Blood of the Innocent
Blood of the Innocent is the name of a comic book created by Rickey Shanklin, Marc Hempel and Mark Wheatley which was published by WaRP Graphics in 1985.[1]
[edit] About the series
Blood of the Innocent was one of the first American comic books to be published weekly over four weeks. It was written by Rickey Shanklin and Mark Wheatley, and drawn by Marc Hempel and Mark Wheatley, who had previously created the acclaimed science fiction comic Mars for First Comics. Blood of the Innocent was their first attempt at a horror comic.
The series pitted Dracula against Jack the Ripper, who in this series is a psychotic Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, in Victorian London.[2]
[edit] Film adaptation
Breck Eisner is set to direct the upcoming Hollywood film adaptation. Inferno Entertainment has acquired underlying rights to the series and is funding development and production of the feature, which is being co-produced with Circle of Confusion.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Breck Eisner May Direct Blood of the Innocent". ShockTillYouDrop.com. http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=15489.
- ^ Breck Eisner Hoping to Direct The Blood of the Innocent
- ^ McNary, Dave (24 March 2011). "Inferno funding 'Blood of the Innocent'". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034395.
