I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. I found this book incredibly interesting the author really kept me hooked until the end. very well written I highly recommend.

This was an interesting graphic novel. It would be fit for middle grade and be aware that you will need all volumes. New York has been destroyed and only a small group of misfit kids can defeat the creatures. But beware the crazy librarian, for he says the danger is not over, and more is to come. I need the sequels now please.

In the wake of the apocalypse, we follow a group of misfit kids struggling to survive in a world full of adult zombies.

This felt very middle grade, An enjoyable art style but we haven't learnt much about any of the characters or what happened to the world.

I hope that vol 2 will answer these but I think it will probably just pose more questions.

While the art style is nice, the story was not there. There was no introduction to the characters or the world, so it was just confusing most of the time, and since we don't know anything about the characters, it was hard to care about what happens to them. There was no flow in the plot, we knew who the bad guys were, but don't know how they became like that and what happens if the bad guys "win". It really felt like the plot is just standing at one place and didn't advance further. The basic idea is great don't get me wrong, but the lack of foundation in the story makes it boring and confusing.

This was an interesting graphic novel. It would be fit for middle grade and be aware that you will need all volumes. New York has been destroyed and only a small group of misfit kids can defeat the creatures. But beware the crazy librarian, for he says the danger is not over, and more is to come. I need the sequels now please.

Thank you to Europe Comics for a digital edition via NetGalley of ‘Creatures 1. The City That Never Sleeps’, written by Stéphane Betbeder with art by Djief.

This graphic novel leaps right into its setting of post-apocalyptic New York City, where bands of children struggle to stay alive following the Big Night, an event that had wiped out most of civilisation. There are clouds of toxic fog and roaming zombies seeking the kids!

Yet one child within the group has the power to hold the zombies at bay. Then a new threat emerges from the Hudson River - the terrifying creature depicted on the cover. We are also introduced to a raving old man, who has locked himself away in a house full of books. He says that the worst is yet to come…

This was a bit confusing for me at first as there was so much action that I felt dropped into it wondering what was going on. Yet I did get into the swing of it soon enough. At the end of this volume there was a reveal that left me wanting to find out what happens in Volume 2.

I felt that the art work throughout captured the action and characters well and its muted palette conveyed the sense of oppression with the sickly greens and browns stressing the toxicity of the environment.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

Before I say anything, I just need to talk about the art for this book, because it's just so adorable and somehow fits so well with the dark story that the plot holds, I wish I had it on my walls. It's unlike anything I've read lately, and I really just can't get enough about it. Following a group of young people in a zombie apocalypse, this one's a little different, seeing as the zombies are attracted to sugar and food instead of human flesh. That's not going to stop the last living people though, some have turned to cannibalism. This was a book I thoroughly enjoyed reading.

A family, and a group of kids with their back up against the wall, fighting for every day. That's what this book is about. Just trying to survive. And that's what makes a great zombie book. It's also about a boy with powers, and a girl who's trying to keep her family together. The worst part is yet to come though, because when an eerie green storm takes over their city, that's when the creatures come out. Trapped out in the storm surrounded by monsters, the small group of children are forced to fight their way back to their base, and make it to safety.

This book was everything I wanted it to be and more! With the art and the unique story, I was sucked in from the very beginning, and I loved how detailed everything was. I didn't feel like I was missing anything at all, and I would love to have a copy for my bookshelf and comic collection. I really liked that all the characters were so different and had their own struggles and still their stories tied together really nicely. I can't wait to check out the next volume!

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This review is based on an ARC copy.

I enjoyed this graphic novel. The illustrations were gruesome and detailed, which for a Zombie book was on point. Kids on a mission to find food run into a situation and make choices to get out of the situation that ultimately leads them to discover something worth fighting for. I was let down at the end on such a cliffhanger and felt it needed a bit more character development in order to pay off but I am definitely hooked for a sequel.

