Dracula Blogged

A vampire, loved

I only met Ingrid Pitt once, at the 2000 World Dracula Congress.  It was in Transylvania, of course.  I gave a paper about Dracula and war (here) (part of a project I hope to return to).

A lot of stuff happened there, not the least being an accidental adventure through the local forest in deepening gloom.

But there I met Ingrid Pitt, a figure from my imagination (yes, yes).  She was a riot, furiously talking to everyone, ready to party and share memories.

I even sat with Ingrid Pitt upon a box of Transylvanian earth:

You will be missed, Ingrid.

Many thanks to Elizabeth Miller (pictured) for arranging the whole thing!

Some good obits: Coilhouse, Pitt of Horror, 

(cross-posted to Infocult)

Dracula gets the Vagrant treatment

Some good Dracula comics from Hark! a Vagrant:

(thanks to Steven Kaye)

Dracula 2011 and 2010

An apology, and a request, friends of the Count.

First, I'm very sorry that this blog project fell silent over the past month.  Well, silent on my end; Andrew has been enormously productive with maps.  I can only explain, lamely, that work continued in overdrive mode.  That, combined with homestead and family needs, devoured my time.  And how we're at the novel's end.

Second, what should we do for the next twelve months?

Here are some options - please don't be shy about adding more in comments:

• Blogging about Dracula.  This means posts about Dracula in pop culture, criticism, weird references (like this one), new scholarship, etc.
• Rerunning the novel, starting in May.
• A film series.  Screen a bunch of films, discussing them here.
• A reading series.  Ditto for books.

Your thoughts, dear friends?