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.

[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."

[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]

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.

Dazzler, you say?

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Dazzler, you say? GIP! You best recognize for old school Ali!

I tend to rant quite a bit too.

(Although perhaps one of the few things maintaining Chris Claremont's increasingly tenuous claim to being sane is the fact that he's showing Ali using her powers in all kinds of awesome new ways in Excalibur.)

I've got a HUGE pull list that brings out the love still. I may hate Marvel and DC both with the fire of ten snillion enraged and dyspeptic suns, but there's still quality to be had there. MAX Punisher (brilliant), Ex Machina, everything to do with the Annihilation supermegacrossover (aka the Crossover That Actually Kicked Ass Unlike CW), the recent Agents of Atlas mini, Green Lantern (which is finally starting to rock except for last issue), She-Hulk, Hellblazer, X-Factor, Planet Hulk, Brubaker's Captain America, Brubaker & Fraction's Immortal Iron Fist, etc.

[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.

[cicipsychobunny.livejournal.com]

*grins* Bree is my favourite.

[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.

[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!

[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.)

*recognizes and bows down*

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

I should follow Brubaker, but ....

I'm a TPB girl. I have more patience waiting all at once. Though I realize that means I miss out on some things (For example I'm having to hunt down Gotham Central issue by issue (as money shows up)).

Ex Machina I've liked. I've heard about She-Hulk, but in all honesty I don't get past the cheesecake covers. It's stupid, I know. But I just go 'bzuah?'. I should trust more.

I gave up on anything X-Men, uhmm 3 yrs ago was it? It half felt like people were talking because of the movies and they hadn't followed the various characters through crappo and back again. And then there was something about Gambit as Death?

Eh, anyway. Yeah, I fled to Manga.

I know!

But I did.

Even though I learnt how to read reading Batman and before my parents house burnt down I had Dazzler Old School like whoa. Any rpg I ever joined, I wanted to be her. Singing, dancing, sparkly lights and kick assness! How could a little girl not love that?

Hellblazer only won me over in the past 12 or so months. I borrowed a lot from the library. I've no idea where I'd start with buying them. Someone mentioned the female love interest in Hulk died recently. And omg, the Movie! It made me cry!

Tears of blood it made me cry!

But wow, yeah, your pull list does sound huge. I'm... really picky about giving Marvel or DC money when I feel like there's so much the could work on.

Still. BoP!

And now with Gail on WW, I'll be looking at that seriously.

[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.

[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]

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.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

*snerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk*

AHEHEHEHEHEEHEHEH. Win!

Re: *recognizes and bows down*

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Eh, anyway. Yeah, I fled to Manga.

I know!

But I did.

*cackle*

Oh, dear. I just...no matter how hard I try, no matter how much someone jumps up and down and says "BUT YOU'LL LOVE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST," I just crack open a volume of manga and my eyes glaze over.

Dazzler rocks. I love my mutants madly, but my supreme love in all of comics fandom, topping even my love for Green Arrow, Hal Jordan, Matt Murdock, Elektra, Black Bolt, Medusa, and Jean Grey is...HENRY P. MCCOY.

Back off, girls. He's MINE.

I think we clearly need to friend each other, stop with the public foreplay on a comm dedicated to lashing out at LKH, and just get to SERIOUS COMIC BIZNESS.

PS

[kali921.livejournal.com]

PS - I wanted to throw Jodi Picault off a high building for what she did to Wonder Woman in the few issues she...I can't really even bring myself to say "penned," so I'll say "corrupted with words."

Birds of Prey has gotten my interest again now that Oracle has Barda and Hawkgirl on board, and I can ALWAYS read about the Secret Six. Ragdoll for the win! I have a secret, perverted crush on Ragdoll.

WHAT.

HE'S SEXY, in a totally twisted-yet-genderqueer-yet-refined way.

Re: *recognizes and bows down*

[ctrl-issue.livejournal.com]

Dude!

BEAST IS LOVE LIKE WOAH!

I <3 my Hank/Bobby OTP, even though I stopped reading X-men YEARS ago.

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

Chris? And when I friend, it'll be under my comic-blog :) Once I remember to log-in under that account.

Re: *recognizes and bows down*

[witchwillow.livejournal.com]

I'm Hank/Kurt. Yes, I know. But Blue! Blueloverforever!

Ahem.

Re: *recognizes and bows down*

[lyo.livejournal.com]

o_O Gambit as Death?

My brain. Ow.

Re: *recognizes and bows down*

[alex-lebeau.livejournal.com]

He looks like a Drow in leather bondage. Seriously. Could not make this shit up.

Not that it's the reason I have utter hatred for Rogue (that started waaaay back around the Legion Quest era), but it doesn't hurt.

[alex-lebeau.livejournal.com]

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