Dracula may be a centuries-old vampire, but it wasn’t until 1931, when Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi brought him to life in director Tod Browning’s classic Universal film of the same name, that the character achieved true immortality. For almost 100 years, Lugosi and Browning’s portrayal of the infamous vampire and the world he inhabits has lived rent-free in the psyches of film lovers around the world, and this week, comic readers will see how it serves as vibrant fuel for one of modern comics most exciting creative teams.It all happens with the release of Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 from Image Comics and Skybound by The Department of Truth’s creative team of writer James Tynion IV and artist Martin Simmonds. CBR spoke with Tynion IV about the appeal of adapting the classic Universal Monsters film for comics, the power of Lugosi’s portrayal of Dracula and Dwight Frye’s performance as Renfield, and the phantasmagoric visual approach he and Simmonds are bringing to the book.James Tynion IV: There’s a simple iconic power to each of the Universal films, and the best of them still hold up today. They’re really remarkable films, and they understood the job of building the Monsters themselves into these icons that we’ve carried forward in our collective psyche. The images that came from these stories are the ones that influenced every time they showed up in a Looney Tunes cartoon, or what have you, for the last 100 years.Related: NYCC: Scott Snyder and Valeria Favoccia Discuss the Dystopian World of By A Thread
Dracula may be a centuries-old vampire, but it wasn’t until 1931, when Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi brought him to life in director Tod Browning’s classic Universal film of the same name, that the character achieved true immortality. For almost 100 years, Lugosi and Browning’s portrayal of the infamous vampire and the world he inhabits has lived rent-free in the psyches of film lovers around the world, and this week, comic readers will see how it serves as vibrant fuel for one of modern comics most exciting creative teams.
It all happens with the release of Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 from Image Comics and Skybound by The Department of Truth’s creative team of writer James Tynion IV and artist Martin Simmonds. CBR spoke with Tynion IV about the appeal of adapting the classic Universal Monsters film for comics, the power of Lugosi’s portrayal of Dracula and Dwight Frye’s performance as Renfield, and the phantasmagoric visual approach he and Simmonds are bringing to the book.
James Tynion IV: There’s a simple iconic power to each of the Universal films, and the best of them still hold up today. They’re really remarkable films, and they understood the job of building the Monsters themselves into these icons that we’ve carried forward in our collective psyche. The images that came from these stories are the ones that influenced every time they showed up in a Looney Tunes cartoon, or what have you, for the last 100 years.
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