Name: Dracula by Georges Bess
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Author: Georges Bess
ISBN: 9781951719845

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Physical Book

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Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

30.5x23.1x2.5 cm

Weight

1.47 kg.

ISBN13

9781951719845

Synopsis "Dracula by Georges Bess"

Bram Stoker's original novel about the world-renowned vampire, Dracula, is adapted into a beautiful graphic novel by the renowned artist Georges Bess. This volume includes an epilogue adapting Stoker's short story "Dracula's Guest" (believed to be the original novel's first draft chapter before later revived for publication two years after the author's passing). Faithfully adapting the original novel, citing text directly from Stoker's story, Dracula by Georges Bess, is filled with page after page of stunning pen-and-ink drawings.Readers will find themselves lost in this classic story, content to soak in every detail before entering the next page. Reproducing Georges's unprocessed illustration boards on uncoated woodfree paper, these artist-edition books will capture the tactile details of his work as if holding the originals. You may think you know Bram Stoker's Dracula, but you have not truly met him until you have experienced Georges Bess's hauntingly beautiful interpretation.

Bram Stoker

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Abraham "Bram" Stoker (Clontarf; November 8, 1847-London; April 20, 1912) was an Irish novelist and writer, known for his novel Dracula

His early horror stories, such as "The Crystal Cup" (1872), were published by the London Society, and The Chain of Destiny in the Shamrock magazine. In 1876, while working as a civil servant, he wrote a textbook named The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (1879), this book was used as a reference for a long time

Being a theater critic for the Dublin Evening Mail, co-owned by the famous Gothic novelist Sheridan Le Fanu, one of the most important of his time for stories like Carmilla, about a vampire, greatly influenced Stoker when writing Dracula. Stoker's critique of the play was high praise for the performance in Hamlet by actor Henry Irving, who hired him to be his personal secretary and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London

While working for Irving, he was a literary critic for the Daily Telegraph and wrote several novels like The Snake's Pass (1890) and Dracula (1897) and, after Irving's death in 1905, The Lady of the Shroud (1909) and The Lair of the White Worm (1911)

His wife was the administrator of his literary estate, and she made known works such as what would be the introduction to Dracula, the short story Dracula's Guest

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Georges Bess

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Georges Bess (nacido en 1947 en París, Francia) es un reconocido dibujante e ilustrador de cómics, conocido por su estilo expresivo y detallado que combina influencias europeas y orientales. Bess comenzó su carrera artística como ilustrador de prensa y diseñador gráfico, pero pronto se volcó al cómic, destacándose por su capacidad para crear atmósferas intensas y narrativas visuales envolventes.

Su obra abarca diversos géneros, incluyendo aventuras, fantasía y relatos históricos, y se caracteriza por el dominio del claroscuro, la anatomía realista y composiciones cuidadosamente estructuradas. Entre sus trabajos más conocidos se encuentran las series Ivanhoé, Casque d’Or, Leela et Krishna y Escondida, donde colabora con guionistas como Alejandro Jodorowsky y Víctor Mora, combinando storytelling profundo con un dibujo elegante y detallista.

Bess ha trabajado principalmente en el mercado europeo de cómics, especialmente en Francia y Bélgica, ganándose reconocimiento por su capacidad de adaptar estilos y ambientes a cada historia, desde escenarios medievales hasta mundos imaginarios y exóticos. Además, su versatilidad le ha permitido trabajar en novelas gráficas y proyectos independientes, siempre manteniendo un enfoque artístico muy cuidado.

Georges Bess es considerado uno de los dibujantes más influyentes del cómic europeo contemporáneo, con un legado marcado por la elegancia de su trazo, la fuerza de sus composiciones y la profundidad narrativa de sus obras.

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