PUFFIN
GRAPHIC CLASSICS FROM PENGUIN BOOKS
Art by Becky Cloonan.
Bram Stoker's Dracula has proven to be one of the
most popular and influential novels ever written. It was with Dracula that
the whole fabric of what makes up vampires became part of the literary source
for so many other novels, films, TV, games, etc. There were previous works
featuring vampires prior to Stoker but it was this novel that really propelled
it into everyone's consciousness. Part of the appeal of this vampire novel
is that Stoker brought in historical reference and linked the vampire with a
true person, Vlad Tepes, of the family Dracul. It was also released at a
time when science was beginning to assert itself so the novel focused on science
versus superstition.
The artist for the series is Becky Cloonan who is
best known for the work she did on the DEMO series and currently doing AMERICAN VIRGIN
for DC.
