Dracula

by Dan Vado (Adaptor), Jonathan D. Smith (Artist), Clem Robins (Letters)

*Greetings, Universal Monster fans! It's the third in our series of prestigious adaptations of the classic Universal films of yesteryear, and this time the spotlight is on the Lord of the Undead -- Dracula! Lavishly painted by movie poster artist extraordinaire Jonathan D. Smith, this faithful adaptation brings the enigmatic Count of Transylvania to the comics page in loving detail in a collectible, high-quality package! More fun than a barrel of garlic! *Source: darkhorse.com

36 pages, Unknown Binding

First published October 1, 1993

About the author

Dan’s desired life goals of being a professional layabout and part-time man-about-town were interrupted when he accidentally became a comic book publisher. Founding his comic book company, SLG Publishing in 1986,

Dan went on to publish many eclectic and idiosyncratic titles, such as Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez, Lenore by Roman Dirge, and a host of other creators and titles too numerous to mention. In addition to his publishing work, Dan briefly wrote for DC Comics, most notably producing a thankfully-forgotten-until-someone-decided-to-reprint-it run of Justice League comics at the same time as being one of the first writers published by DC Comics with a creator-owned contract with his series (with Norman Felchle), The Griffin.

Frequently travelling the path of most resistance, Dan founded a music venue called The Art Boutiki Music Hall. Opening in 2009, the Art Boutiki brought together music, comics, and other art in one place until it closed in December 2025. Dan can often be seen wandering the streets of Midtown in San Jose, walking up to people and saying, “Do you know who I AM?”

Dan is spending the latter part of his useful life pursuing yet another, and perhaps his least yet profitable, avenue: being a writer. His current project is a 90-page novella called "My Diecast Life," which will be released in December of 2025. This new project is a series of vignettes from Vado's boyhood, told through the lens of playing with diecast cars, and offers brief looks at growing up in an Italian household, among other things.

Reviews

[MKF · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is probably one of the worse adaptions based on the 1931 Dracula movie. The majority of the story is gone and it rushes from one scene to another. Some of the dialogue was added or maybe it has just been awhile since I watched the movie. The biggest thing I disliked was the artwork it was very sub par and poor Bela looked like he could be part of a badly drawn cartoon. I would hate to see how they ruined the other movie adaptions.