The Sabertooth Vampire Sinks His Teeth Into Dark Horse Presents!
March 7, MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics announces the
latest character to be added to its flagship anthology, Dark Horse Presents:
the Sabertooth Vampire!
Penned by Mike Russell (SabertoothVampire.com), The
Sabertooth Vampire is a webcomic about a tiny vampire hampered by his giant
fangs. Will he pull his teeth out of the ground long enough to actually bite
someone? Probably not.
“One of the first books that got me into comics in the
nineties was the original black-and-white Dark Horse Presents—back when it was
serializing stuff like Sin City and The One Trick Rip-Off and Hellboy: The
Wolves of Saint August,” said Russell. “So as you can imagine, getting to submit
a few strips for DHP was a huge moment for me personally as well as
professionally.”
Russell has collected The Sabertooth Vampire in two
self-published minicomics: the 28-page Beware the Sabre-Toothed Vampire and the
56-page Sabertooth Vampire Unleashed. The strips frequently contradict
themselves as Russell dives into the Sabertooth Vampire’s personal life—his
awkward teenage years, his stints as King Arthur and a caveman, his solo dance
parties, his run-ins with Abbott and Costello and assorted angry mobs, and his
awkward trip around the world after someone mistakes him for a garden gnome.
“Porting my webcomic over to DHP was an awesome experience
for three very specific reasons,” said Russell. “One, I got to add color to the
strip, with the help of ace cartoonist/colorist/brother-in-arms Bill Mudron.
Two, I received some first-class professional editing from Scott Allie and
Daniel Chabon. And three, I swung for the fences and asked if I could draw a
crossover strip where the Sabertooth Vampire fought one particular world-famous
Dark Horse character, and to my delighted surprise, that character’s creator
said yes.”
Said Russell, “The
Sabertooth Vampire is basically a ‘Road Runner’ riff on a single tragic idea:
The dental feature that defines him as a vampire keeps him from being an
effective vampire. Also he turns into a really pathetic bat.”
Look for The Sabertooth Vampire in Dark Horse Presents #12
and #14, on sale May 23 and July 18, 2012!
About Dark Horse Comics
Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid
example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling
medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The
company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides
for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like
Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, Will Eisner, and
best-selling prose author Janet Evanovich, Dark Horse has developed such
successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and the Occultist. Additionally,
its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties
includes Star Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Aliens, Conan the Barbarian, Mass Effect, Serenity, and Domo. Today, Dark Horse
Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the United States and
is recognized as both an innovator in the cause of creator rights and the
comics industry’s leading publisher of licensed material.
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