Marvel Sneak Peek: Anita Blake-Vampire Hunter: The First Death #1
--by Stephen Schleicher
New York Times Best-Selling novelist Laurell K. Hamilton and Jonathon Green are back to bring you a new two-part tale of Anita Blake. The issue two part issue take place one year before Anita Blake: Guilty Pleasures, and readers will learn how Anita met some of the key character.
Marvel Comics and The Dabel Brothers have sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek at this issue.
I have a question: Matthew doesn’t care for the series, I haven’t read it, but it has sold well, so do any Spoilerites like the Anita Blake series?
LAURELL K. HAMILTON’S ANITA BLAKE - VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH #1 (of 2)
Written by LAURELL K. HAMILTON & JONATHON GREEN
Penciled by Wellinton Alves
Cover by BRETT BOOTH
Parental Advisory …$3.99
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June 9th, 2007 at 9:39 am
I do! But I have read the ABVH books, so I’m probably biased.
June 9th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Amy: As far as I know, you’re the only girl reading our site :D Please, please, please, give us your thoughts on this series and if it works or doesn’t work compared to the prose stuff.
Cheers
Stephen Schleicher
http://www.majorspoilers.com
June 14th, 2007 at 10:22 am
I think the comic is wonderful! It’s so good, I *almost* think it came first and Hamilton wrote a novelization based on it. :p
Stacey Ritchie has stuck closely to the prose and its amazing how well the book translates into comic form. Jess Ruffner takes over in Issue 6 and takes more liberties, which I feel makes the comic lose some of Hamilton’s “tone”. But I’ll have to read more before I can truly judge.
Brett Booth’s art took some getting used to, but he’s amazing with facial expressions. I love the colouring work by Imaginary Friends too.
As for First Death, it looks really promising. The interaction between Anita and the RPIT team is true to the novels - can’t wait for more. Based on these 5 pages alone, I think J Green does a much better job then J Ruffner.