This book project was already published in October 2021, after a successful crowdfunding campaign. The market potential for this book project is much larger, however, than the limited number of Gothic fans I could reach during this campaign. New information about the identity of the illustrator has come to light by now. Most probably, the Swedish painter, draughtsman and filmmaker Emil Åberg (1864-1940) was the creator of these lively pen drawings: he illustrated several serializations for the newspaper Dagen, starting with the novel "Nihilisten" by William le Queux in 1896, according to research accomplished by my colleague William Trimble.

The lay-out of the book is already completed as an InDesign project, including the ca. 55 full-page illustrations, optimized in CMYK ECI v2 300 color profile. The average size of my original image files is 8,000 x 10,000 pixels, which is sufficient to print posters in A1 format* @ 300 dpi. Most of the drawings are in landscape format, with a few in portrait or square format. For the first edition, I used a book format of 216 x 280 mm (landscape format). For a new edition, I would add a short biography of Emil Åberg and examples of his other work.

This book aims at all fans and scholars of Dracula, and of vampire fiction in general. The restored and colorized versions I have created are unique, and bring the original power and elegance of the pen-and-ink drawings back to life.

If you would like to represent this book project, you can easily reach me through the contact form. The slideshow banner above will give you a first impression of the quality of the (restored) drawings. The images have been cropped to fit the horizontal banner format displayed on computer or cell phone screens.* I could also send you my illustrated introductory essay as a PDF file (4.3 Mb).

* A1 format is 594 x 841 mm or 23.4 x 33.1 inch

** With image rotation activated; otherwise, the banner will be cropped to portrait format, showing only the center of the picture motive.