I have the latest update for the upcoming release of the paperback edition of my book of YA horror, "The Boo Brothers", and a Lightning News Flash of a new Dracula graphic novel starring Bela Lugosi! “What?” you say. How can the long-dead actor of the famous Universal undead vampire play a role in a comic book? Read on to find out!
‘Boo Brothers’ Paperback
I had my manuscript for the paperback edition of "Boo Brothers", my book of two short YA horror stories, formatted and uploaded to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) during the week. I also uploaded the cover and reviewed the book on the website with the online previewer that allows a person to see what his/her work would look like in its final product form. And mine all looks good. Now I just have to price it and then have Amazon approve it as meeting their guidelines. I can't say for sure right now, but I may just price it at a discount off the market price (which I have not decided on yet) as a special Halloween treat for you trick-or-readers! Also, I’m still planning a giveaway. So, keep checking back here and/or at my Facebook page for updates. |
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Lightning News Flashes: Bela Lugosi Dracula Graphic Novel
Legendary Comics will be releasing a Dracula graphic novel, says The Hollywood Reporter. It will be entitled Bram Stoker's Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi. So how can a comic book star a movie actor especially one who has been dead several years? Do they bring him back as a vampire? Well, yes, in the case of this comic book at least. And they do so figuratively speaking, of course. The Reporter states that Legendary is partnering with the Lugosi Estate to publish this vampire graphic novel that will closely follow Bram Stoker's original story while depicting the title character based on Bela Lugosi's portrayal. In Universal's interpretation of the story, many constraints, especially in the sexual aspect of Dracula, were taken in adapting the novel to film. However, this comic book adaptation will tell the story according to the original novel while yet using Universal’s version of the title character.This won't be the first time that Universal's Dracula character has been given his own comic book title. The last one was back in 1993 when Dark Horse came out with a series of comics featuring Universal's most popular monsters. Another instance was in 1962 when now obsolete Dell Comics came out with an adaptation of the Universal movie and based the story on the original novel much more loosely than Universal did. But Legendary’s comic will be the first to put Lugosi’s depiction of the character in a storyline line that closely follows Stoker’s novel.
Bram Stoker's Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi, unfortunately, does not have a planned release date until the Fall of next year. But the cover art, by El Garing who will do the illustrations for the comic, can be seen in The Hollywood Reporter's article on the subject and it looks super!
Next weekend is the third weekend of the month so tune in then for another Book-To-Movie review! [link] What do you think of a graphic novel that will tell the Dracula story as told by Bram Stoker's novel while depicting the title character as the actor who played it in the Universal movie? Feel free to leave your comments in the box below!
Until next time . . .
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