I received this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.Not sure what I expected from this one, as I hadn't heard of this title before. But I'm familiar with Steve Niles' work on 30 Days of Night, and knew it should probably be pretty good.It was VERY good! The story follows retired monster hunter (now teacher) Frederick Allen who's being forced back into this job because of a threat on his (very strange) family. This volume collects the first six issues, and basically sets up the story

The artwork here was incredible and I liked the colouring changes that occur throughout. I was going to give this a five which was a 4.5 but the overall story was a bit of a mess. Having the new addition to the family was very quick, carried no weight, no real explanation and just didn't make a lot of sense. I'm interested yo see where this series goes but I'm finding Niles is very hit and miss within the same book. I'm unable to get my hands on the 30 Days of Night volumes and I've heard these

I have accidentally found a new horror graphic novel to love on and the timing couldn't be better. I had to run into my library to pick up a hold the other day and an usual, caught myself in the "new" section. I saw the first three volumes of "The October Faction" and all I needed was to look at one of the covers and I knew all three were headed home with me! "The October Faction" tells the story of a family of misfit/orphan monster hunters. The books provides with witches, warlocks, werewolves

A great introduction to this very peculiar family of monster hunters! Going in to it I was expecting a very dark and gritty story, but I was pleasantly surprise with the humor in it too! The art by Damien Worm is by far the best aspect of the story; I spend a good amount of time just starting at the background, just beautiful! Looking forward to the next one!Disclaimer: I received this copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Allans, a family of supernatural monster hunters, are pulled out of retirement by a werewolf friend with cancer, a blue-blood with a grudge and an evil plan, and a hybrid machine-boy who blames the patriarch for the death of his creator.Disappointingly stupid. October Faction is neither as clever nor as witty as it thinks it is. A lot of the attempts at humor made me cringe. The characterizations are inconsistent: the protagonist family veers wildly between coldly aristocratic and cheerful c...

I was sucked into requesting this one from NetGalley, because the description intrigued me and the cover screams Addams Family like no other (a good thing for me personally). It was kind of like that, but with a little bit more Van Helsing thrown in for good measure. Which makes sense when you consider that it's about a retired monster hunter/occult professor and his family of weirdos -- his wife, the over-zealous hunting partner, and his kids, who are summoning/trapping stray spirits & trying t...

The October Faction is a graphic novel about the adventures of the retired monsters hunter Frederick Allan and his family.  Initially was I a bit put off by the art in this volume, I thought it was too dark, too gritty, too weird looking, not at all that kind of art that I like when it comes to graphic novel, but in a strangely weird way I came to really like the art as the story progressed, it just suited the story perfectly.It's a dark story so the art short be dark and a bit weird. And, what

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.Frederick Allen is a retired monster hunter who now devotes his time to teaching, his two grown children want to follow in their fathers footsteps which he is against until secrets from his past come back to haunt him. His wife is also involved in something that will ensure his past catches up to him. His ex partner has also come back into his life with news that upsets him however not all is as it seem...

4.5 starsFirstly, I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this graphic novel in exchange for an honest review.I’ve noticed that The October Faction has constantly been compared to The Addams Family in a lot of other reviews and as much I want to be original and creative and come up with another comparison, I can’t. This family definitely gives of an Addam’s Family vibe mixed with a bit of American Horror Story and a dash of the supernatural.One thing tha...

I really enjoyed the vibe of this comic. I love a spooky family, mysteries, and some macabre fun. This had some flavors of The Addams Family and The Munsters. My favorite part was probably the art style. It's very dark and murky, but nicely detailed. It was fun to read, and not exactly what I was expecting.I watched the Netflix adaptation before reading the source material, and I don't really know what the show was doing. I do not understand why big changes happen when things get adapted, or why...

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Story: 3,5Art: 5A real funny october-halloween comic book and the artwork was really great.It was like reading Addams family gone monster hunters, Buffy the vampire slayer style... with a pinch of Green Hornet.The class blackboard monster list in first issue reminded me the one in the awesome "Cabin in the woods" movie. :DNot a bad read at all, but it could be a far better one.

This is a pretty middle-of-the-road 'Supernatural' style monster-hunting family story. A retired monster hunter finds his family pulling him back in as the next generation chomps at the bit to pick up the mantle. There are werewolves, monsters, zombies, and robot-children (which is admittedly somewhat unique, even if they do look like Edward Scissorhands rejects), and some decent action sequences. The relationships are the heart of the story, and they are admittedly pretty strong. And the art wo...

So, that was the best Constantine comic I’ve read in years! Well, obviously it’s not exactly the same character because he’s older and this is an IDW comic but I think that’s the best way to look at October Faction: the main character, Frederick Allan, was “Constantine” but gave up being an occult detective/monster hunter, got married, had kids, and settled into a nice teaching job at the local university, lecturing about things that go bump in the night. Now in his late ‘40s, his enemies have c...

'The October Faction Volume 1' by writer Steve Niles and with art by Damien Worm is a creepy atmospheric graphic novel about a family of monster hunters.Frederick Allan was a monster hunter. He and his ex-partner, Lucas, haven't talked in a long time. That could be because Lucas is a werewolf. Frederick's children Geoff and Vivian seem to have his talents for finding trouble and they want to get into the family business. When their mother is attacked by something strange, they get a chance to he...

October Faction is about the Addams Family, I mean Allans family, whose patriarch used to be a monster hunter who settled down to have a family. Now the kids are teenagers and everyone in the family is jonesing to go hunt monsters again. There's not much story here yet. This moves very slowly. It's about introducing you to the characters with allusions to the past which is still mostly unseen. The book has potential if Niles can bring more meat and potatoes to the story.Damien Worm's art is very...

This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 3.0 of 5Is this an Addams Family for the new millennium?The October Faction is a graphic novel about Frederick Allan, a monster hunter who is now retired. His children want to follow in his footsteps ... an idea that Frederick doesn't care for. The daughter, Vivian, proves herself more than capable, though I'm still sure why the son/brother has any interest in hunting monsters.In a story that centers around a family of monster hu...

LOVED this! A mix of the Addams Family and Locke & Key but with its own dark uniqueness.The October Faction follows Fredrick Allan, retired monster hunter now turned teacher, his mysterious wife Deloris, as well as their two grown up children Vivian and Geoff, both trying to follow in their father's footsteps.They're an odd bunch, and each of them has his/her own little side story but they really shine as a unit. This first volume does a great job introducing the family as well as some additiona...

Courtesy of Netgalley.This is how a graphic novel should be written. The perfect amount of dialogue, the rest of what needs to be said is on each character's face, or in the artwork, or in the silence between characters. The lives of the Allan family and company are illustrated through emotional interactions, flashbacks, violence and action, mystery. It unfolds at the right pace, not too much and not too little revealed at any one point.There is a delicate balance walked throughout the volume, b...

LOVE this creepy family of monster-hunters. The first volume of this graphic novel series begins with a young man taking revenge on a former classmate who bullied him for possibly being gay (non-spoiler: he is). The young man's revenge is to trap the bully in hallucinations and nightmares. He comes by such dark magic honestly, as his father has retired from his famed monster-hunting career to be a college professor. Unfortunately for Dad, he's the only one in the family who wants the quiet life!...