A skillful dissection of AB:VH #6, courtesy of Chris's Invincible Super-Blog.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Those of you that dabble in comics fandom may already be aware of Chris's Invincible Super-Blog, which offers up tastily scathing reviews, commentary, and tons of the best kind of old skool crack.

Anyway. Chris has been hilariously dissecting each issue of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter comic series for the past few months, and it's the best kind of literary flogging.

He started out promisingly with his review of #3 (linked below):

"Yes, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #3 hit stands yesterday, and so tonight, I'm devoting the ISB to an exhaustive, scurrilous set of notes on what may actually be the most awesomely terrible comic being put out by a major publisher today.

Grab your own copy and read along!"

Anyway. Since #6 hit the stands last week, I give you The Annotated Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #6.

The best part? Is that the creative team on the comic got linked to his entries/reviews/flogging, and apparently wrote him about his reviews. To which Chris responded:

"So! Now that I've built up a small amount of goodwill from the people who make this thing, I think it's time to completely blow it with another round of comprehensive notes on the subtle nuances and were-rat Daisy Dukes of everyone's fourth-favorite vampire hunter, now featuring even more guys in mesh tank tops than anyone could have possibly predicted."

There's bonus snark in every review about Anita's poor taste in armaments, as Chris makes her go toe-to-toe with the Punisher Armoury.

Here are all the reviews, in descending order, from #6 to #1. Seriously, I sprained a rib (and an ovary) laughing.

Enjoy!

Comments

[cicipsychobunny.livejournal.com]

Those recaps have been SO GOOD. I haven't even had to buy the filthy things.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Oh, I won't buy them at all, but the owner of my LCS knows how much I hate them, so he hands me copies and demands that I read them in store, just to see the look on my face.

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

Chris is gold on those.

*knows from being in the comics blogsphere*

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Greetings, fellow traveler. I've been known to blog about graphical literature myself. And by "known" I mean "blog ad nauseum."

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

My comic blod is willow_dot_com. I'm a bit ranty. Ok, I'm a lot ranty. But that's only because pre-Joss Runaways and Astro City were just about the only things that brought out the love.

*brings out the funk, brings out the noise*


Also, I heart your Icon with the love of a thousand Dazzlers :)

[cicipsychobunny.livejournal.com]

And now a commenter has pointed it out, I've realised how INCREDIBLY badly Madge's garter belt is drawn.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Yes, the ART, oh GOD, the art. I was hoping (pathetically) for at least some decent fanservice in this series, with the boys being actually, y'know, PRETTY. But no such luck. The art is so ill-suited to the subject matter.

Also, ICON LOVE.

[frabjously.livejournal.com]

You were distracted by her cancerous thighs.

[sevariusjr.livejournal.com]

Anyone here a big comics fan? I am. I'm a hardcore comic book fan. I asked if anyone else in this community is or not, because if you were the words "mightygodking" might mean something.

Marvel recently took Marvel's "Civil War" comic book miniseries, erased the actual text, and replaced it with his own. Someone desperately needs to do the same with scans of these Anita comics. Mightygodking is a genius at this stuff but I doubt he's ever read the Blake series so I doubt he could supply a lot of the in-jokes we're all privy to.

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah--if Mightygodking could give AB:VH the Civil War treatment, I'd die laughing.

(If anyone wants to see Teh Funny, I saved all of the Civil War mockery posts in memories on my LJ. I highly recommend them, they're hysterical.)

[kali921.livejournal.com]

I'm a big comic fan. I'm a regular poster on scans_daily, comics are a fairly regular part of my LJ experience, and I've been reading them since I was seven.

I've seen mightygodking's stuff on CW and wasn't impressed. However, I know JUST the person to do that sort of treatment with the Anita Blake books. I will ask him to take a crack at it.

[alex-lebeau.livejournal.com]

Chris had the "Civil War in ten seconds" entry. Fantastic. Saved me much money.

[sadisticsidhe.livejournal.com]

I know everyone has commented on Anita having bing thighs in the story but Sons of the Pharaohs, did you SEE Madge's thighs? They are bigger then her waist!

[kethryvis.livejournal.com]

Those things are freaking HUGE!! I mean, I have big thighs, but at least they're semi-proportional to my body and not like, freakishly abnormal and misshapen. Gracious. Those things are scary. I may have nightmares.

[slayra.livejournal.com]

It's horrible indeed. I was like, what's she? Not human, surely?? O___O

[4ti3k4t35.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Seriously awesome.

Jean-Claude's dialogue really does sound better if you do it in a James-from-Team-Rocket voice.

Although, that might just be because it makes me laugh so hard I'm crying.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

*snerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk*

AHEHEHEHEHEEHEHEH. Win!

[dwg.livejournal.com]

AHHH HA HA HA HA HA!!!

*pets internets, is pirate* MUAAAAAH HAA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

No, LKH, you're not getting my money on this one. Download time, sure, but not my monies.

Silly question

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

I think I like this Chris person. I think I like him quite well.

So... if Anita is fandom's "fourth favorite vampire hunter," who are One through Three? ^__^

[ainjul.livejournal.com]

Anitas staring to look like Jean Claude... >.>

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

Starting? ~__^

icon love...and fear, all in one

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

ACK!!! OMG, a Pyramid Head!!!

(I'm slow, but I get there in the end...)

[ravenhaley.livejournal.com]

What is with the thunder thights?