BREAKING NEWS! SNATCHER 2 by FERNANDO/GEOFF MERRICK is here!

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5 STAR *****
23
79%
4 STAR ****
2
7%
3 STAR ***
3
10%
2 STAR **
1
3%
1 STAR *
0
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Total votes: 29

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Rud3b0y
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I agree too. I campaigned for Merrick to do a follow up to SNATCHER for nearly over a year until he found inspiration and returned to an old idea. The whole concept of SNATCHER is a much more carnal, straight to the point version of his Tyler novels, where there is very little chivalry and more brutal efficiency on the part of the slaver. I loved Lesbi's version back in the day and there is still something genuinely hauntingly erotic about her art and Merrick's idea's. I loved Cospreys, personally and is still far superior to some of Fernando's latest and some more newer comic on Dofantasy. That said it does have some criticisms.
I on the other hand liked the variety of the girls, just thought the nurse could have been utilised more as she was comatose for most of the comic. I agree that build up would be ideal, but I personally find that only has an effect on me in the initial read but on several re-reads I skip to the action. That said the reason why Total control and some of the cheerleaders are potent as the characters are more fleshed out. But with the cheerleaders that was to the benefit of several comics following the girls, but yes perhaps a few extra pages at the start and less at the end. I personally got a kick out of seeing where the girls ended up, but that could have been less of a focus and more on building ap least the first two girls character. The middle-east thing is intriguing in bondage stories but when they actually get to the middle east I personally lose interest, as the chance for escape is low and there is no need to conceal the damsel.
Excellent point about perhaps seeing the girls left alone and perhaps freaking out. Escape attempts were lacking in this comic. That said maybe we are spoilt with the likes of Merrick and Fernando, and should just be thankful that they collaborated together. It is porn at the end of the day, but all feedback is good I suppose. Let's hope the next one is another collaboration with Merrick.....to perfect the formula so to speak.
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Geez only a top 3, that is tough. There are so many great panels in this comic that work by themselves. Over the last three years I have gotten an alarming amount of commissions done through various artists of some of my own short stories. Most pay homage to many of the great panels of Dofantasy comics, I feel I have developed an eye for a striking panel. That said my top three would have to be, in no particular order:

1)Page 14 panel 2. TBH any of these panels could be from page 13 and 14, as there is a strong focus on kidnapping the damsel in the safety of their own room. The brutal efficiency and the look of dread on the damsel. But this panel wins out as it is absolutely carnal. The positioning of his weight on her. The freedom of able to completely utilise her body without having to show too much of the bondage. It's clear that this guys loves his job ;-)

2) Page 29 panel 2. Even though I bemoaned that there is a lack of focussing on the damsels left alone in their bondage, page 29 hints at the two girls trying to escape. Last we saw of them they were bound together with double ended penis gags, inserted into each other. They must have been struggling for hours and made it to the door. This panel makes me laugh as they have resorted to tapping on the door with the same instruments that are keeping them silent. In this panel it shows the complete helplessness and pathetic struggle of the girls. Plus gotta love the rigging of the bondage.

3) Page 35 panel 4. Again, could be any of the panels on this page but this one combines so many great things. Both restrained girls in the back of the van, and the blonde being used in the front. The thing I love about Merrick's novels and the Cheerleaders series is how the girls are concealed in broad daylight. I'm a sucker for damsels being transported in bondage. Plus I love the attention of detail from Fernando, of the wood reinforcing and sound proofing of the van....nice touch.

Honourable mentions: Again too many to mention (Page 20 panel 6), great large panel showing the first two girls taken in the hotel room.

(Page 38 panel 3 and Page 39 panel 6). These two panels nearly. Always loved Merrick's descriptions of victims transported when captured, and these two panels are so detailed and encompassed everything Merrick describes in detail, keeping them silenced, stuffed, and stimulated(Having read the original script).

(Page 36 panel 3), this one annoys me a bit. Personal taste. This could have been the best panel of them all, but missed out...why? They are not gagged. It is great and so brutal that they are taken in their second more sensitive passage. That in theory would be great to see, but the lack of the girls not being silenced pours water on it for me. Still great art but in the words of the late great Bishop; "If there's no gag....it's not bondage". But hey each to their own.
Hmmmmm.....perhaps I put a little too much thought into this.

Maybe this is a question for everyone out there; What's your favourite panel from a Fernando comic?
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Sorry for the late reply Hans'. I thought after my last post I was way over analysing Fernando's art but seems like according to recent posts others love his work and want a return to his height of his powers. I feel he is almost there, but I agree that some of the finer details are not there. I figure with the sparse release of his stuff he clearly has time constraints. But with Tourist Trap my god was the art back to his best with that eye for detail, that said Tourist Trap in terms of story, and bondage just did not chime with me, but I appreciated the art. Shame as the Japan setting has so much promise, the home of Hentai. That said the new previews of TT2 already tell me this one is more likely going to chime with me better, but hey that is just my taste.
I was a bit sad it was not SNATCHER 3, but at least we have a release from Fernando, and this may mean that SNATCHER is next. I was extremely lucky to be privy to mutterings of the plans for SNATCHER 2, as I spent the best part of 2 years pestering Merrick to pick it up again. Together with others giving him feedback it worked and he came up with a brilliant sequel.
Can't wait to see the latest.....then hopefully a return to Cheerleaders or SNATCHER.
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