#dracula collection

[dailyfigures]

Alucard ; Castlevania ☆ Gantaku

[georgiacooked]

ART BOOK UPDATES:

The final proof copy for the bulk hardback order of The Dracula Daily Sketch Collection just arrived, (after some binding/spelling errors to fix in the first one) and I couldn't be happier with how it looks!

So excited to start prepping the first wave of orders! Remember you have until the first of April 2024 to order a copy from HERE

[kollectorsrus]

[cottoncandysprite]

So theres this like gruff 30 year old line cook guy at my work who i never talk to bc I'm on register but every few weeks I'll find out he has the exact same taste in tv/movies as i do which is wild??? Like a few weeks ago he was excitedly telling everyone he could about Nimona and how he found it randomly and loved it and wants a sequel and then today he came up to me all nervous and was like "hey i overheard you say you like vampires, idk if you've even heard of it but have you seen what we do in the shadows?" And reader I about lost my mind

[sixofbabycrows]

i love you in every universe

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Reddit Refugees

You're gonna wanna get caught up on 🧛🏻‍♂️ Dracula Daily 🧛🏻‍♂️ or 🧛🏻‍♂️ Re: Dracula 🧛🏻‍♂️ or things around here are gonna get real confusing real fast

[evydraws]

Sketching some dresses for Lucy 🦇

[fruitcage]

[professorambrius]

The Universal Studios Monsters Classic Collection

VHS covers for The Universal Studios Monsters Classic Collection.

The images were composed from two different photos. One was a portrait image of the monster, usually a promo photo and the background photo was often a scene, or a background shot from the film.

[toomuchhorrorfiction]

[thethirdromana]

Some Beetle covers, assessed

This book is about a beetle

A good two-thirds of Beetle covers take this approach, including the first edition on the left. And you know what, I can't fault it. This book sure does have a beetle in it. Bonus points for the middle one that draws on the hypnosis theme by making the beetle look like a brain.

Maybe an Egyptian beetle?

This is essentially the same approach, but more Egyptian, which I think looks very stylish. Given late Victorian Egyptomania, I'm surprised there aren't more like this. I could imagine a luxury edition with lots of gold really making this concept work.

Specifically involving a woman with a beetle on her forehead

This is an arresting image that's also sort-of justified by events in the book. It took me forever to realise what it reminded me of, and it's of course the poster for the Silence of the Lambs, which postdates both of these covers by about half a century. These are two quite sulky-looking Marjories, but perhaps that's the effect of hypnosis.

The cover illustrator read the book!

Given these covers minus the title, I think I would still have a solid chance of guessing which book they were for. The blue cover is the fully illustrated version. But actually, I think my favourite on this theme is redhaired Marjorie being menaced by the Beetle while Sydney tiptoes over in evening dress, both looking they could be in the opening credits of a Bond movie.

The cover illustrator didn't read the book

A very small part of the novel takes place in a railway station. None of it takes place in a cemetery, nor does it involve a hermit studying anatomy. With the whole world of royalty-free images of beetles to choose from, how does anyone land on any of these?

The cover illustrator really, really didn't read the book

Here we have the Beetle as represented by some Taiwanese houses, as True Blood, and as a picture that I vaguely recognise but where the image is so fried I can't even google it to check. At least the previous three had semi-appropriate spooky London vibes; these appear to be entirely random.

How about a bonus subtitle?

The first one here is clearly the weakest of the three, since it just features a picture of Richard Marsh's face, but is redeemed by choosing possibly the most metal line in the novel as its subtitle. I love both of the latter two, with a special mention to the illustrator of the middle one for actually depicting the Beetle's human form as described in the Beetle while also minimising the elements of racist caricature. No mean feat.

The cover illustrator understood the assignment

When I wrote something similar to this about Dracula covers, I was quite critical of the illustrators who decided to depict it as pulp horror. But it is so much more fitting for The Beetle. If you're drawn to buy Scantily Clad Woman Is Menaced By Giant Beetle, or Weirdly Green Man is Terrified of Mural, or even Rasputin And His Giant Beetle Spell, I feel like you genuinely might be the right audience for this terrible, terrible book.

[dailyfigures]

Alucard ; Castlevania ☆ Mondo

[georgiacooked]

The Dracula Daily Sketch Collection Is Finally Available For Purchase!

After several months of waiting, issues with printing and Amazon design settings, It's finally here! You can now own The Dracula Daily Sketch Collection in paperback form!!

YOU CAN ORDER IT HERE FROM AMAZON.

Please let me know if you encounter any issues.

(The above video is the hardback preview, while the photos show the paperback. Hardbacks should be available via shopify eventually, but we've found some issues with the binding at the back, and Amazon won't do hardbacks in the correct shape, so updates on that soon!)

[eorzeashan]

[ssaalexblake]

We really don't give Renfield enough credit for his incredible reflexes. How the hell do you just catch flies out of the air unless you're part chamaeleon? Imagine how much less annoying summer would be if you had the reflexes to swat any fly around you. I'm kinda jealous.

[funsetsunset]

Lovebirds? Love...bats?