Exclusive: Titan Announces New Comic Series Based on Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula
Debi Moore
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MCM London Comic Con is happening this weekend, and we’re pleased to exclusively reveal a major announcement coming later today from Titan Comics about an all-new series heading our way in 2017 based on the popular Anno Dracula novels. Read on for the early details along with a first look teaser of a bit of interior art. (Note that these are NOT final art; the issues will be in color.)
From the Press Release:
Titan Comics is pleased to announce the upcoming release of an all-new comic series based on the bestselling ANNO DRACULA novels, written by creator Kim Newman with art by Paul McCaffery (The Third Doctor).
The Anno Dracula novels (review) depict an alternate 19th-century history where the characters of Bram Stoker’s Dracula fail to prevent Count Dracula’s subjugation of Great Britain, creating a world where vampires are living amongst humans and a central part of society. The series also features characters including Jack the Ripper, Professor Moriarty, and Van Helsing.
Kim Newman is a critic, author, and broadcaster. He writes the Anno Dracula series of horror novels, which was first published in 1992. Newman has written four Anno Dracula novels to date, as well as short stories.
Anno Dracula has garnered high praise since its initial release, including from literary superstar Neil Gaiman, who helped to develop the series and called Anno Dracula “compulsory reading,” citing the series as a main source of inspiration for his Hugo Award-winning short story “A Study in Emerald.”
Described as “the definitive account of… the self-obsessed undead” by The New York Times, the Anno Dracula novels have won numerous awards, including the Dracula Society’s Children of the Night Award, the Lord Ruthven Award, and the International Horror Guild Award.
Titan Comics’ Anno Dracula hits stores in March 2017 and is available to pre-order from January’s Diamond PREVIEWS catalogue.
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