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American Vampire

American Vampire

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Graphic NovelsHorror
Pages
192
Published
2010
Language
English

Synopsis

American Vampire reinvents vampire mythology as a story about the country itself. Scott Snyder's framing story follows Pearl Jones, a naive 1920s Hollywood extra whose brutal transformation into a vampire pits her against a cabal of aristocratic, old-world vampires who see the emerging "American" strain — faster, sun-tolerant, and vulgar — as an abomination.

Stephen King contributes the interwoven origin story of Skinner Sweet, an outlaw and train robber whose violent death in the Old West becomes the birth of that new breed, tying frontier myth directly to the modern horror story Snyder is telling.

Prose complexity
4/10

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Graphic Novels Horror Comics Paranormal Historical Fiction

Authors

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Rafael Albuquerque

Rafael Albuquerque is a Brazilian comic book artist and writer who specializes in horror and dark fantasy. He illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of A Study in Emerald and co-created the American Vampire

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Scott Snyder

Scott Snyder is a comic book writer best known for his work on Absolute Batman and the horror series Wytches. He writes dark, character-driven stories that range from major superhero titles to psychological thrillers

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Stephen King

Stephen King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author whose work has defined popular horror fiction for more than half a century. Born in Portland, Maine, he grew up in poverty after his father abandoned the family, and credits his mother's resilience and a voracious reading habit as the foundations of his imagination. He began selling short stories to men's magazines while working as a high school English teacher, and published his first novel, Carrie, in 1974—his wife Tabitha retrieved...

Characters

Pearl JonesProtagonist

A 1920s Hollywood extra turned into a new breed of vampire.

Skinner SweetProtagonist

An outlaw whose death births the first American vampire, decades before Pearl's story.

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