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* {{Homage}}: It's acknowledged by Henderson that the visual depiction of Dracula in this comic is heavily influenced by how Alucard looks in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' when he unleashes his full power.
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* CensoredTitle: The title on the cover asterisks out the profanity.
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* VampiresHarem: Dracula's Brides. It turns out that he makes vampire brides for himself so he can pit them against one another and then feed off of them. The Brides, in order to defeat Dracula, end up doing this themselves, creating brides and grooms to them feed off of and grow stronger.
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''Dracula, motherf**ker!'' is a 2020 [[HorrorComicBooks horror]] [[FilmNoir noir]] graphic novel published by Creator/ImageComics. It was written by [[ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator Alex de Campi]] and illustrated by [[ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl Erica Henderson]].

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''Dracula, motherf**ker!'' is a 2020 [[HorrorComicBooks horror]] [[FilmNoir noir]] graphic novel published by Creator/ImageComics. It was written by [[ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator Alex de Campi]] Creator/AlexDeCampi and illustrated by [[ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl Erica Henderson]].
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* LuckyCharmsTitle: The name of the book is ''Dracula, motherf**ker!'', complete with asterisks and exclamation point.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The names of Dracula's Brides are never revealed in the story itself, but rather in the character designs in the back of the book. They are: Marishka, Ateera, and Nerona.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The names of Dracula's Brides are never revealed in the story itself, but rather in the character designs in the back of the book. They are: Marishka, Ateera, and Nerona.Verona.



* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Played with for the Brides: Marishka has bright red hair, while both Ateera and Nerona have black hair, but Ateera has much darker skin, while Nerona looks South Asian or Middle Eastern.

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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Played with for the Brides: Marishka has bright red hair, while both Ateera and Nerona Verona have black hair, but Ateera has much darker skin, while Nerona Verona looks South Asian or Middle Eastern.



* IHateYouVampireDad: Even though Dracula gave the Brides eternal youth, they came to hate him because of the way he played each one off the other, making them compete for his attention, and then feeding off of them, all of which is implied to be similar to abusive relationships. When the Brides finally kill Dracula, Nerona even says, "Bye, Daddy," before crushing his skull.

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* IHateYouVampireDad: Even though Dracula gave the Brides eternal youth, they came to hate him because of the way he played each one off the other, making them compete for his attention, and then feeding off of them, all of which is implied to be similar to abusive relationships. When the Brides finally kill Dracula, Nerona Verona even says, "Bye, Daddy," before crushing his skull.



* TheWeirdSisters: The Brides: Marishka, Ateera, and Nerona.

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* TheWeirdSisters: The Brides: Marishka, Ateera, and Nerona.Verona.
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* IHateYouVampireDad: Even though Dracula gave the Brides eternal youth, they came to hate him because of they way he played each one off the other, making them compete for his attention, and then feeding off of them, all of which is implied to be similar to abusive relationships. When the Brides finally kill Dracula, Nerona even says, "Bye, Daddy," before crushing his skull.

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* IHateYouVampireDad: Even though Dracula gave the Brides eternal youth, they came to hate him because of they the way he played each one off the other, making them compete for his attention, and then feeding off of them, all of which is implied to be similar to abusive relationships. When the Brides finally kill Dracula, Nerona even says, "Bye, Daddy," before crushing his skull.
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* FurAgainstFang: Played with: the Brides transformed into monstrous wolves with versus Dracula, a monstrous mass of living shadows with fangs. Both vampires, just in different forms.

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* FurAgainstFang: Played with: the Brides transformed into monstrous wolves with wolves, versus Dracula, a monstrous mass of living shadows with fangs. Both vampires, just in different forms.
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* EldritchAbomination: What Dracula is portrayed as, unlike previous versions. Alex de Campi even describes how she wanted to eschew the "handsome Dracula" portrayal and instead portray him as an "unknowable Other."

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* EldritchAbomination: What Dracula is portrayed as, unlike previous versions. Alex de Campi even describes how she wanted to eschew the "handsome Dracula" portrayal and instead portray him as an "unknowable Other."Other":
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Described as a "pulpy, pulse-pounding graphic novel of California psych-horror."
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In Los Angeles, 1974, at a party, fading actress Bebe Beauland decides to raise the stakes and reawakens Dracula in an attempt to recapture her youth. What happens next leaves a horrific crime scene, one captured in film by crime photographer Quincy Harker. But while he captures a photograph of a decidedly deceased Bebe Beauland, it turns out that she isn't dead after all. Or is she?

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In Los Angeles, 1974, at a party, fading actress Bebe Beauland decides to raise the stakes and reawakens Dracula in an attempt to recapture her youth. What happens next leaves a horrific crime scene, one captured in on film by crime photographer Quincy Harker. But while he captures a photograph of a decidedly deceased Bebe Beauland, it turns out that she isn't dead after all. Or is she?
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In Los Angeles, 1974, at a party, fading actress Bebe Beauland decides to raise the stakes and reawakens Dracula in an attempt to recapture her youth. What's happens next leaves a horrific crime scene, one captured in film by crime photographer Quincy Harker. But while he captures a photograph of a decidedly deceased Bebe Beauland, it turns out that she isn't dead after all. Or is she?

