Dracula

by Steve Jones, Robert Schnieders (Illustrations), Craig Taillefer (Illustrations)

The story of Count Dracula as told by Bram Stoker and now adapted in this comic book graphic novel. 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, the collection will contain the one shot comic also released about the same time, -Lady in the Tomb- by the same creative team, 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.

160 pages, Paperback

Published August 2, 2014

About the author

Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

John Stephen Jones is a Welsh geneticist and from 1995 to 1999 and 2008 to June 2010 was Head of the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London. His studies are conducted in the Galton Laboratory. He is also a television presenter and a prize-winning author on the subject of biology, especially evolution. He is one of the contemporary popular writers on evolution. In 1996 his writing won him the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize "for his numerous, wide ranging contributions to the public understanding of science in areas such as human evolution and variation, race, sex, inherited disease and genetic manipulation through his many broadcasts on radio and television, his lectures, popular science books, and his regular science column in The Daily Telegraph and contributions to other newspaper media".

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the introduction, Jones states his intention to be faithful to Stoker's novel, but unfortunately this has resulted in an attempt to fit more into the graphic novel than really possible. There are no real transitional scenes between events, as there simply aren't enough panels to spare! This makes the plot comes across as disjointed - it seems to be assumed that you'll know the story well enough to follow along...

The art wasn't bad, but the monochrome colour palette and the Victorian dress meant lots of the characters were indistinguishable from one another.