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Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard (2013)

by Kim Newman(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0857680862 (ISBN13: 9780857680860)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Titan Books

series

Anno Dracula

review 1: It’s pretty amazing that on the fourth book in, Newman can still find new vampires to weave into the complex tapestry of the Anno Dracula series. Drawing on real life, fiction, movies, and more, Newman also manages to tell a deft, gripping, and pithy tale. The book follows the rise of Johnny Alucard, from the 70s to the early 90s. We get appearances ranging from mentions to cameos to supporting roles for Patrick Bateman, The Dude, Travis Bickle, Andy Warhol, Captain America, Banshee, Francis Ford Coppola, Orson Welles, and hundreds more. Definitely another worthy entry in the series.
review 2: Kim Newman has been slowly writing his Anno Dracula (paper) series since the middle nineties and I’ve been following eagerly. He basically assumes that the events in ... moreBram Stoker’s Dracula happened, except that Dracula survived and came out in the open, Marrying Queen Victoria, he created lots of vampires. The Bloody Red Baron (paper) of World War I in fact didn’t fly an airplane, he was a giant bat. Dracula dies in 1956 when Dracula Cha Cha Cha (paper is a top song) But in the depths of World War II, Dracula converted a young man. Johnny Alucard ( hard from Titan Books which I bought electronically) shows up on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula which resembles our Apocalypse Now. That gets him to New York where he learns to sell his blood creating a cocain like craze while running in Andy Warhol’s circle. When that falls apart he ends up in Hollywood as a producer working with big names in movies like The Rock. The real fun of this series is how real and fictional characters interact. It’s a world in which Captain America and Hamish Bond work together, and Jim Rockford in a private detective. I dons’t know if the next decade will see a conclusion to this fun series, but each part stands on it’s own. Highly recommended. Review published in the Philadelphia Weekly Press less

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