Solomon E Sinks his Teeth into Botcomic’s “Boobpire”

Good morning peasants!

This is a glorious time of year. Once more the calendar turns to that most splendid of all months, October. Once more the accursed do-gooder SolomonG must yield to me, Solomon E, the most devious of all size reviewers! So pause your beloved VHS copies of “Condorman” and gaze deeply into my villainous eyes while I describe today’s subject.

“Boobpire” began as a one-shot first released in late December 2010 for Botcomic’s Breast Expansion Story Club (BESC).

Of note, the term Boobpire, meaning a breast-expanding (B.E.) female vampire, was already in circulation. For example, a mock Magic: The Gathering card appeared on the Breast Expansion Archive Forum in mid-January 2003 with actress Natalie Portman (perhaps most famous for Star Wars’ Padmé Amidala) as a Boobpire.

Boobpire started with Bob Saget as the author and Jebriodo (a.k.a. Jedediah Dougherty) as the artist. I like Jebriodo’s style. According to a December 3, 2010 DeviantArt post, he drew with a pencil and then colored it with Photoshop. To the best of my knowledge, this was the only story Jebriodo ever illustrated for Botcomics. However, per his DeviantArt profile, he has drawn for Dark Horse, DC, IDW, Titan Books, and other mainstream publishers.

Several spin-offs followed the first Boobpire. A prequel, “Pecho del Demonio” (Demon’s Chest), was released with DeLonge as the author and Hartwell White as the illustrator. That one-shot’s desert bar populated with vampires appears to have been inspired by Robert Rodriguez’s 1996 film “From Dusk till Dawn.”

The B.E. bloodsucker fought a B.E. superhero in “Super BEro vs Boobpire” by author Bob Saget and artist J. J. McQuade. “Boobpire: Resurrection” was also composed by Bob Saget and drawn by J. J. McQuade.

Lastly, the most recent run called “Boobpire: Origins” concluded in late June 2023. The first issue of that reboot was written by Bob Saget and drawn by Curt Vyle. However, xCuervos took over writing responsibilities for issues two and three, the finale. The information on who wrote what was based on a post at DeviantArt published in early March 2023, seen below:

Although, many readers may be unaware of xCuervos’ contribution as the covers to issues #2 and #3 erroneously list Bob Saget as the sole author. Both Bob Saget and xCuervos are listed as authors under the “Details” tab, but not on the covers.

Previously, it was possible to search for artists and writers by name, but now the only option is to search by title. A search on October 3rd for “xCuervos” returned nothing.

Although if a reader, like moi, was familiar with the previous site layout they could manually type the URL for xCuervos’ page https://www.botcomics.com/writer/xcuervos/ which lists Boobpire: Origins even though xCuervos’ name is not on the cover.

Perhaps the omission of xCuervos was just an oversight and the cover for Boobpire: Origins was simply not updated, an error due to laziness as opposed to a deliberate effort to withhold proper credit. However, at least one other cover, this time from “PMD,” was altered to erase an author’s name. Specifically, Lorekeep’s name was removed and replaced with Bob Saget. Seen below is the newer, altered version:

However, the original PMD cover listed Lorekeep as author:

In contrast, the cover for “Hero of Size” lists Lorekeep and Bob Saget as the authors. Lorekeep wrote the initial issues of Hero of Size and PMD; therefore, he should be credited. Bob Saget wrote later issues of both, but that doesn’t change the fact that Lorekeep created them to begin with. Additionally, a May 18, 2012 screenshot maintained at the Wayback Machine showed that Small Frye also wrote part of PMD. Yet, today there is no mention either on the cover or under the Details tab that Small Frye contributed to PMD. Why not?

Bottom line, based on the above evidence, there is a significant possibility that some contributors were deliberately omitted. Hopefully, this problem will be resolved and all artists and authors will be given proper credit.

Now that the sordid production details have been outlined, what is Boobpire even about? The action began on a dark night when a vampire bat bit a brunette, called April, on the neck. (SIDE NOTE: The flying rodent flew away never to be seen again, ever.) This bite transformed her into a ultra-voluptuous undead femme fatale hungry for blood, preferably from attractive women. April’s first prey was a blonde named Olivia.

Future series repeat the B.E. vampire shtick with numerous unnamed victims, mainly women but a few men as well. April and Olivia were fleshed out a bit more in Boobpire: Resurrection and were given an opponent, a boobpire slayer (a la Buffy the Vampire Slayer), called Pam Hesing. Presumably, she was meant to be a descendant of Dracula’s adversary Professor Van Helsing, but did they purposely misspell the family name or was that a typographical error?

The vampiric duo fed on many people, but they were drained more completely and thus became sex-crazed mindless zombies while April and Olivia kept their wits.

Regarding areas to improve, coloring decisions in Boobpire: Resurrection were often bewildering and inconsistent. For instance, is it just my villainous eyes or does the cum on this woman’s face look rather yellow? J. J. McQuade was the only artist listed so presumably did the coloring. Was McQuade trying to convey a “facial” or a “golden shower“?

In another instance, blood was purple on one page and then bright red on the very next page. The color even differed within the space of a single page as seen at the bottom right. Blood was red on Alice’s chin, but purple on the neck of a blonde victim.

On the topic of copious bloodletting, the horror theme might be off-putting to gentle readers as the boobpires and their zombies experienced widespread blistering, turned into skeletons, and finally crumbled into dust when they were dispatched. There was the potentially off-putting juxtaposition of an orgy being followed immediately by the agonizing death of people who had been turned into zombies because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Such is life, no?

Boobpire is recommended, but with the caveat that the quality varies considerably. The art was best in the original. Boobpire: Resurrection was the longest with a total of eight issues and had the most action and plot. Furthermore, its narrative continued directly from the initial run, but its art, as shown above, was lackluster. Overall, Boobpire and Boobpire: Origins were the best of the lot. Fans can read them all at Botcomics.

Next week’s review will cover something beautiful and tragic with a Gallic flair and featuring a gigantic female embodiment of Death. Until then, keep destroying bras!

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