Source: cinematicmultiverse.com
1. Cassidy
(Preacher)
Look, if you thought I was gonna pick LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE for the number one slot, you’re drunker than Cassidy probably is right now.
Preacher is one of the greatest comic book series of all time, and Cassidy is a perfect example of why it’s so good. Have you ever met someone who you thought was kind of a jerk, but the good, fun kind of jerk? If you have, I’m sure you’ve also experienced the moment when they turned on you and you seriously questioned what kind of person they were.
Preacher’s use of Cassidy literally pulls this trick on the reader as much as it does the main characters. Cassidy is a beautifully nuanced portrayal of a scumbag. A figurative bloodsucker as well as a literal one. He’s charming and funny and bitter and mean, but he slowly reveals himself as an a-hole of the highest caliber.
And how much you like him by the end of Preacher comes down to whether or not you can find forgiveness in your heart. Before it gets staked, that is.
And there you have it, my list of my favorite vampiric comic book characters. I’m sure there’re a few I left out (number 11 woulda been Hellcow) but hey, if you woke up this morning with bite marks on your neck and an aversion to sunlight, you’ve got some new role models to look up to. Just remember to not cross running water, because that’s the one vampire thing everyone forgets about. Well, that and the ability to turn into mist, but that one’s dumb. Talk to you next week, my creatures of the night.
