As much as I wanted to, I really couldn't get into the Anita Blake series. I enjoyed the overall idea of the series and love Anita's character but I had trouble reading it in graphic novel form, most likely because I've never read anything as a graphic novel before.
Anita is one kick ass vampire slayer. I really like how tough and witty she is, she's a very strong female influence throughout the two volumes. On the flip side I like that she does show weaknesses (especially through her girly love of penguins) because it automatically made her more relatable. I also liked that even though she is strong and full of "sex appeal" on the outside, she is really very modest with herself, something that makes her a great role model.
I had quite a few problems with the graphic novel form however. For starters it was really hard to follow what was going on most of the time. I think a lot of the time important parts were left out from the novel and that made some of the plot really confusing. Also just the way it was set up made it sometimes hard to figure out which box I was supposed to read next. Another problem with the graphic novel form was that a lot of the time the images really differed from what the text was saying. The facial expressions on the characters didn't always match what they were supposed to be feeling-a lot of the time Anita looked scared or worried when she was supposed to be in control and kicking ass. Also, the images made Anita look like a sex pot, with her big boobs red lipstick and tight clothes. That image doesn't reflect the modest woman that Anita is supposed to be.
Overall, I like Anita Blake, just not graphic novels. I liked that I had a chance to read a graphic novel because I never have, but I found theyre not for me. Im sure I would love the series much more in an actual novel form.
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I also find out that the plot and character are confused sometimes. The comic is too short compare to the novel, so it can not cover evertthing inside the novel. On the other hand, there is too much narrative boxes to build up characters and the pictures shows conflict with these boxes. I find it is hard to follow either narrative boxes or pictures.
Anita Blake is pretty different than other comics, so I hope you don't think all comics are awful now! You should try some others and see what you think. Also, there is a convention for reading comics that I knew about, and I think if someone didn't know all the rules of it, it must have been pretty confusing.
I completely agree Anita is one kick ass vampire slayer. I had problems reading the comic as well
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