sianmandrake.bsky.social

sianmandrake.bsky.social

@sianmandrake.bsky.social

πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ¦‡ Horror writer and narrative artist. Creator of the comic 'John Carpenter's Night Terrors: Blood of the Taken' he/they https://linktr.ee/sianmandrake

316 Followers 782 Following 62 Posts Joined Jan 2024
3 weeks ago
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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 πŸ¦‡

#vampires #horrorcomics #BloodoftheTaken

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5 months ago
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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 πŸ§›β€β™‚οΈπŸ¦‡
Hope to see you there!! πŸ–€

#horrorart

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5 months ago
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Storm King Comics is up on @hoopladigital.bsky.social publisher spotlight!! You can read Blood of the Taken 1 and 2 on Hoopla!! Eeee!!!! πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡
#horrorcomics #horrorart #freecomics #vampires

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5 months ago

I'll be at booth 3417!

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5 months ago
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Theo spending some quality time with her family and her dermestid beetles πŸ–€

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

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5 months ago
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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

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5 months ago
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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

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5 months ago
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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
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#horrorcomics #bloodofthetaken #stormkingcomics

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5 months ago
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John Carpenter's Night Terrors: Blood of the Taken Book 2: Next of Kin|Paperback In this sequel to the critically acclaimed graphic novel Blood of the Taken, winter closes down around the town of Glennburne Falls, Massachusetts, pushing it into unrelenting gloom. And like the fros...

Oh and you can pick up a copy here!

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5 months ago
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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 !

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6 months ago
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"BLOOD OF THE TAKEN BOOK 2: NEXT OF KIN" Blurs The Lines Between Humanism And Vampirism Splendidly β€” Macabre Daily In their follow-up to 2022’s β€œBlood of the Taken,” Sian Mandrake returns to Storm King Comics with Theo, Liam, and Ed in β€œBlood of the Taken Book 2: Next of Kin.” How does this second volume expand up...

Wonderful review from @macabredaily.bsky.social about Blood of the Taken Book 2!
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6 months ago
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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

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6 months ago
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🩸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 πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡πŸ¦‡

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7 months ago
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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!!

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9 months ago

But if I close the tab I forget it ever existed πŸ˜” *I do also bookmark things-- that's a whole separate system

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10 months ago

Always this.

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10 months ago

I can't wait til I can announce more about the next volume of @stormkingcomics #BloodoftheTaken, but I don't think it's a spoiler to say Ellis might be neck and neck with Theo in the freaky old vampire department...but I'll let you all be the judge of thatπŸ¦‡

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10 months ago
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Crashing after a full weekend hanging out at Dark Force Fest so I thought I'd get back into work by sketching this guy πŸ§›β€β™‚οΈ

#vampire #horrorart #horrorillustration #gothichorror

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11 months ago
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Cat nap(bat nap?) after dinner

#indiecomics #horror #bloodofthetaken #sketch #liamtolman

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1 year ago
vinyl shroud character study 'Cliff' from my story 'Rotten'

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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1 year ago
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learning to write comic book dialogue thru the un-dead or I don't know, this process just works for me.

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...

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1 year ago
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This is what the news feels like now

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1 year ago

Thank you!! Yea-- It's always good for me to remember the people who dislike things are usually a small tho vocal minority haha And the people who really love it are super wonderful and encouraging, and that's what keeps me going. (that and a healthy dose of obsession... passion? lolol)

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1 year ago

Exactly!!! I couldn't have put it better.

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1 year ago

Aw thank you, Bane-- I will! Ah totally agree! I hate the entire culture around tearing lgbt art/stories apart for totally arbitrary reasons. And yea, sometimes I feel like it’s damned if you do damned if you don’t, so I’m just going to tell my stories and the people that get it will like them haha

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1 year ago

Thanks so much Zack! :) I love and welcome a good critique and discussion, but have less patience for getting stepped on because a story doesn't fit inside someones narrow box and expectations haha

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1 year ago

I don't mean for any of this to come off aggressive and know that this story will of course won't be for everyone, but felt a need to put this out there.

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1 year ago

The man turned Day-Walker. The Painter. The friend. And when he tells you, then yes, he's also the trans man fighting the Undead.

He knows himself and who he is. And so do those close to him. And if you follow his story then you get to learn about him too. That's the deal.

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1 year ago

He is aloud to just exist solely as the friend trying to save his doomed best friend. The lost soul being terrorized by his captor. The son mourning the death of his mother. The boyfriend who's just been broken up with.

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1 year ago

Ed doesn't owe you his backstory as a trans man just because he's a trans character in a comic. Just as a trans person in real life doesn't have to disclose that information to you.

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