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Page:of 10 Graphic BleedVampires in comic books and graphic novelsBram Stoker’s Dracula #1 (1992). Panel art by Mike Mingola.Since the 18th century, Vampires have ultimatelytranscended narrativeboundaries and genre divides. The Vampiresub- ­Ã¢â‚¬ culturehasflourishes in neo gothic aesthetics in science fiction and fantasy,in romantic and young adultliteratureand incelluloid. Vampiregraphic narratives are finding increased popularityand have since developed into an â€Å"Iconic popular culture phenomenon drawing an obsession and fascination globally†.So what inspired†¦show more content†¦To them, it meant barbaric, wild, and dark, dismissing centuries of medieval art and architecture as crude and worthless.â€Å"I believe the stones of Gothic revival architecture, the terrors painted by Gothic painters, and the words of the great Gothic novelists, amount t o nothing less than a secret history of Britain itself during its greatest age of change.† (Graham- ­Ã¢â‚¬ Dixon 2014)By the 19thcentury, â€Å"Gothic†began to signifya coincidental moment in history, especially in England and Europe asbloody revolutionsswept Franceand all kinds of terrors were prowling in the dark streets of London.Cities wereover- ­Ã¢â‚¬ crowded with people; the industrial revolution was filling the countryside withdark satanic mills, and science was an unexplored threat.The British could hardly bear to speak about such things out loud, but Gothic literature permitted them to whisper their inmost desires and their darkest fears and horror became more visceral and grisly. With this new world, came the Penny Bloods or Penny