Artist Gene Colan on Origins of Tomb of Dracula & Blade Vampire Hunter in Bronze Age Marvel Comics

Artist Gene Colan interview on creating Tomb of Dracula for Marvel Comics' horror line.

A look inside the Bronze Age of comics and the creation of Marvel's flagship horror comic, Tomb of Dracula! Hear classic Marvel artist Gene Colan talk about the origins of his atmospheric style, who he based Dracula on, and a word about the creation of Blade the Vampire Hunter! Hear Marvel Comics artist Gene Colan talk about his inspiration for Dracula in the classic Marvel horror Tomb of Dracula comic book, how he thought of actor Jack Palance as Dracula, and Jack Palance did appear as Dracula in a TV movie just a couple years later! Gene was ahead of his time, bringing the face of Jack Palance as Dracula to comics two years before Hollywood did!

And while we only hear him briefly discuss the most famous vampire hunter in Marvel Comics Tomb of Dracula, Blade The Vampire Hunter - but fear not, we have more of him talking about horror icon Blade coming in the future. We should also note the co-creator of all of this, writer Marv Wolfman, a legend in Bronze Age comic books. We even in the future will be showing clips of Gene sharing his thoughts on the Wesley Snipes Blade Vampire Hunter movie!

Special Thanks to the late great artist Gene Colan for his time talking about Marvel Comics Tomb of Dracula in this interview.

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