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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 5d

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

sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 8d

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

sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 8d

I'll be at booth 3417!

sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 8d

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

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 16d

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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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 20d

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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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 22d

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

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 24d

Oh and you can pick up a copy here!

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...

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · 24d

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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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Sep 4

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...

www.macabredaily.com

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Aug 20

🩸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 🦇🦇🦇

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Aug 13

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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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · May 17

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

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Arie the Emerald Matron 🍃 @dreamwyrm.co.uk · May 7

Always this.

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · May 5

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 that🦇

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · May 5

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

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Apr 1

Cat nap(bat nap?) after dinner

#indiecomics #horror #bloodofthetaken #sketch #liamtolman

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Mar 9

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...

vinyl shroud

character study 'Cliff' from my story 'Rotten'

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Mar 8

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.

substack.com

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Lizzy @thedirtbird.bsky.social · Feb 14

This is what the news feels like now

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Feb 16

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)

sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Feb 16

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

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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Feb 15

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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sianmandrake.bsky.social @sianmandrake.bsky.social · Feb 14

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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