Kristina: Queen of Vampires - Chapter II (v. 2) [Paperback]

Frans Mensink (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2007 | Series: Kristina Queen of Vampires (Book 2)

Resurrected from her last story, Kristina seeks to get back into the minds of her former slaves for complete sexual control! But a local band of vampires sense her presence, find her, and inform her of her all-powerful past as a lustful Queen of vampires. She’s not sure she wants that throne back. After all, all she wants is some good warm blood and a lot of very hot sex!

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About the Author

I’m a Dutch professional illustrator with a passion for the female form and for comic stories (or graphic novels).

I combined the two in Kristina, Queen of Vampires.

How that really started was unusual, to say the least.

I met an actual Kristina (from the United States) online. She had found a painting in my online galleries that looked just like her and she sent me a photo to prove it. I made that particular painting, a sexy vampire, from my imagination but the resemblance with Kristina was indeed striking.

That’s why I decided to invite her to pose live for me and, even though I didn’t expect it, she actually took me up on that offer.

I was quite surprised when she really showed up on the agreed date and I found it creatively stimulating enough to make her the main character in this new comic series. It took me a couple of years to create the first Chapter.

I didn’t really do an entire Book before and it took some time to get it right.

Before that I just made gag-comics for a Heavy Metal Magazine in the Netherlands and the UK and for an American Football magazine in Germany. Making a full fledged book turned out to be a very different discipline. But eventually, after having started all over again after the first 15 pages which didn’t appeal to me enough,

I found the right tone and mood. Soon Chapter 3 will hit the market, so the mood is still alive and kicking :)

I hope you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I did writing and painting it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: NBM Publishing (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561635170
• ISBN-13: 978-1561635177
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #420,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a Dutch professional illustrator with a passion for the female form and for comic stories (or graphic novels).
I combined the two in Kristina, Queen of Vampires.

How that really started was unusual, to say the least.
I met an actual Kristina (from the United States) online. She had found a painting in my online galleries that looked just like her and she sent me a photo to prove it. I made that particular painting, a sexy vampire, from my imagination but the resemblance with Kristina was indeed striking.
That's why I decided to invite her to pose live for me and, even though I didn't expect it, she actually took me up on that offer.
I was quite surprised when she really showed up on the agreed date and I found it creatively stimulating enough to make her the main character in this new comic series. It took me a couple of years to create the first Chapter.
I didn't really do an entire Book before and it took some time to get it right.
Before that I just made gag-comics for a Heavy Metal Magazine in the Netherlands and the UK and for an American Football magazine in Germany. Making a full fledged book turned out to be a very different discipline. But eventually, after having started all over again after the first 15 pages which didn't appeal to me enough,
I found the right tone and mood. Soon Chapter 3 will hit the market, so the mood is still alive and kicking :)
I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I did writing and painting it.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chapter 1 was better..., April 9, 2008

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This review is from: Kristina: Queen of Vampires - Chapter II (v. 2) (Paperback)

The art was once again excellent. Mensink uses vibrant colors, the proportions were spot on and the people didn't look cartoonish. The sex was hot and explicitly rendered, as in the first installment. However, this "novel" is shorter and the story was a disappointing follow-up to chapter one.

Chapter one ended with another vampire Lord becoming aware of Kristina's presence and wanting her as their queen because she's so strong. She does visit them, and naturally an orgy ensues. But yet, she was quickly foiled again by the female DA and ended up wounded exactly as in chapter one! If she's so powerful why shouldn't she come out ahead this time? And how has the coven survived so long when they're supposedly so much weaker than her?

Sure, I realize this is "just" an adult comic, but that doesn't mean the story can't be as good as in part 1. Another thing I didn't care for was the increased amount of F/F action than in the first book. I will definitely buy chapter 3 when it's finally released, but I hope it follows through on the promise of chapter 1.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kristina, Queen of Vampires, Chapter. 2..., November 14, 2007

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D. S. HARDEN "a movie fan" (L.A.,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kristina: Queen of Vampires - Chapter II (v. 2) (Paperback)

I've waited patiently for 14 months, and I received my copy of Chapter 2 on 11/08/2007. The art, as expected, is outstanding. But to be honest, the storyline left me wanting (well, see for yourself), it just lacked the punch of Chapter 1! Still, I do recommended it to everyone to get yourself a copy and check it out! Myself, I am looking forward to Chapter 3!

It is my hope that Kristina and Mensink will once again, raise the bar in the next Chapter.

My rating: 5 Stars (art) 3 Stars (story) Final rating: 4 stars!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Even more fun than the first one, though the translation is still iffy, May 31, 2008

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C. W. Lester "RavenB" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kristina: Queen of Vampires - Chapter II (v. 2) (Paperback)

Like the first volume of Kristina, Queen of Vampires, this is an erotic graphic novel from Dutch author Frank Mensink. The translations have the same problem in Volume 2 as in Volume 1: namely, an amateurish feel, lack of attention to tone, and some occasionally bizarre word choices. Like I said in my review of that volume, this is nothing you haven't experienced if you've ever read HEAVY METAL. If you can forgive that weakness, then read on.

Volume 2 picks up more than a year after Volume 1; Kristina, a medieval vampire who was accidentally resuscitated in the modern age, is just waking up from a long period of regeneration after her ill-fated encounter with police investigators Mark and Iris. (That's what you get for coming between a woman and her man, honey.) She quickly goes back to her kinder, gentler feeding routine -- she only goes after criminals, particularly murderers and rapists, figuring that nobody will care if they're gone. She also rekindles her charmingly affectionate affair with John and Veronica, the two humans whom she took as thralls in Volume 1. Things take a bit of a different turn, however, when she is approached by the leader of a large nest of vampires who want her to be their queen. It seems that they don't make vamps like they used to, and Kristina has the mystic mojo necessary to be the most powerful vamp around.

Again, this series is unusual because it's hard to find any real villains, other than the human scum who comprise Kristina's nightly entrées. Even the modern vampires treat their thralls kindly, though that seems to be more for their own comfort than out of genuine compassion for the thralls ("I hate it when they scream all the time," says the vamp leader). It would be easy to root for happy endings for all involved, if Kristina weren't still obsessed with snagging Mike as her immortal beloved.

Much like Volume 1, Volume 2 is obviously set up for a sequel. That's fine by me; these are fun, sexy stories with good art and much more interesting characters than most erotic comics. Hopefully it won't take another two years for Mensik to come out with Volume 3.