Dracula

Caliber Press' Dracula

by Steven Philip Jones (Adapter/Illustrator)

The story of Count Dracula as told by Bram Stoker and now adapted in this comic book graphic novel by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones. The journey of Jonathan Harker to Transylvania, the crash of the Demeter, the blood letting of Lucy Westerna, the brave men who fight to stop the monster and save Mina...all the great parts of the great novel. The most famous of all horror novels is adapted in this graphic novel which collects the original mini-series released by Malibu Comics. As a special bonus, this collection contains the one shot comic also released about the same time, "Lady in the Tomb" by the same creative team, and is an adaptation of the section of the novel that was removed prior to the first printing of the book. Known as "Dracula's Guest", this was originally to be the second chapter of the classic novel. Collects Dracula comic book issues #1-4.

158 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2019

About the author

Steven Philip Jones (born March 20, 1960) is an American writer. His best known works include the horror-adventure comics series Nightlinger, the mystery novel King of Harlem, and the non-fiction books The Clive Cussler Adventures: A Critical Review and Comics Writing: Communicating with Comic Books.

Reviews

[Majel]

No hate to the illustrator, but, I didn't like this book at all. I only read it for book club so that I could be in-the-know. That's because I don't like Bram Stoker's Dracula at all. So many plot holes, so many cliffhanger-statements that don't pay off, the roles for women were so abysmal, the often complete lack of context for who someone is and their role.... Just no thanks. I've tried to read Stoker's Dracula multiple times and can never stomach the thing. It's poorly written and overhyped. At least Shelley had a larger social commentary she was making with Frankenstein (another poorly written book that didn't live up to the hype), but Dracula doesn't seem to leave us with any larger message.