Kim Newman’s ‘Anno Dracula’ Comes to Comics!
John F. Trent
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Titan Comics will be bringing Kim Newman’s best selling Anno Dracula novels to comics with art by Paul McCaffrey!
The Anno Dracula novels depict an alternate 19th-century history where the characters of Bram Stoker’s Dracula fail to prevent Count Dracula’s subjugation of Great Britain, creating a world where vampires are living amongst humans and a central part of society. The series also features characters including Jack the Ripper, Professor Moriarty and Van Helsing.
Kim Newman is a critic, author and broadcaster. He writes the [easyazon_link identifier=”0857680838″ locale=”US” tag=”bounintocomi-20″]Anno Dracula[/easyazon_link] series of horror novels, which was first published in 1992. Kim Newman has written four Anno Dracula novels to date, as well as short stories.
Anno Dracula has garnered high praise since its initial release, including from literary superstar Neil Gaiman, who helped to develop the series and called Anno Dracula “compulsory reading,” citing the series as a main source of inspiration for his Hugo award-winning short story, ‘A Study in Emerald’.
Described as “the definitive account of…the self-obsessed undead” by New York Times, the [easyazon_link identifier=”0857680838″ locale=”US” tag=”bounintocomi-20″]Anno Dracula[/easyazon_link] novels have won numerous awards including the Dracula Society’s Children of the Night Award, the Lord Ruthven Award and the International Horror Guild Award.
Anno Dracula hits comic book shelves March 2017!
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