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In case you've been living under a rock (or perhaps been hiding away in a coffin), vampires are all the rage right now. Between The Vampire Lestat rolicking with the Queen of the Damned herself, to the exploration of Jubilee's vampiric past in Marvel Rivals, to Anya Taylor-Joy revealing that she's Team Edward, there's never been a better time to escape from the summer sun and curl up with a fine piece of media.

And now, another boon for the vampirically inclined will arrive soon in the form of Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones's fourth and final graphic novel in their Dracula series, Dracula: Book IV: The Undead, where they'll be joined by colorist José Villarrubia. We've got the gorgeous cover art by Jones below for you to feast your eyes upon. 

The graphic novel will launch with a Kickstarter from Orlok Press, which you can support here. The campaign's description reads: "Legendary comics creators Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones return for the fourth and final volume in their series of original graphic novels about the shadowy history of the world’s most famous literary character—DRACULA! For the first time ever, this beautiful European-sized volume will unveil what happened after the events of Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 book, when the infamous vampire lord finally became…THE UNDEAD!"

If you're looking to get caught up on Wagner and Jones's series, you can get caught up with the paperbacks from Dark Horse for Book I: The Impaler, Book II: The Brides, and Book III: The Count now. Happy hunting! 

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