Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures # 1 - Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures
is an issue published by Marvel that was released on 10 / 18 / 2006Plot Summary
Sold out; 3rd printing 2/21/07.
In a world where Vampires, Zombies and Werewolves have been declared legal citizens of the United States, Anita Blake is an “animator” - a profession that involves raising the dead for mourning relatives. But Anita is also known as a fearsome hunter of criminal vampires, and she’s often employed to investigate cases that are far too much for conventional police.
But as Anita gains the attention of the vampire masters of her hometown of St. Louis, she also risks revealing an intriguing secret about herself - the source of her unusual strength and power. Anita is apprehensive about being approached by a vampire to investigate a series of gruesome murders - after all, she’d rather have nothing to do with anything baring fangs. But a bachelorette party at the “Guilty Pleasures” nightclub brings her into contact with a whole group of vampires - including one who won’t take “no” for an answer. But with her weapons and holy items checked at the door, can Anita withstand his power?
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Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures
at first i was a bit aprehensive about the comic, the books are amazing and i didn't see how the comics would be able to live up to them.
putting that thought aside i stepped in...
first impressions of the artwork... ok, i try and play it cool but my jaw hit the floor... the artwork isn't subtle by any standard, but it's absolutely perfect for the story they are telling.
the script was taken pretty much word for word out of the first book (Currently they are on book 14 with more to come), it was just as funny/sad/scary as the book.
the characters are drawn pretty much as i imagined them, right down to Anita's penguin collection ;)
all in all this series kept me entertained for ages, if they keep making it (Please, please please...) i will defninitely keep reading it, at least up untill they do Obsidian Butterfly... after that it will kinda turn into Hentai lol
seriously though, if you haven't read the comic, even if you haven't read the books, pick up an issue, read it. i can pretty much promise you'll love it.
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Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures
The story itself was quite interesting, I admit I don't have much of a taste for male vampire strippers but still the story interested me, I loved how throughout the comic you always get to see what Anita Blake is thinking as it is her thoughts that keep the story interesting, take them out of the story and you just got a bunch of pictures and you have no idea what's going on.
And though I don't often give credit tot he greatness of the art, I have to say this comic's artwork has surpassed that of the vast majority of comics I have read in my time and was so good that I did in fact enjoy just admiring all the characters, their beauty, it was truly well done. I would recommend the comic to just about anyone, though I'm sure its even better if read as supplementary to the books, so yeah, I think its a great comic and that most people should find it enjoyable.
