![]() It was a blessing and a curse – it made Lugosi a star, but typecasted him for the rest of his career.Ĭheck out the cover for the Dracula comic below. Lugosi first played the Count in a stage production on Broadway, and while Universal was not interested in having the Hungarian actor take on the part on the big screen, Lugosi fought hard for the role and ultimately won out. He never got a chance to see how actor Bela Lugosi’s ground-breaking stage and screen portrayal of his character electrified and terrified audiences in the late 20s and early 30s. ![]() It remains one of the all-time-great horror novels and has inspired countless movies and interpretations. 15 years after the novel’s publication,Dracula creator and author Bram Stoker passed away. Stoker's novel is told in epistolary fashion – made up of journal and diary entries, letters, newspaper clippings, and more, all spinning the tale of a group of unlucky Brits who come up against an ancient vampire. ![]() ![]() Lugosi, son of Bela Lugosi and the managing member of Lugosi LLC, added: "On behalf of the Lugosi Family, I want to thank Legendary Comics, especially Robert Napton, as well as artists El Garing and Kerry Gammill, for honoring my father with a stunning graphic novel that features Bela Lugosi as Bram Stoker's Dracula." ![]()
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