Dracula: History and Myth

Posts Tagged: bram stoker

Goths banned from ‘Dracula’ graveyard

Thanks, Megan, for this link! A rector has banned “Goths” from posing for photos in a graveyard after catching dozens lounging on tombs. Gothic rock fans flock to Whitby’s historic St Mary’s Church in North Yorkshire during Whitby Goth Weekend to be snapped by photographers in the graveyard. The cemetery is the place Dracula takes his victim Lucy Westernra during the night in Bram Stoker’s classic novel, overlooked by the imposing abbey. Read the whole…Continue Reading →

Delightful Dracula comics by Kate Beaton

I adore all of Kate Beaton’s brilliant history-and-literature-inspired comics, but this set based on Bram Stoker’s novel is my absoltue favorite, for obvious reasons. Every couple months I find myself on Ms. Beaton’s site, clicking the Previous button over and over again and reading all the way through her entire archive of comics, and I just never get tired of them.