Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

[brokenmnemonic]

I have a huge soft spot for the character Elvira. I had no idea who she was until (I think) a screening or vid party at university, where the movie Elvira; Mistress of the Dark aired, and it was just such glorious B-movie fun that I had no means to resist. I discovered some years later that Elvira came to fame in the US for her show about horror movies, replete with sarcastic commentary, through which she built up her own brand. The studio did everything they could to pay her as little as possible, but she negotiated to get the rights to all of the merchandising based on her or the show, and went on to make a mint from it. What's not to respect about that?

When Dynamite announced that they'd be doing a couple of short comic book series featuring Elvira, I decided these were something worth reading, particularly as my local library network gets digital copies of most of the Dynamite titles, and supporting your local library is a good thing, yes? The comics aren't amazing, but they are fun, and there are times where it feels like they've got Elvira's voice right. The latest issue had a few panels that made me crack up, so I thought I'd share them...

(Note for context: these are from the 7th issue of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, where magic shenanigans have ended up dumping Elvira in hell, which she's decided to resolve by journeying through the nine levels to point out to Lucifer that she shouldn't be there. At this point in the comics, she's being guided by an odd person named Glen, because... why not? ... and she's just met the minotaur that runs the level where the wrathful are punished.)

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

The studio did everything they could to pay her as little as possible, but she negotiated to get the rights to all of the merchandising based on her or the show, and went on to make a mint from it. What's not to respect about that?

Indeed. Shocker about her being underpaid.

[brokenmnemonic]

I gather the studio was pretty blatant about keeping her pay as low as possible, even as show was proving to be a big hit year-on-year. I very much enjoy knowing she's had the last laugh on all of them!