[Andrew999]

A colony of Draculas around at the moment. Apart from American Mythology's Eternal Thirst of Dracula, there's one from Image, Conan writer Cullen Bunn's Brothers Dracul and now Legendary Comics' have announced their own Bram Stoker's Dracula:

https://www.slashfilm.com/dracula-comic/

This one looks a bit special in the graphics department. It's good to see Bela back

[The Australian Panther]

Well, I have wanted for a long time to see a clearly told comic version of the original book of Dracula.
Maybe this will be it. 

[SuperScrounge]

As the most popular vampire in fiction, plus being public domain, isn't there always a production with Dracula somewhere? Comics, movies, TV shows, etc.

Sometimes it feels like you can't swing a dead bat without hitting a new use of Dracula.

One unintentionally amusing bit involved the recent BBC (?) production of Dracula because the guy behind the show was bragging that his Dracula was bisexual. Apparently completely unaware that 1. Dracula is a Villain and 2. older works of fiction used bisexuality as a sign of a character's decadence and depravity. So the guy took an old negative stereotype and acted like it was positive. Wow. Completely clueless.

Captain Jack on Doctor Who made it work because 1. he tried to be a hero and 2. it was a parody of the James Bond/Captain Kirk sex drive. Dracula is not Captain Jack.

[profh0011]

I've long known there were several.  Having just spent nearly 6 straight years working on a "Classics" project, I've run across MORE "Classics" series from more publishers in more countries than I bet anyone could ever have imagined. 

And a LOT of "Classic" stories have been adapted not just MULTIPLE times, but MANY times.

There's at least one POE story that's been done in comics 50 times.  50 !!!  Isn't that insane?

And I know there's at least a DOZEN comics adaptations of Stoker's "DRACULA".  One of my favorites is by Fernando Fernandez-- FULLY PAINTED COLOR art.

I remember the one big change he made (isn't there always at least one?) was having dracula actually fall in love with Lucy.  So when she was destroyed, he attacked Mina, in revenge for that.  In the novel, he basically went after Mina because the vampire-hunters were destroying so many of his coffins around the city.

Shortly before he passed away, Dick Giordano was finally able, 30 years later, to finish his own adaptation, done with Roy Thomas.

And there's plenty more...

[Andrew999]

Whilst we await the latest incarnation of the lord of the vampires, I recommend the Harker series:

There's the original:

https://markosia.com/2019/07/08/markosia-spotlight-on-harker-the-graphic-novel-sequel-to-dracula/

and the upcoming sequel - The Book of Solomon - which (ahem) offers a different vein:

https://www.criminalelement.com/fresh-meat-harker-the-book-of-solomon-by-roger-gibson-and-vince-danks-longon-detective-comic-graphic-novel/

Available from all the usual outlets

[Andrew999]

Here's a thought - who are your favourite Draculas? People always say Christopher Lee or Bela Lugosi - but I wonder how much of that is a knee jerk reaction?

I remember seeing Jack Palance in a movie as a teen and thinking he was pretty cool - and then there was Klaus Kinski - not a great movie, though beautiful to watch, but a truly edgy other-being performance.

[ComicMike]

I really enjoy watching Bela Lugosi and C. Lee, because I prefer to watch the horror classics rather than more modern horror films.

My absolute favorite is Max Schreck in the film "Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror" (1922). The film is an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel 'Dracula' (1897). Therefore, various details from the novel had to be changed and so 'Count Dracula' became the 'Count Orlok'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schreck

[Captain Audio]

Here's a thought - who are your favourite Draculas? People always say Christopher Lee or Bela Lugosi - but I wonder how much of that is a knee jerk reaction?

I remember seeing Jack Palance in a movie as a teen and thinking he was pretty cool - and then there was Klaus Kinski - not a great movie, though beautiful to watch, but a truly edgy other-being performance.

Palance was surprisingly effective in the role of Dracula. I was even more impressed by his portrayal of Dr Jeykill and Mr Hyde. He also played a Jack the Ripper character once, though I don't think they identified the killer as Jack. It was a version of "the lodger".
There were few actors as physically fit as Jack Palance.

[Robb_K]

Here's a thought - who are your favourite Draculas? People always say Christopher Lee or Bela Lugosi - but I wonder how much of that is a knee jerk reaction?

I remember seeing Jack Palance in a movie as a teen and thinking he was pretty cool - and then there was Klaus Kinski - not a great movie, though beautiful to watch, but a truly edgy other-being performance.

Palance was surprisingly effective in the role of Dracula. I was even more impressed by his portrayal of Dr Jeykill and Mr Hyde. He also played a Jack the Ripper character once, though I don't think they identified the killer as Jack. It was a version of "the lodger".
There were few actors as physically fit as Jack Palance.

I always thought the 1944 original version of "The Lodger" was supposed to be the actual "Jack The Ripper", made to be a guess as to how and why he operated, based on theories created by London's police.  And, therefore, Jack Palance's 1953 version was supposed to be Jack, as well.  The police and Scotland Yard's detectives never captured The Ripper, so all they had on him was theories.  They also don't know if he committed all those murders, or if some were committed by copycats.  Palance had a natural rough-edged look to him, to start.  And adding his talent for very expressive facial expressions made him the perfect candidate to play the parts of evil characters.  Yes. he was also great as Dracula and Mr. Hyde.

[Andrew999]

I'd like this project to be a success - I like a vampire plot you can sink your teeth into:

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sure-pictures-to-develop-cult-of-dracula-comic-as-a-movie/

Only problem is, the colour palette of the comic book is so dark, it's almost unreadable. To me, this is true of many modern comic books - unless my eyes are fading.

Why would someone make this choice - or is it a technical thing? Anyone know?