Dracula by Georges Bess

2024 EISNER AWARD WINNER! Bram Stoker's original novel about the world-renowned vampire, Dracula, is adapted into a beautiful graphic novel by the renowned artist Georges Bess. This volume includes an epilogue adapting Stoker's short story "Dracula's Guest" (believed to be the original novel's first draft chapter before later revived for publication two years after the author's passing). Faithfully adapting the original novel, citing text directly from Stoker's story, Dracula by Georges Bess, is filled with page after page of stunning pen-and-ink drawings.Readers will find themselves lost in this classic story, content to soak in every detail before entering the next page. Reproducing Georges's unprocessed illustration boards on uncoated woodfree paper, these artist-edition books will capture the tactile details of his work as if holding the originals. You may think you know Bram Stoker's Dracula, but you have not truly met him until you have experienced Georges Bess's hauntingly beautiful interpretation.

Author: Bram Stoker,Georges Bess
Publisher: Magnetic Press
Published: 12/12/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.25lbs
Size: 12.00h x 9.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781951719845

About the Author
Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1847. He was the third of seven children but was himself bedridden with an unknown illness until starting school at the age of seven. He remarked later in life that this long period of inactivity is what gave birth to his rich imagination. This led to an interest in the theater, but he first approached it from the direction of a critic, which helped establish his general writing acumen. The quality of his writing led to an invitation by the London Society to publish a few of his fictional short stories. In time, his affiliation with theater led to his becoming manager of the Lyceum Theater in London where he was introduced to various notable members of high society, including Arthur Conan Doyle, and led on various tours around the world. During these travels, he became enamored with various locations and histories, including dark tales of the Carpathian Mountains in central Europe. It is widely believed that these myths and folktales inspired him to write "Dracula." Originally published in 1897, "Dracula" was well-received at the time, but it did not become a worldwide legacy until after his death in 1912.