I’ve been reading Anita Blake for more than a decade, but this is my first adventure into the realm of the graphic novels. I liked the idea of representing the world in art and sharing it with a whole new set of readers, but without any actual intention of reading them myself. I don’t gravitate toward graphic novels, but I’m working on that. What finally pushed me toward The First Death is that I can’t read it anywhere else; this is the only origin story that’s been published and, well, you had

If you're going to invest in the comic books, which exceed this book in retail cost, don't bother getting this unless you simply want it for the companion info this book comes with, which I think is well done and helps a person pick up on everything if they're not already a fan of the series and author. Not thinking anything of it initially, and in the long haul spending less between the comic book purchases on Ebay as well as this book which I also got on Ebay for $6, I'm sort of glad to have a...

The first Death is an interesting enough story, put on paper. It’s supposed to be the prequel before the book series starts. Anita describes bits and pieces of what happened to her in Guilty pleasures and the following books, to explain how her arm got so mangled and how she came to posses all her scars. So far I still prefer the novels, but I'm willing to give the Graphic novels another try. I think Laurell K. Hamilton just does such a good job explaining what's going on in her stories and allo...

I enjoyed the first few book's, then it became poor poor Anita has to fuck every Tom Dick and Harry. The men become food to satisfy her, she gets into crying fits and temper tantrums if they have any objection to this treatment. This writer spends a great deal of time describing how Anita loves some of the guy's hair or eyes, how Anita takes no shit from the men, but at the same time, she lets them control her because they are just so pretty. I do NOT enjoy writers turning women into anything bu...

--This Graphic novel predates the first Anita Blake book 'Guilty Pleasures'. There is a great mystery about who is killing Vampires in St Louis 2 years after they have been granted citizenship. Master of the city Vampire Nikolaos hires (coerces) Anita to find out who is the killer. An amoral ally (Ted) Edward joins her & she finds that the killer is an undead, but not a vampire that is kept looking human with a gris-gris that needs to be fed with vampire blood. Freak parties, lawyer friends, RPI...

Very cool story about young Anita. It was cool getting to see her early interactions with Edward and the police, and how inexperienced she was early on. It was also interesting to see what she thought Zerbrowski and Jean Claude, look like. Zerbrowski wasn't what I expected. Also, seeing the story of how she got her cross shaped scar was also interesting.

Loved the art. Story a bit ah, abbreviated. I suppose to make room for the huge appendix including summaries over and over of the first Anita Blake novel.Huh?

I forgot how much of a badass Anita and Edward are together. *swoon*

Anyone who loves anita blake needs to get this, it is an awesome and amazing graphic novel that tells some of her past and a look at her vampire executioner education.

This takes place before Guilty Pleasures. I was expecting some extra insight or details on Anita or any of the other characters but it is REALLY short. In a nut shell this short story is about the case where Anita first meets Valentine. I was disappointed. To top it off, nearly half of the book is filled with character bios and details for all the people that appear in Guilty Pleasures. I’m not sure it’s really worth the effort.

I'm not a graphic novel/comic book fan. This is my second one. It was cool to see Anita and Jean-Claude's first meeting but otherwise it wasn't anything special. I'm counting it for my BookRiot challenge because I feel Anita Blake has superpowers!

A graphic novel by Laurell K. Hamilton and Johnathan Green, this book took the reader into Anita’s past before her relationships with Jean Claude and the rest. I have been to the point where I wanted this series to die like 10 books ago. There is just no more to write about Anita and her 100 boyfriends. The mother of all darkness is dead and there are no more really scary villains, so Anita is back to dealing with her boyfriends, the ardeur, and her two jobs. Just wrap it up already Laurell! May...

4.5 stars ~ If you ever wanted to know about the first time Anita worked on a serial case with RPIT & how she starts teaming up with Edward READ THIS!

Love being back in early Anita territory. This story takes place before Guilty Pleasures and I enjoyed it. It gives you a look into Anita's world before she because the emotionless killer we all know and love. I can't wait to dive into the Guilty Pleasures graphic novel!

This was my first time reading a graphic novel, it was a good story and I do love having a visual but it just wasn't the same.

Review from 2016I didn't enjoy this as much as the other graphic novel because it was a bit discorded and all over the place. I think that it was interesting to see the story before Guilty pleasures but It also wasn't too necessary. I'd only read this if your a big Anita Blake fan like I am :)

Fans of the novels (which are better) won't find much of anything new in this prequel to the Anita Blake series. Anita comes across as pretty green compared to book one but I suppose this is supposed to be her before she became really tough so she seems weaker on the page when it comes to willpower. Additionally, she gets rescued a great deal more rather than getting out of the problem through her own abilities. While Hamilton is listed as one of the authors I strongly suspect she made a cursory...

This was my first Anita Blake story. I really liked it and thought the story was entertaining. The artwork was good; my favorite aspects of the artwork were Anita (shes so pretty!) and the gore/violence (I liked how they handled her cutting off a head, for example.) Anyway, I'm in love with her character now and I'm definitely going to check out the other books.

The never before told story of how Anita got her scars and cross shaped brand, as well as how she first met Jean-Claude while researching a vampire murderer who's targeting adolescent boys.Interesting for old fans as well as those who are interested in an introduction to Anita Blake's world of zombie raising and vampire slaying.As a fan of the French vampire, it was interesting to see that he instantly took a liking to Anita.Good story, and the handbook at the back is a helpful way of keeping tr...

My first one-star rating of the year, sigh. Though I was very tempted to give Flirt the same treatment, it got off with 2 stars.The is the first graphic novel I've ever read and boy was it bad. This is supposed to be a prequel to Guilty Pleasures. It includes Anita and JC's first meeting which DOES NOT match the story given in the series. JC says that he fell in love with Anita at first sound, saw her gun and knew she could defend herself and wouldn't wait around to be rescued - only the meeting...