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Dracula by Andy Warhol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"audio\"<\/a>Author and film critic Kim Newman talks to Virginie S&#233lavy about Johnny Alucard, the latest and fourth instalment in his Anno Dracula<\/I> series, which charts an alternative history of Dracula from 1888 to 1991, weaving in historical and fictional characters from Queen Victoria to Francis Ford Coppola. <\/p>\n

Read an extract from Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard<\/I><\/A>.<\/div>\n

Anno Dracula<\/I> was set in a Victorian England ruled by vampires after Dracula successfully invaded Britain and married Queen Victoria. Its sequel, The Bloody Red Baron<\/I>, took place during World War I. In the third volume, Dracula Cha Cha Cha<\/I>, Dracula got married in 1950s Rome while the latest episode, Johnny Alucard<\/I>, sees the story move from Transylvania to America between 1976 and 1991. <\/p>\n

In the podcast, Kim Newman discusses the rules behind the Anno Dracula<\/I> series, the vampire as dominant cultural icon, Dracula and Heart of Darkness<\/I>, vampirism and celebrity, Andy Warhol and Orson Welles. <\/p>\n

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Podcast: Author and film critic Kim Newman talks about Johnny Alucard, the latest instalment in his Anno Dracula<\/I> series. 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