It’s been a while since I’ve posted ‘booktwins’ here on the blog, but this pairing strikes me as pretty blatant.
They’re presented in what I believe to be chronological order, if you know what I’m saying…
Hmm.
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A Buffy image, from the best part of a decade ago, and the cover of a vampire book which I saw on the shelves just today.
Hmm.
The book was released a month or two ago, and the film’s just come out.
So, if you’re a fan of fiction involving people wearing tightly-fastened masks, it’s a good time for you.
And you might want to chat to a medical professional about that. There’s a lot of interesting other stuff out there.
Tch, I should have known better than to try to get a straight answer out of a book-TV pairing.
Stick some text at the top, a silhouette of someone reclining in a palm-tree supported hammock (make sure they have one leg crooked), and you’re done.
Take the rest of the day off. Again.
Blue background, title in big yellow letters, and your lead character front and centre.
Job done, take the rest of the day off.
For some years since the character came into the public domain, the world of literature has seen a number of books featuring Dracula, such as this one from 1997:
As you may have read, last year the Stoker estate authorised a sequel, co-written by Abraham’s great grand nephew Dacre.
Strange, then, the choice of title for it…
Ah well.
Obviously, it’s subliminal advertising – you know they make more money from selling snacks than from sales of cinema tickets?
Normally, I’d suggest plagiarism, but these were both drawn by the same chap (Brian Bolland), so I’ll just chalk it up to a similar approach taken to both the pieces of work.
No criticism here at all, by the way; Bolland’s an absolute master of comic art: if you want clean lines, he’s yer artist. And I particularly like the way that the design plays on the left-to-right approach to reading, drawing the eye across the image to make you wonder just who or what is firing at the characters.
Anyway, this slight coincidence freaked out my 13-year-old self, so I thought I’d share it.