The Last Celt - Introduction

The winds of change carry you into an uncharted realm as you enter a strange portal. In front of you, a land larger than Pangea, able to reach to space. A land overpopulated by what may seem to be hybrids of angels and deamons. A place that might seem to be a realm you might have seen in your nightmares.

But fear not. 

Consider this for one long moment... Abraham Stoker II was Irish. 

Hard to believe, is it not? Of course, there are other Irish people that are famous like Saint Patrick and Enya... but, Bram Stoker? Come on, he is the author of Dracula for the sake of Christ. Don't get me wrong, Dracula is a stunning novel (And better than Twilight, even by a long shot.).

But, even though Dracula is probably the greatest vampire novel, it was not the first. 

For a long time, Bram was researching European folklore and stories of the Vampire. Bram had looked at Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, James Malcolm Rymer's Varney the Vampire, Emily Gerard's Transylvania Superstitions, and John Polidori's The Vampyre. Real life inspirations were Henry Irving for the character's mannerisms and... get this... Vlad "Țepeș" Dracula III, Prince of Wallachia.

I even did the same thing as a child. You see, when I was in Mendenhall Elementary in the late 2000's and early 2010's, I had a fascination with vampires and whatnot because that is just an amazing concept. An unholy creature that is dead but remains alive by feeding upon the blood of the living? STUNNING. The version of Dracula that I ever finished reading was a comic titled The Count Mickey Dragul, which, I must say, is pretty interesting to look at. 

The first Marilyn drawing I had ever came across was Kenneth Anderson's class assignment of her as a vampire with a scythe. And once I gazed upon the drawing, I knew that I had something. Immediately I went to work on this new project that I would title... The Last Celt. Although it is an adaptation, it is not completely based on Dracula. 

The story of The Last Celt is focuses on Marilyn Shine, a mischievous and feisty child with a lot to say. She has an interest for Gothic literature and horror films, giving her what you may see as a dark look on life. Whilst misjudged by others, she has a few friends and an optimistic future ahead of her. At age nine, Marilyn befriends a harmless giant named Meek and enters a portal to his secret world - Golothia. 

It is a great story after all, especially for someone who wants to so something in the style of a Tim Burton feature. And, although I do want to do a version of Dracula, I want to keep Ken's original story, characters and setting.

This is the result. 

And so, I would like to say thank you.

Thank you all.

To the false Celts, to the true Celts. To The Provisional Irish Republican Army, to the Irish government. To the democrats, liberals and republicans, true and false, to those who supported Obamacare and did not.

Thank you.

Thank you all again.

To The Roman Empire that exterminated the Celts forever, to the people who started The Celtic Revival. To the daemons and angels, to the good and bad.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

Come now.

Let Kenneth Anderson and Cesar Jimenez help you step from the evil into the night. Let Tim Burton and Frank Delaney take a photograph of you all to put in the album of despairs and joys. Let Bram Stoker and Keenu Hale begin the celebration to surpass them all. Let me engrave your faces in the wall of fame.

So that we may never forget your legacies.

So that we may never accept your apologies.

So that you can tell the world that the face of God is out there.

For wherever the winds of change take you, King Christ will always be by your side. 


-S.