They come to snuff the Rooster…but, you know he ain’t gonna DIE!!
In case you’re unfamiliar with the reference, “Rooster” is a song by Alice in Chains and while I did indeed listen to A LOT of AIC while working on Dracula’s letter, I am mostly just referring to it here because I know it will drive Evin crazy! Ya see, he hates AIC whereas I love ‘em, and we’ve had an ongoing feud about the band since, oh, roughly…1995. And now, by including the above reference to AIC, I believe I have just definitively won the war. In your face, Evin!
Anyhow, I had a ball with this week’s portion of the letter. It’s Dracula’s very own “dark night of the soul.” Gone mad and trapped 4,000 fathoms below the waves, the once great lord of Transylvania hit rock bottom and wished for death…but, ultimately found a way to survive!
Well, I hope you guys and gals are digging it too. I’m sure, however, that you definitely got the willies from Danilo’s fantastic pencil illustration this week. That evil light radiating from Dracula’s eye sockets is fantastic. Don’t piss off Dracula, man!
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Well, I would advise keeping a close eye on the Sunday Bonus Lunch for the fall-out from my playful jabs at Evin. His ego is so very fragile. It should be fun for the whole family to read his inevitable meltdown.
Anyways, till next week!
-Matt-
Now the Rooster is stuck in my head, too. Keep up the good work
Welcome aboard, Damp!
Well, I’d say mission accomplished then! Heh.
I’m glad you are digging the Daredevils. Thanks for reading!
Not my first choice for Sushi, bit it will work in a pinch, I suppose.
To Dracula, the whole world is just one big Sushi buffet!
hmm so he vamp’ed a deep sea angler…and it mutated into the fish men we see later on. I don’t know if that’s crazy-evil-brilliant or downright depraved and messed up! That aside I like this page a lot, it’s creepy it fits the character and it answers the question in a way no one could predict. Plus eh, ‘Man In The Box’ also applies AIC FTW!
Hmmmm…Do the Anglerfish become the Fish-man Vampires or is there yet another wrinkle? Next week will tell the tale!
And, yes, “Man in the Box” is also a very appropriate song to add this story’s playlist.
I knew you were cool, TKG, but now that I know you are an AIC fan you’re at a whole new level!
Why didn’t they just cut his head off and burn the corpse? You’d think that a “professional” Vampire Hunter like Van Helsing would be a little smarter about these things.
The “in story” answer: Yes, you’d think that, but only because that is what Van Helsing lead the world to believe. He lied about the epic chase to Transylvania and the defeat of Dracula. He is a fraud.
The “real life” answer: If Van Helsing had done his job properly then we’d have no story. So, he just didn’t.
Thanks for reading, Crazyman!
T