He uses a largely realistic style, presented in black and white with grey washes, giving the overall feel to the story something akin to the old black and white films that Lugosi was known for. This story lives and dies based on the ability to convey Bela Lugosi's likeness as Count Dracula and Garing does a wonderful job.
With the familiarity of the text, the real draw here is what's new, in the superb artwork from El Garing. Some elements have been omitted, like the full nightmare of the Demeter's voyage to England and I believe some bits of both Mina and Lucy's journals, but otherwise is a fairly thorough representation of Stoker's story.
As such, this one's almost a direct adaptation, with Robert Napton utilizing pieces of Stoker's text and dialogue throughout. In the recent bundle of Legendary Comics by Humble, there was included a surprise of the recently published Bram Stoker's Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi by Robert Napton, El Garing, Kerry Gammill, Richard Starkings, and Tyler Smith.įrom the introduction by Bela Lugosi's granddaughter, the genesis of this project partially came of Kerry Gammill's earlier anthology series utilizing Lugosi's likeness and a desire to cast him in a more faithful adaptation of Dracula than the movie he starred in. Some very faithful adaptations, others much further afield. Even adaptations of the source material, of Bram Stoker's original Dracula novel, are plentiful. You're certainly not for want of Dracula content pretty much anywhere, with the character and the idea of vampires becoming part of pretty much global cultural heritage. emerson eddy - Over the past couple of weeks, we've shown you a couple of different interpretations of the character of Dracula incorporated into superhero stories.
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