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IDW To Collect Nancy A. Collins' Sunglasses After Dark

Published Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:00:15 -0500

You looking in bookstores and there is a plethora of Urban Fantasy novels on the shelves (I've written a few myself)… but back in the 1989, there wasn't even a term for it yet and Nancy A. Collins was one of the first with her Sonja Blue character. The Bram Stoker Award winning novel, Sunglasses After Dark, was adapted for comics by Collins with artist Stan Shaw as a six and a half issue mini-series for Verotik Comics started by Glen Danzig.

Now IDW is collecting the cult comic series into a single graphic novel due out this November.

"I am thrilled to finally see Sunglasses After Dark collected as a graphic novel," said Collins. "The road was long, but the end result is something I am proud of. My collaborator, Stan Shaw, has outdone himself as both artist and colorist. I think fans of Sonja Blue will be pleased. "

The story begins in a madhouse and goes on to reveal the mystery behind the disappearance of a nightclubbing heiress and her transformation into a tough-as-nails punk vampire/vampire-slayer. Sonja Blue is a "living" vampire who still possesses a soul, and is determined to fight for what remains of her humanity, while still seeking bloody revenge against the vampire who attacked her. But as dangerous as hunting down vampires may be, it is nothing compared to her greatest foe: The Other–the demonic alter ego with which she is locked in constant battle for the body they both share.

Sunglasses After Dark will be a full-color, 212-page hardcover coming out in November (ISBN: 978-1-63140-162-6).

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