Dampyr #32 (2002) page 5: The Donner Party redux

Time to start a new Dampyr adventure! This is the earliest one yet that I've shared, and I own about half of the 94 pages. It introduces a couple of significant recurring characters.

In 1847, some members of a snowbound wagon train, the "Donner party," resorted to cannibalism in the Sierra Nevada mountains to survive until relief arrived; 39 of the 87 pioneers perished, though not all were eaten.

This issue of Dampyr opens with a similar dilemma. A plane crashes in the wintry Swiss Alps, and as days pass, the passengers contemplate their options:

“It’s no use. We’re all going to die.”

“Have faith. We have to believe we’ll survive.”

The album title "Gli Insaziabili" could be transliterated "The Insatiable Ones," or more briefly translated "The Famished Ones" or "The Hungry Ones," depending on whether one wishes to be more pithy or more emphatic. After trying on various options, I decided to leave the title just as the evocative adjective "Insatiable."