Both Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones have created some of the most unsettling stories in comic book history; Wagner’s work includes the sprawling science fiction/horror hybrid Grendel, while Jones’s uncanny illustrations appear in places like the graphic novel Batman: Red Rain. In collaboration with José Villarrubia, Wagner and Jones have also created several graphic novels reimagining the character of Dracula. A Kickstarter campaign for the third book, The Count, has raised over $181,000 as of this writing.
In the essay below, Wagner discussed why a certain Count continues to be a compelling character well into the 21st century — and what aspects of his story inspired this new volume.