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In Los Angeles, 1974, at a party, fading actress Bebe Beauland decides to raise the stakes and reawakens Dracula in an attempt to recapture her youth. What's What happens next leaves a horrific crime scene, one captured in film by crime photographer Quincy Harker. But while he captures a photograph of a decidedly deceased Bebe Beauland, it turns out that she isn't dead after all. Or is she?
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Dracula seems to be made out of a mass of living shadows, with many eyes and fangs, while the Brides look relatively normal. Dracula also encourages his wives to feed and makes them compete against each other so that he, in turn, can feed off of them and take their power.
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* HypnoticEyes: One of Dracula's powers, which he uses on Quincy Harker. Luckily for Quincy, they are interrupted by Marishka, one of the Brides, before Dracula can kill him.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Quincy Harker and the Brides.]]

->''But all things must end. Empires. Reigns. '''Marriages.'''''

''Dracula, motherf**ker!'' is a 2020 [[HorrorComicBooks horror]] [[FilmNoir noir]] graphic novel published by Creator/ImageComics. It was written by [[ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator Alex de Campi]] and illustrated by [[ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl Erica Henderson]].

In Vienna, 1889, the three Brides of {{Dracula}} finally get tired of him and nail him to the bottom of a coffin and seal it, content to let him rot for an eternity.

In Los Angeles, 1974, at a party, fading actress Bebe Beauland decides to raise the stakes and reawakens Dracula in an attempt to recapture her youth. What's happens next leaves a horrific crime scene, one captured in film by crime photographer Quincy Harker. But while he captures a photograph of a decidedly deceased Bebe Beauland, it turns out that she isn't dead after all. Or is she?

Now, hunted by a creature of darkness, will Quincy accept the help of Dracula's ex-Brides? Or do the three of them merely want to use him as bait?

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!Tropes in ''Dracula, motherf**ker!'':

* TheSeventies: Most of the book takes place in 1974 Los Angeles.
* AllThereInTheManual: The names of Dracula's Brides are never revealed in the story itself, but rather in the character designs in the back of the book. They are: Marishka, Ateera, and Nerona.
* BittersweetEnding: Dracula is dead, but Quincy Harker is now a vampire. However, the Brides are there to welcome him to the club.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Played with for the Brides: Marishka has bright red hair, while both Ateera and Nerona have black hair, but Ateera has much darker skin, while Nerona looks South Asian or Middle Eastern.
* DomesticAbuse: It's heavily implied that Dracula abuses his wives, which is why they turned on him.
* EldritchAbomination: What Dracula is portrayed as, unlike previous versions. Alex de Campi even describes how she wanted to eschew the "handsome Dracula" portrayal and instead portray him as an "unknowable Other."
-->What if Dracula wasn't a handsome Romanian prince, but a nameless, faceless ancient terror?
* EvilVersusEvil: Dracula is evil and the Brides want to stop him. But then again, the Brides are ''also'' evil, just in a different way. In the end, they even point out that they used the same techniques as he did to become just as strong as him:
-->'''Dracula:''' What have you done?!
-->'''The Brides:''' We have been good students and we made our own brides and grooms and harvested their power ''just like you taught us.''
* ExtraEyes: Dracula appears to have ''dozens'' of eyes. The brides, when they transform into monstrous wolves, gain extra eyes, too.
* FilmNoir: The book plays with noir tropes as well as horror ones. The Brides can be seen as femme fatales, while Quincy Harker is an IntrepidReporter trying to survive. The color palette also has deep shadows, although it also goes for a psychedelic '70s vibe.
* FurAgainstFang: Played with: the Brides transformed into monstrous wolves with versus Dracula, a monstrous mass of living shadows with fangs. Both vampires, just in different forms.
* HistoricalInJoke: The first page shows that Dracula was the one responsible for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayerling_incident Mayerling incident]] in 1889.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Even though Dracula gave the Brides eternal youth, they came to hate him because of they way he played each one off the other, making them compete for his attention, and then feeding off of them, all of which is implied to be similar to abusive relationships. When the Brides finally kill Dracula, Nerona even says, "Bye, Daddy," before crushing his skull.
* IntrepidReporter: Quincy Harker is a crime photographer who pays the police to tip him off about any murders so he can take photographs and sell them to newspapers. Unfortunately, due to the latest murder victim (Bebe Beauland) turning up ''alive'', the newspaper he usually sells to can't pay him that much, so he ends up needing to sell the photographs to a sleazy tabloid, too.
* LivingShadow: Unlike previous portrayals of Dracula, this version only appears as a living mass of shadows and ''eyes''.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The Brides, it turns out, can also transform into monstrous white wolves with many eyes. This is how they finally defeat Dracula.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Since Quincy Harker also sells to tabloids, he can be seen as a paparazzo. Even Dracula points this out:
-->''Rid me of this meddlesome paparazzo.''
* ThePowerOfBlood: Dracula turns women into his brides because when they feed, he can then feed from them, gaining all of their power. This is why his original Brides turned on him and how they end up defeating him, since they used the same trick and created ''brides and grooms'' to harvest.
* RaceLift: In the original ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', Quincy Harker is the son of Jonathan and Mina and decidedly white. In this book, he's African-America. Lampshaded in the behind-the-scenes essay by Alex de Campi:
-->I remember re-reading ''Dracula'' and snorting with laughteer when I got to him because that's the most accidentally black name in white literature since [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Percy Jackson]].
* TheWeirdSisters: The Brides: Marishka, Ateera, and Nerona.
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Bebe Beauland goes as far a ''releasing Dracula himself'' to regain her youth. It doesn't work out for her.

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