Proving yet again, I will buy anything with a porn star's endorsement

I will skip the obvious joke here that Jenna Jameson's new comic book is published by Virgin Comics. See? I feel better about myself already. Co-written with Witchblade's Christina Z, Shadow Hunter has nothing to offer other than some cool variant covers (J. Michael Linsner for one), and well, better than average pencil work inside.

Abandoned daugher of a demon discovers the truth about her father and battles good and evil, but the distinction between the two isn't always clear...yawn.

If you got your start in the "arts" making adult entertainment, AND you are parlaying that name recognition into merchandising (Gene Simmons, anyone?) then a PG13 rehashing of the whole good/evil paradigm is bound to be a let down. Now Virgin Comics isn't just capitalizing on Jenna Jameson's brand name. They have John Woo, Dave Stewart (yes, the Eurythmics guy, I had to look it up too, so don't worry) and Guy Ritchie shilling for them as well.

And yes, I bought Shadow Hunter because the now porn-retired Jameson still makes my heart go pitty-patty-boom-boom whenever I see her clothed or not clothed. Anyone who has seen her E! Television special knows that she is not just a pretty face and injected mammaries. Jameson is as big a marketing genius, if not bigger than the heretofore mentioned Mr. Simmons of KISS fame.

Jameson's name and Christina Z's talent would have been better displayed by Avatar Press with their no-holds-barred approach to the comics industry.



Where Shadow Hunter may have failed, Zombie Strippers promises to succeed. This tongue-in-cheek throwback to Drive-In horrorfests has the potential to carve out Jameson's spot in B-movie heaven.

Ah...the nostalgia...the good old days of borrowing the Klown Mobile, a trunk full of fellow revellers, a stolen first kiss during the original Friday 13th...

...seeing a Jameson movie for the first time...

It's enough to make a Klown shed real Klown tears, isn't it?