony elements to up the creepy factor.

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 getting killed no matter how badly people have tried. Unfortunately for him, living that long means you accrue lots of debts and demons always collect on their deaths. When a deal threatens to go south, Eddie is brought it to figure out who is trying to double-cross who.

As the stakes get bigger and bigger, Eddie must ask for help from increasingly dangerous and unwilling allies. I adored the variety of characters and curses found within the books. Some of the characters’ curses were never explained, and other curses made them social pariahs that could never interact with the world ever again.

With greed, vengeance and indulgence running the world of THE DAMNED, it’s not surprising that our main character is messed up. The dirty little secrets of the demon world come crawling out of the woodwork, sometimes literally, and Eddie is stuck mopping it up.

The art is spooky, the human suffering feels real and the demons add both a sense of levity and dread to the whole story. The end of the story was both satisfying and gut-wrenching. In a world full of demons, can a man resist turning into one himself?

This is my first time reading a graphic novel and so I thought I'd try one that wasn't on the list that 'you just have to read.' The Damned Vol 1 tells the story of Eddie, a man cursed to come back from the dead in prohibition era America, in which the crime families also happen to be demons. I thought that the concept was really fun and pretty well executed with some interesting plot branches that I wasn't expecting. The artwork is great, with simple renderings and nice flashes of colour. I like the lettering changes between different types of character and I thought Eddie was a good protagonist. Some of the prose can get a little bit clunky at times and the climax was a bit formulaic, but overall, I enjoyed this one a lot and am looking forward to reading Vol 2 later this month.
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book caught my attention from its synopsis, I love dark graphic novels and the art was nice looking, which is always a plus when reading a graphic novel.I enjoyed reading the first novel, although I am unsure if I will be reading the second one , as it did not pull me in as much as I would like. This comic did have an original story, although I could not get super into it.

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.

I had a lot of hopes for this one. The summary seemed very promising but in turned out to be a let down.

There's a good book coming out of things here, with a demonic take on the Mafia and crime families, but this isn't it. It's just too hard to work out who is who, what is what and which side is which, and you end up not caring about anybody or anything. It looks pretty with a subdued palette, but the art isn't going to help a mess like this.

Or so I said the first time this appeared on netgalley.