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Comic Book Alphabet of Vampires – W
First Second Books’ Vampire Month is over, but we are still going!
Here is a representative of a group of vampires!
Enjoy!
Whipsnake of the Vamps
Whipsnake was one of the Vamps, a group of biker vampires who starred in a series of mini-series in the late 90s from Vertigo, written by Elaine Lee and drawn by Will Simpson.
Howler, Screech, Whipsnake, Skeeter and Mink were the five Vamps, vampires who killed their master and went on the run – and hijinks ensue!
They had three series, one of which was about them trying to break into movies…
And one about Halloween (with Quitely covers!!)
They seemed marketable enough, yet they only received one trade collection!
8 Comments
FunkyGreenJerusalem
June 11, 2008 at 12:54 am
I’ve never read it, but it sounds like a concept you could do a fair bit with.
wwk5d
June 11, 2008 at 1:32 am
Did Frank Quitely do that last cover?
wwk5d
June 11, 2008 at 1:33 am
Whoops, didn’t see the line mentioning that he did…:S
Tom Fitzpatrick
June 11, 2008 at 3:23 am
“Alphabet is real.”
- John Lennon (1940-1980)
Read the first series, never did go back again.
Greg Burgas
June 11, 2008 at 7:03 am
Is 1994 the “late 90s”?
Birmy
June 11, 2008 at 9:18 am
The latter two mini-series came out in the late ’90s; I think they were all a couple years apart.
Pedro Bouça
June 12, 2008 at 3:56 am
Great covers, terrible series. Sorry!
Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)
Lothor
June 12, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Dustin Diamond was a vampire?!?! Saved By the Bell makes so much more sense now!