4/5
Quality of writing: 4
Plot development: 3
Pace: 4
Characters: 4
Enjoyability: 4
Ease of reading: 5

Badass kids, apocalypse and monsters... That's it, that's the premise.
Really, really, really short, but I'm interested to see where this story will go.
The art's nice, love that it has diverse characters.

Review copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This comic follows a group of kids trying to survive in an apocalyptic world where adults are basically zombies and there is a dangerous mist that comes at night.

I really liked the art style, I loved how it portrayed the desolated landscape of New York and the color pallet is exquisite. However, the plot is a little bit underdeveloped, we don’t get to know much about the world or why everything is so messed up. The characters are fine, but I only liked Peanut and Vanilla, the other kids were a little annoying to read about. I hope we see more of their personalities later on, I feel like we’re just starting to get to know them.

Overall, I enjoyed the reading experience, but this is a very short introduction to the series. I would like to read the next volumes when they come out and see if it the story gets better.

The best way to describe this is your take; your standard adults have disappeared kids (adolescents) struggled to survive in the wake narrative. But then add a singular magic kid and adults are zombies into the narrative.

I feel like I can't say much more about Creatures outside of that synopsis. It really is the setup for a larger story that I really am excited to read more of.

Creatures: The City That Never Sleeps is the first volume of Creatures, a graphic novel that takes place sometime after an 'event' that turned many people into zombies of a sort. We follow two groups of kids: one brother-sister pair and another rag-tag group consisting of two brothers and two other kids. The first group is trying to survive in this post-apocalyptic world while caring for the survival of their seemingly vegetative mother. The surviving mostly falls on Vanilla, the older sister, as Peanut, the younger brother, appears to be quite young. The other group is a gang, more or less.

We're introduced to two main plotlines, really. The first is the conflict between our first pairing of children and the gang and its fruits. The second is between half of the gang, the brother pair, and one of the brother's quest for knowledge while braving a seemingly crazy old man.

For most of the volume, I was rather neutral. The characters don't inspire me to care about them much, aside from Peanut, and three out of four of the 'gang' members are downright unlikeable, in my opinion. Also, the dialog is a little stilted, and I wonder if it wouldn't be better in the original French. The hook in the last few pages of the volume was fantastic, though, and the alienesque antagonistic force looks to be interesting.

Is Creatures a unique concept so far? Not really. Was the execution great? Also not totally, although I really liked the art. Do I think this has a ton of potential if some of the more fantastical elements are well-explored? Absolutely.

All-in-all, I'd give this a 3.5/5 or so, and I'm pretty excited to learn more about the titular creatures.

Creatures was entertaining; however, I was left with many questions. I liked the characters Vanilla and Peanut. I wish that the characters were a bit more developed. It was short, but within both the illustrations and dialogue, there was very little to infer as the reader. The art style is absolutely stunning. I want to know more about the creature!

The story follows some kids surviving in a post-apocalyptic world, always in danger of being caught by strange zombies and a creepy creature. I really loved everything about this comic: plot, characters, full-color illustrations. It was easy to 'fall' into the story and I was disappointed to see it was over too soon - and with a mighty cliffhanger as well. I hope the sequel won't take too long.

<i>arc provided by the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review</i>

I really did not enjoy my time with this graphic novel. The characters used jokes that were point blank racist and not funny at all. Not to mention there were a few ableist comments made too.

The overall story was also never explained or expanded upon, we were just thrown into this dystopian world with this cast of children. We don’t know anything about them or how the world ended up as it now is.

Overall, this one just didn’t hit the mark.

1/5 ⭐️

I received this and as an eARC to read for free in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and Europe Comics for giving me access.

This has a really interesting storyline, I enjoyed it and the story that was there was solid...downfall is I felt like I was just dropped into the middle of it with no explanation of what happened prior to page one.

What's the mist? Why does it only affect the adults? What is the creature thing that the adults flock to??? I am left with more questions than when I started reading.

Hopefully future issues will explain the situation of the world we are in and what happened, otherwise this one will just be a massive time waster.

