Review by Jem for Kristina Queen of Vampires Chapter 2 (Kristina, Queen of Vampires) (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.

Review by C. W. Lester for Kristina Queen of Vampires Chapter 2 (Kristina, Queen of Vampires) (v. 2)
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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.

Review by Denzuko1 for Kristina Queen of Vampires Chapter 2 (Kristina, Queen of Vampires) (v. 2)
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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.