536:"To be honest, I was surprised that Landry was a Caucasian man writing from the standpoint of Virgil, a mixed race man with a black mother and white father. You might think this is irrelevant, but as a female geek of color, I was overjoyed because it shows a level of consciousness that isn’t always present in media today when it comes to minorities, especially the ignored voices of the poor and disenfranchised in New Orleans during and after Katrina. There are other characters of color in Bloodthirsty #1, and Landry is remarkably respectful yet honest when writing them, which was also impressive. Virgil is a hero we can all relate to. He has seen awful things, and he is troubled. He has experienced a staggering amount of loss, and he still won’t back down. That’s a hero we can all aspire to be, and we don’t have to be rich like Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne, or superhuman like Superman or Spider-Man."
337:- A grizzled, apathetic and corrupt police detective with a penchant for Southern witticisms. Fontenot is the person who informs Virgil of his brother's death. It is clear that Virgil does not trust Fontenot's explanation concerning the cause of Trey's death. It is implied that Virgil and Fontenot have met previously, when Virgil was discharged from the Coast Guard for claiming to have seen dozens of murder victims in the Katrina floodwaters while he was drowning. Fontenot seems to think of Virgil as a conspiracy theorist.
287:- A mixed-race former Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose post-traumatic stress keeps him out of the water. Having lost both his parents to Hurricane Katrina - and nearly drowning himself in the flood - Virgil starts the story as a washed-out former real-world hero who has lost his purpose in life. When his last remaining relative - his younger brother - is murdered, Virgil finds one last reason to live: to find out who is responsible for Trey's death and to bring them to justice.
394:. Other interviewees include Louisiana Environmental Action Network spokesperson Paul Orr, Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Dave Cadorette (a rescue swimmer), Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Matthew O'Dell (a rescue swimmer) and former Coast Guard Captain Roger Laferriere. Each interviewee tells the story of what the Katrina disaster meant to them both in terms of the human cost and lessons learned for future disasters.
299:- Virgil's younger brother is smart and ambitious. As a head of the longevity project at Wolfinger Biomed, Dr. LaFleur successfully replicates the gene mutation that Simon Wolfinger has naturally - making a lab rat live well beyond its typical shelf life. However Trey's employer failed to mention the grisly side effect of the mutation - a discovery Trey makes when he sees the lab rat feeding on the blood of another rat.
293:- The head of a nebulous conglomerate that seems to have taken over most of New Orleans in the years following Hurricane Katrina, Simon Wolfinger seems responsible for every major decision in town, including who lives and who dies. A genetic mutation provided Wolfinger with the "gift" of enhanced longevity; the unpleasant side effect is that he must consume fresh human blood daily in order to survive.
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554:"Some of my favorite stories are set against the back drop of real life events because of the emotions associated with them. With the catastrophe of Katrina still fresh in the mind of the public; Bloodthirsty: One Nation Under Water accomplishes its goal to introduce a riveting story and the genesis of a hometown hero."
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331:- It is unclear what her medical specialty is, but Dr. Yoshimi first meets Virgil LaFleur on her emergency room shift, where she stitches him up after a fight with an unknown assailant. The two share chemistry and become allies in the fight for New Orleans.
325:- the symbol of "Who Dat", his favorite comic book hero - on the exterior walls of the city's buildings. Dante encounters Virgil, and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. Dante ends up saving Virgil's life more than once during the series.
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353:. His impotence as an elected official is predicated by his deference to his top campaign donor, Simon Wolfinger. The mayor subjugates himself to Wolfinger publicly, referring to the businessman as the city's "Uncle Simon".
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is a visceral revenge thriller that merges the real-world hopes and horrors of a post-disaster community with an engaging thread of political corruption, class divide and blood-curdling terror!"
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