A month ago, it came out that the folks running Scout Comics hadn't been paying the writers and artists of the comics, or even responding to questions about why they weren't being paid. No explanation for uneven publishing schedules, unfulfilled promises about promoting books, real bad look all around.
The CEO types are in typical C.Y.A. mode, but I guess that explains why I hadn't seen anything released by Scout in the last 2 months. I figured the company went under, and maybe they have for all intents and purposes. Guess I'll have to wait and see if anything shows up.
Bucky goes to the neighborhood the mayor bought up, and finds Rose, the mayor's daughter there. All the other houses are full of other vampires, a quiet little community they can bring victims to and feed with certainty no one will report anything. But Rose knows nothing about any of this, the neighbors bursting in flame and becoming far less human-looking a total surprise, so what's she there for?
They go on the run, apparently cross-country, while Bucky tries to figure that out. By the time he does, Rose has ditched him and. . .that's pretty much it for Rose until the final page. Bucky goes back to Sheltered Cove with his sub-editor, Soo (the girl on the cover). The two of them go house-to-house, naming the vamps and either staking them or throwing them into the sun, all on video. Which seems like a lot of murders to be recording yourself committing, but I guess the mayor thought it might be too obvious to pass any laws extending protection to the undead.
And that's pretty much it. Bucky knows there's more out there - Rose, most notably - but he's not going looking for it, under some vague, "the story will find you," reasoning. I don't know if that's meant to be a statement on being a reporter versus a "hero." Bucky pursued the story. He was wrong several times, but he kept going and if one element eluded him, he just followed the ones he still had. He's not going to devote his life to pursuing every last thread. It feels like follow-up on the loose threads would be part of a reporter's job, but maybe not.
It feels like Kivela draws more panels that are strictly Bucky's face, or that emphasize the fact he's a deer in some way. A close-up of a lip curled in a challenge, or him turning to address someone, almost nothing visible from the neck down. Lindsay's certainly writing Bucky as more quick to violence, and that usually involves ramming someone with his antlers. If he slams a guy facefirst into a deck railing, kivela draws it so Bucky's hooves are a prominent part. Three fingers (or two and a thumb, whichever), with those long black nails.
I still don't know why they made the main character a talking deer beyond the opportunity for a pun with the title. Deer are traditionally prey, and vampires a traditionally predators, but he's flipped that script. Or everyone can see that he's different, even if nobody is shown staring or acting shocked, so his actions are out in the open. Even on the run, Bucky can't hide. The mayor and his bunch do, however, which might be why he's so hellbent on exposing what they're doing. No shadows, no secrets, out in the light where everyone can see them, like they can always see him.
That's probably not it. I've yet to read anything by Lindsay where I could figure out what point he was trying to make.
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