Post-apocalypse stories seem to be more popular than ever these days, guess the pandemic has got people wanting stories about the world being pretty much destroyed for lighter reading than what we're seeing in the news right now. Luckily for readers Creatures doesn't feature a killer virus or anything as grim as that, just dark otherworldly forces seeking our destruction. Much nicer really!

The story begins after the end of the world we know, where a bunch of children seem to be some of the only survivors in the ruins of New York City. We soon discover that this is because something terrible has happened to all of the adults, forcing the children to have to fend for themselves as their parents turn against them.

We open in a small apartment that's home to Vanilla, a young girl, and her brother Peanut, along with their mother, who's being kept in a hazy and unresponsive state with sleeping pills. Whilst Peanut stays at home looking after their mother Vanilla ventures out into the city armed with a shotgun, looking for supplies. On her way back to the apartment, loaded up with canned goods, she's spotted by a pair of kids, Chief and Emma, who's sometimes called Dirt Face.

The pair track Vanilla back to her apartment and watch from outside as she and her brother argue about what to do with their mother. As the duo plot a way to get in and steal the supplies a storm begins to roll in, which causes Vanilla and Peanut to run for the roof where they seek shelter inside a storage unit. Unfortunately, Peanut sneaks away and returns to the apartment where he finds the other kids stealing their stuff. Before they're able to explain away their presence there though the door is thrown open and a crowd of adults make their way inside, acting like zombies. Not only that, but they're joined by this black, tentacle covered creature, one that seems to be controlling them, and wants the children.

Creatures is a pretty spooky first volume, one that sets up this new world nicely, without really giving much away. We learn pretty quickly that something bad has happened, and that the adults have been taken over by some kind of strange mist; but we don't get told why. It leaves enough mystery that you want to learn more, but gives you just enough information to make sure that you don't get too confused or lost.

Much of the issue seems to be setting pieces in place for further volumes. It introduces the reader to the world and the main characters, and gets these characters into an uneasy alliance establishing relationships that can evolve further in the future. It also gives us a few interesting glimpses at some of the creatures to come, and hints at much bigger and scarier things. There's the mind controlled adults, the strange tentacle man, a creature that seems to be some sort of horrific spider that catches children in a cage, and Peanut dreams of some huge, dark, skeletal figure hidden in the mists. It's creepy, and disturbing stuff, and draws upon some very nightmarish ideas and themes.

The final page of the book perhaps gives the biggest insight into the horrors to come as the thing behind this apocalypse is named; Yog-Sothoth. Yep, this book is diving into the Lovecraftian horror. I was already interested in this book come the end, but as soon as this name got dropped, and you're just able to make out some giant, tentacled horror hidden in the storms that surround the ruins of the city it definitely grabbed my attention. Whether you're well versed in the Lovecraft gods or not, just the very notion that they exist here and are playing a part in these horrors is a hell of a tease to end things on.

Overall I had a lot of fun with this book, the characters weren't hugely developed, but still get pretty clear personalities laid out, and I expect they will get more time to evolve over time in future volumes. There's a big sense of mystery, and wanting to find out answers that will also have me returning for more later on. And the art, provided by Djief, is really pretty. It has an almost cartoon-like quality, yet remains grounded enough that it never feels completely too unreal, and it makes the moments of horror stand out all the more.

I'll certainly be picking up the second volume as soon as it's available.

Story about kids stuck in an apocalypse city where adults can’t be trusted and extraterrestrial beings have taken over. Liked the concept and the art style was great. Struggled with the character connection as felt thrown into the story. Does make me curious as for the next step in the story.

An awesome take on a post-human world! Love the idea of a slightly aquatic hybrid villain figure within the story line. However, I would like to have seen more background as to how Earth got like this!

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC and here is my honest review.

This was a cool science fiction, Walking Dead/ Stephen King graphic novel. The artwork was great, and I am digging the characters and the story this far. I thought it was a great introduction to this world leaving me with a ton of unanswered questions that can hopefully be answered in the future. Can’t wait for the next one.