Love the concept, but it’s genuinely hard to tell what’s going on in some/many of these pages!

This graphic novel moves at a breakneck speed and its an amazing art showcase. Erica Henderson has done an amazing job, especially with color, to really give this graphic novel something to hold on to. And Alex de Campi story, while rather simple, is fun and campy and relevant story. The book blends grindhouse and pulp sensibilities with modern art in a spellbinding tale. After being trapped inside his coffin in 1889 Vienna, Dracula is transported to sunny Southern California (LA to be exact) nearly a full century later. He's revived by an aging Hollywood starlet obsessed with gaining immortality and maintaining her youth. As the bloodthirsty count launches a new, grisly killing spree throughout the city, crime scene photographer Quincy Harker finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the lurid murders when Dracula (depicted here as more of a Lovecraftian monster than old white dude from Europe) and his new set of Hollywood brides begin to target him. Are the brides here to help Qunicy or use him as bait? This was one hallucinatory, pulse ponding graphic novel of California psych-horror.

While short and sweet, this book delivers a powerful blend of great dialogue and stunning art. Honestly, this graphic novel could have been completely free of dialogue as the images were so evocative. Also, I want to swim in these colors.

The story was a little weak and rushed for me but the art is absolutely STUNNING. I am in awe of all the colors and every page is just a joy to look at.