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Dhampire: Stillborn
Dhampire: Stillborn, also known simply as Dhampire, is an American graphic novel published in 1996 by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. The series was created by horror writer Nancy A. Collins and was painted by artist Paul Lee.
The Dhampire series was intended to continue beyond this one-shot graphic novella, but as of 2022 there have been no further stories published due to several problematic circumstances.
In June 1994, at an art opening, author Nancy A. Collins ran into her friend, DC Comics editor Lou Stathis, who asked her to write a "Gothic" graphic novel about vampires that would appeal to Generation X. Collins, whose recently completed novel Paint it Black included the "dhampire" character Jen, immediately suggested incorporating a similar half-human, half-vampire character into the story, an idea which Stathis liked.
Days after this impromptu meeting, Collins began writing notes towards a preliminary proposal, including story concepts and possible character names. According to these notes, Collins' protagonist would have the surname "Gaunt" and the given name of "Nicholas", "Natalie", or some other name beginning with "N". She'd chosen the name "Gaunt" as the word connoted "thinness and pallor, qualities associated with the 'undead'", as well as in reference to H. P. Lovecraft's nightgaunt creation. Collins ultimately settled on the first name "Nicholas" because Nick is a nickname for the devil in Christianity, she'd recently seen Nicholas Nickleby, and as a tribute to Jack Nicholson.
On June 25, 1994, Collins hand-wrote a draft letter to Stathis, in which she proposed "the idea of an alienated 'slacker' who discovers under hypnosis that the woman he thinks is his mother is really his grandmother and that his real mother is a teenager who was bitten by a vampire when she was pregnant, giving him vampire traits, and who later becomes a vampire after being shot and killed by cops". Also included in this letter were various titles that Collins was considering, specifically Dhampire, Dhampir, Vampire X, Bleake, and Ghaunt. On October 2, Collins sent a formal proposal of her concept to Stathis. After the project's approval by DC Comics, Collins created a script breakdown and then a full-fledged script with Stathis strictly "fixing and tightening language and improving the flow of the narrative".
In January 1996, Paul Lee was approached by DC Comics to illustrate Dhampire: Stillborn. Upon Lee's acceptance of the position, Stathis provided the artist with written character descriptions, a story synopsis, and a scene-by-scene breakdown, from which Lee created sketches for approval. Once his sketches were approved, Lee painted each of the panels for the finished work.
In July 1996, at which point the project's editing was already completed, Stathis was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer causing Axel Alonso to step-in and supervise the production's final stages.
Dhampire: Stillborn was a 64-page squarebound graphic novel written by Nancy A. Collins, illustrated by Paul Lee, and published by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. It was cover dated November 1996 but its on-sale date was September 25. As was standard for Vertigo-branded comic books, this one-shot was not approved by the Comics Code Authority and instead bore the pre-DC Comics rating system label of "Suggested for Mature Readers".
Dhampire: Stillborn
Dhampire: Stillborn, also known simply as Dhampire, is an American graphic novel published in 1996 by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. The series was created by horror writer Nancy A. Collins and was painted by artist Paul Lee.
The Dhampire series was intended to continue beyond this one-shot graphic novella, but as of 2022 there have been no further stories published due to several problematic circumstances.
In June 1994, at an art opening, author Nancy A. Collins ran into her friend, DC Comics editor Lou Stathis, who asked her to write a "Gothic" graphic novel about vampires that would appeal to Generation X. Collins, whose recently completed novel Paint it Black included the "dhampire" character Jen, immediately suggested incorporating a similar half-human, half-vampire character into the story, an idea which Stathis liked.
Days after this impromptu meeting, Collins began writing notes towards a preliminary proposal, including story concepts and possible character names. According to these notes, Collins' protagonist would have the surname "Gaunt" and the given name of "Nicholas", "Natalie", or some other name beginning with "N". She'd chosen the name "Gaunt" as the word connoted "thinness and pallor, qualities associated with the 'undead'", as well as in reference to H. P. Lovecraft's nightgaunt creation. Collins ultimately settled on the first name "Nicholas" because Nick is a nickname for the devil in Christianity, she'd recently seen Nicholas Nickleby, and as a tribute to Jack Nicholson.
On June 25, 1994, Collins hand-wrote a draft letter to Stathis, in which she proposed "the idea of an alienated 'slacker' who discovers under hypnosis that the woman he thinks is his mother is really his grandmother and that his real mother is a teenager who was bitten by a vampire when she was pregnant, giving him vampire traits, and who later becomes a vampire after being shot and killed by cops". Also included in this letter were various titles that Collins was considering, specifically Dhampire, Dhampir, Vampire X, Bleake, and Ghaunt. On October 2, Collins sent a formal proposal of her concept to Stathis. After the project's approval by DC Comics, Collins created a script breakdown and then a full-fledged script with Stathis strictly "fixing and tightening language and improving the flow of the narrative".
In January 1996, Paul Lee was approached by DC Comics to illustrate Dhampire: Stillborn. Upon Lee's acceptance of the position, Stathis provided the artist with written character descriptions, a story synopsis, and a scene-by-scene breakdown, from which Lee created sketches for approval. Once his sketches were approved, Lee painted each of the panels for the finished work.
In July 1996, at which point the project's editing was already completed, Stathis was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer causing Axel Alonso to step-in and supervise the production's final stages.
Dhampire: Stillborn was a 64-page squarebound graphic novel written by Nancy A. Collins, illustrated by Paul Lee, and published by Vertigo, an imprint of DC Comics. It was cover dated November 1996 but its on-sale date was September 25. As was standard for Vertigo-branded comic books, this one-shot was not approved by the Comics Code Authority and instead bore the pre-DC Comics rating system label of "Suggested for Mature Readers".