Comic book fans can't throw a a wooden stake without hitting another story featuring Dracula. But how many comics focus on the artists who helped make Dracula such an iconic villain in the first place? That's where Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula comes in.
IGN can exclusively offer a new preview of this upcoming Humanoids release, which chronicles the fascinating and ultimately tragic life of actor Bela Lugosi. Check it out in the slideshow gallery below:
Lugosi is written and drawn by cartoonist Koren Shadmi, who previously published The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television through Humanoids. The book follows Lugosi's life, from his early struggles in Hungary to his move to the US and starring role in 1931's Dracula to his personal and financial hardships late in life. Humanoids' press release teases:
LUGOSI, the tragic life story of one of horror’s most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. Reinventing himself in the U.S., first on stage and then in movies, he landed the unforgettable role of Count Dracula in what would become a series of classic feature films. From that point forward, Lugosi’s stardom would be assured… but with international fame came setbacks and addictions that gradually whittled his reputation from icon to has-been. LUGOSI details the actor’s fall from grace and an enduring legacy that continues to this day.
Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula will be released on Tuesday, September 28, with a cover price of $24.99 for the trade paperback and $14.99 for the digital edition. The book is available to preorder on Amazon and through various other bookstores and comic shops.
Lugosi isn't the only 2021 release to put a fresh spin on the Dracula formula. The illustrated novel Dracula of Transylvania abandons the more tragic elements of the character, instead reimagining Dracula as "a complete horror."
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