sianmandrake.bsky.social
@sianmandrake.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🦇 Horror writer and narrative artist. Creator of the comic 'John Carpenter's Night Terrors: Blood of the Taken' he/they https://linktr.ee/sianmandrake
Hey friends! The Kickstarter for my creator owned book, “Freaks” Issue No. 1 is now live! I hope you check it out and help to spread the word around! And of course, please contribute if you are able 🙏 #freaks #kickstarter #kickstartercomics #newcomic #indiecomics #crowdfunding #comicbooks #comics
Wow!! What an awesome review of Blood of the Taken 3 from @comiccrusaders.bsky.social !! comiccrusaders.com/reviews/comi...
Blood of the Taken Book 3 Review: Dearly Departed
Blood of the Taken Book 3 closes Sian Mandrake’s vampire trilogy with grotesque visuals, damaged relationships, dark humor and one bloody goodbye.
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The vampires have arrived in New Jersey just in time for the start of Halloween season! Come get a signed copy of my new book with #stormkingcomics Blood of the Taken Book 3: Dearly Departed this Saturday (9/19) @ Dewey's Comic City and @thegeekerynj.bsky.social on 9/26! #horrorcomics
'Theo can bite my fuzzy ass. <3 Liam' Oh Liam, hasn't Theo done enough biting as of late? I'm reorganizing my shelf so here's an inked page from book 2 of Blood of the Taken from Storm King Comics!! #originalcomicart #horrorcomics #traditionalpenandink #vampireart #bloodofthetaken
A few panels from Blood of the Taken Book 3: Dearly Departed from #stormkingcomics !!!
Theo thinks it's so sweet of you that you remembered your dinner date with her tonight! One of my recent paintings of the family matriarch Theo 🦇🦇🦇 You can catch up with Theo and her brood Tuesday with Blood of the Taken Book 3: Dearly Departed from #stormkingcomics !! #horrorcomics #vampires
My book Blood of the Taken Book 3: Dearly Departed with #stormkingcomics comes out next Tuesday (9/01)! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/john-carpe... #bloodofthetaken #horrorcomics #vampires
Final orders for Vampirella/Witchblade are due on Monday. Let your shop know you're looking for it! @valepinti.bsky.social and I team up with @sianmandrake.bsky.social for these kick ass ladies kicking ass!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! Tomorrow, Cory Smith & I will be signing at @thegeekerynj.bsky.social ! Final Orders are due for Vampirella vs. Witchblade by @valepinti.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social & I on August 31! AND Final orders are ALSO due for Gunslinger Spawn #58 on August 31! Tell your shop!
Theo and her brood have crawled out of the cellar for a new volume of Blood of the Taken! ( Okay so I forgot to lock the cellar door, but don't worry Theo promised she'll behave this time... Really!) Blood of the Taken Book 3: Dearly Departed will be out September 1st from #StormKingComics!
Ed's been learning a lot about his new family. Really probably too much 💀 From my comic Blood of the Taken Book 2: Next of Kin from Storm King Comics Lettering by Janice Chiang #bloodofthetaken #horrorcomics #vampires #johncarpentersnightterrors #stormkingcomics
Eeee! Congratulations to Janice Chiang for her Eisner nomination for best lettering!!! Thank you Janice for bringing Theo and her boys to life in their macabre little world in Blood of the Taken with your beautiful lettering. You're the best!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 #janicechiang #eisners
I'm not dead! I can't say the same for these guys though(well they're just sort of mostly dead) Here's a little sneak peak of what I've been working on aka an update on how the boys are as of late 🦇 #vampires #horrorcomics #BloodoftheTaken
Blood of the Taken Book 2: Next of Kin will be at #NYCC at Storm King Comics this weekend located at booth #3417! And so will I! Come find me! But I'm warning you, I'm going to be as hard to find as Liam hiding behind this tree. He's really good at hiding 🧛♂️🦇 Hope to see you there!! 🖤 #horrorart
Storm King Comics is up on @hoopladigital.bsky.social publisher spotlight!! You can read Blood of the Taken 1 and 2 on Hoopla!! Eeee!!!! 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 #horrorcomics #horrorart #freecomics #vampires
Theo spending some quality time with her family and her dermestid beetles 🖤 Catch up with Theo and her brood(the ones not in the tub) in Blood of the Taken Book 2 Next of Kin from Storm King Comics!! #horrorart #vampires #BloodoftheTaken
Ed's life as of late vs how'd he'd really rather be spending his supposed immortality. Theo says it's all about balance. #horrorcomics #vampires #bloodofthetaken
Happy belated bat-man day. Or is that Batman day? No matter. Here's our resident batboy. Liam's still getting used to his new undead body. #bloodofthetaken #vampires #bat #batman #horrorart #horrorcomics #liamtolman
Yea. Sure Vampires bite, but I wouldn't mess with a Day-Walker personally. Panels from Book 1 of Blood of the Taken from Storm King Comics!! Catch up with Theo's doomed brood-- link in my bio 🦇🖤🦇 #horrorcomics #bloodofthetaken #stormkingcomics
I don't know how long Liam would be able to hold onto the shreds of his own humanity without Ed. Or how long he'd want to... Some panels from my book Next of Kin, the 2nd book in the Blood of the Taken series from @stormkingcomics.bsky.social !
Wonderful review from @macabredaily.bsky.social about Blood of the Taken Book 2! 🦇🖤🦇
"BLOOD OF THE TAKEN BOOK 2: NEXT OF KIN" Blurs The Lines Between Humanism And Vampirism Splendidly — Macabre Daily
In their follow-up to 2022’s “Blood of the Taken,” Sian Mandrake returns to Storm King Comics with Theo, Liam, and Ed in “Blood of the Taken Book 2: Next of Kin.” How does this second volume expand up...
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Liam's been doing great, why do you ask? My graphic novel Blood of the Taken Book 2 Next of Kin with @stormkingcomics.bsky.social is out next week! #bloodofthetaken #horrorcomics #vampires
🩸Theo in her blood jacuzzi 🩸 My book Blood of the Taken Book 2: Next of Kin from @stormkingcomics is out in just a few weeks!! I've got links up in my bio for anyone who wants to get their claws on it! And you know I'll be adding more teasers of the brood as the day(evening?) draws nearer 🦇🦇🦇
My book, Blood of the Taken Book 2: Next of Kin is coming out September 2nd from @stormkingcomics.bsky.social ! Annnd you can pick up a copy early if you're going to @midsummerscream.bsky.social this weekend! Be sure to stop by Storm Kings booth!!
Crashing after a full weekend hanging out at Dark Force Fest so I thought I'd get back into work by sketching this guy 🧛♂️ #vampire #horrorart #horrorillustration #gothichorror
Starting the time change with a little splatterpunk/extreme horror character study of Cliff from my story 'Rotten'! You can read it here--> open.substack.com/pub/vampirev...
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character study 'Cliff' from my story 'Rotten'
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Just finished dialogue for book 2 of 'Blood of the Taken' so here's a little bit about my dialogue writing process -- substack.com/@vampirevomi...
learning to write comic book dialogue thru the un-dead
or I don't know, this process just works for me.
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