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

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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.

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!

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.

I'm an avid reader of anything Vampire! Joss Wheadon is my favorite writer in the genre. I'm also an adult male with a healthy sex life. So i enjoy "blue" films!
Hear you have a story line for a xxx movie that will win awards on both sides of the industry! If properly done, you'll need good porn actors, a hungry enough
director. and you should have a very oringinl blue movie! collector's type stuff!
Yeah i liked the art as well.

I have bought this chapter together with chapter one due to the offer. As I have mentioned before, the main attraction I see is the cover, plus recommendation from other readers.

This book I believe is published a year after the first. Certainly there are improvement in the artist skill. The line works are more refine than the first chapter and the artist did try to go in through more difficult angle.

Of course, the story still lacks a good story line and the main purpose is to illustrate sexual contents. The artist would also need to work more on his dialogue. Another aspect is that the picture blocks are flying everywhere. You will have to follow the arrow closely or you might be lost following through.

While I prase the artist for improvements, he still seems to lack details which lower the grade of this book. This is especially so on the back ground. The focus is on the characters and what they are doing (action). The artistic value of the book would certainly benefit more if the artist put more effort into capturing the best angle of illustration.

I was looking forward too the next chapter, unfortunately, it is not as good. The plot is worse than terrible and Kristina has lost that icy cool edge in her personality.

Frans Mensink, Kristina, Queen of Vampires, vol. 2 (Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 2007)

The second volume of Kristina throws few kinks, no pun intended, into the mix. Kristina rises again, having slept for thirteen months to recover from the injuries dealt her at the end of the last volume, and some of the oddness at the end of that book is explained: there's a gathering of vampires who live (relatively) nearby and have sensed Kristina from their lair. They send an emissary to sound her out, and other things. Meanwhile, our randy cops have gotten even more randy, and just when they thought they could lay the spectre of their most notorious case to rest, Kristina pops back up and starts hassling them again. All in good fun, as with the first volume, but the real treat here is on the back cover: Mensink tells us that Kristina is based on a real woman, and whaddya know, there's a photo! (And yes, the folks who draw this comic did one helluva good job.) Still nothing that'll keep you up nights waiting for episode 3, but I'm not going to abandon it; Mensink continues to at least attempt to make something resembling literate porn, and I'm all for that. ***

These two volumes were well reviewed. And I agree. Assuming when you order them you are expecting to see graphic, detailed sexual acts between cartoon humans, then you are really going to be pleased.

Second of the series. Loved the story line cant wait for the next installment. Artwork well done alluring yet quite vampy.

This was better than expected the story line is good and the art is smokin hot! Look forward to more in the future.