Overview

Theo, a 500 year old Vampire, has made a new home in a small town in Western Massachusetts, stalking it's residents in search of the perfect humans to spirit away to replace her lost brood. After all, a home is nothing without a family... Best friends, Ed and Liam, are spending a long weekend together only to find themselves victims of a violent attack. They quickly come to find out their assailant is an unhinged elderly Vampire named Theo. Before the night is over, the two find themselves not only abducted, but locked away behind the walls of Theo's rotting home as unwilling members of her new brood. More hellish still, they've become undead themselves. Each passing night plunges the two friends deeper into Theo's putrefying nightmare of a world. It doesn't take them long to understand running isn't an option. After all, when you've become one of the undead yourself where can you call home except with the creature who made you? Ed and Liam must learn to navigate Theo's world if they want to survive it.

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"""With as much heart as there is brutal vampire violence, Sian's creative storytelling and prodigious artistic skill renders Blood of the Taken an absolute gem for any fan of the genre.""—Armand Bodnar, creator of Tales of the Frog Knight ""An original and inventive vampire tale, with a playfully human perspective. The art and writing are thoroughly immersive, I fell in love with all of the characters!”—Monica Richard, musician and founding member of seminal DC punk bands Strange Boutique and Faith and the Muse ""Sian Mandrake has created an all new and thoughtful take on the vampire mythos with Blood of the Taken. A must-have for bloodsucker fans.""—Steve Niles, author of 30 Days of Night, October Faction, and Batman: Gotham After Midnight ""Sian Mandrake and the creatives behind Blood of the Taken have shown us that the yearning to be loved crosses all boundaries…even the line between life and death."" - Erica Schultz, author of Daredevil: Woman Without Fear and Spawn: Rat City"

"""Sian Mandrake and the creatives behind Blood of the Taken have shown us that the yearning to be loved crosses all boundaries…even the line between life and death."" - Erica Schultz, author of Daredevil: Woman Without Fear and Spawn: Rat City ""An original and inventive vampire tale, with a playfully human perspective. The art and writing are thoroughly immersive, I fell in love with all of the characters!”—Monica Richard, musician and founding member of seminal DC punk bands Strange Boutique and Faith and the Muse ""With as much heart as there is brutal vampire violence, Sian's creative storytelling and prodigious artistic skill renders Blood of the Taken an absolute gem for any fan of the genre.""—Armand Bodnar, creator of Tales of the Frog Knight ""Sian Mandrake has created an all new and thoughtful take on the vampire mythos with Blood of the Taken. A must-have for bloodsucker fans.""—Steve Niles, author of 30 Days of Night, October Faction, and Batman: Gotham After Midnight"

"""An original and inventive vampire tale, with a playfully human perspective. The art and writing are thoroughly immersive, I fell in love with all of the characters!”—Monica Richard, musician and founding member of seminal DC punk bands Strange Boutique and Faith and the Muse ""With as much heart as there is brutal vampire violence, Sian's creative storytelling and prodigious artistic skill renders Blood of the Taken an absolute gem for any fan of the genre.""—Armand Bodnar, creator of Tales of the Frog Knight ""Sian Mandrake has created an all new and thoughtful take on the vampire mythos with Blood of the Taken. A must-have for bloodsucker fans.""—Steve Niles, author of 30 Days of Night, October Faction, and Batman: Gotham After Midnight ""Sian Mandrake and the creatives behind Blood of the Taken have shown us that the yearning to be loved crosses all boundaries…even the line between life and death."" - Erica Schultz, author of Daredevil: Woman Without Fear and Spawn: Rat City"

""Sian Mandrake has created an all new and thoughtful take on the vampire mythos with Blood of the Taken. A must-have for bloodsucker fans.""—Steve Niles, author of 30 Days of Night, October Faction, and Batman: Gotham After Midnight ""With as much heart as there is brutal vampire violence, Sian's creative storytelling and prodigious artistic skill renders Blood of the Taken an absolute gem for any fan of the genre.""—Armand Bodnar, creator of Tales of the Frog Knight ""An original and inventive vampire tale, with a playfully human perspective. The art and writing are thoroughly immersive, I fell in love with all of the characters!”—Monica Richard, musician and founding member of seminal DC punk bands Strange Boutique and Faith and the Muse ""Sian Mandrake and the creatives behind Blood of the Taken have shown us that the yearning to be loved crosses all boundaries…even the line between life and death."" - Erica Schultz, author of Daredevil: Woman Without Fear and Spawn: Rat City

"""Sian Mandrake has created an all new and thoughtful take on the vampire mythos with Blood of the Taken. A must-have for bloodsucker fans.""—Steve Niles, author of 30 Days of Night, October Faction, and Batman: Gotham After Midnight ""Sian Mandrake and the creatives behind Blood of the Taken have shown us that the yearning to be loved crosses all boundaries…even the line between life and death."" - Erica Schultz, author of Daredevil: Woman Without Fear and Spawn: Rat City ""An original and inventive vampire tale, with a playfully human perspective. The art and writing are thoroughly immersive, I fell in love with all of the characters!”—Monica Richard, musician and founding member of seminal DC punk bands Strange Boutique and Faith and the Muse ""With as much heart as there is brutal vampire violence, Sian's creative storytelling and prodigious artistic skill renders Blood of the Taken an absolute gem for any fan of the genre.""—Armand Bodnar, creator of Tales of the Frog Knight"

"""An original and inventive vampire tale, with a playfully human perspective. The art and writing are thoroughly immersive, I fell in love with all of the characters!”—Monica Richard, musician and founding member of seminal DC punk bands Strange Boutique and Faith and the Muse ""With as much heart as there is brutal vampire violence, Sian's creative storytelling and prodigious artistic skill renders Blood of the Taken an absolute gem for any fan of the genre.""—Armand Bodnar, creator of Tales of the Frog Knight ""Sian Mandrake and the creatives behind Blood of the Taken have shown us that the yearning to be loved crosses all boundaries…even the line between life and death."" - Erica Schultz, author of Daredevil: Woman Without Fear and Spawn: Rat City ""Sian Mandrake has created an all new and thoughtful take on the vampire mythos with Blood of the Taken. A must-have for bloodsucker fans.""—Steve Niles, author of 30 Days of Night, October Faction, and Batman: Gotham After Midnight"

Author Information

Sian is an illustrator, writer, and sequential storytelling artist. They are a graduate and current instructor at the Kubert School. Sian is the creator, writer, and artist of the indie vampire comic series, Blood of the Taken as well as a new project, Robin's Nest. Sian also works as a colorist and has colored books for companies including Storm King, DC, Dynamite, and IDW. Janice Chiang is a comic pioneer as one of the first female letterers in the industry. From hand-lettering to digital, she has forged the way for countless female comic artists. Janice works with publishers old (Marvel) and new (DC's SUPERGIRLS, which won the Ringo Award 2018 for Best Kids Graphic Novel). She was also the letterer for the Eisner nominated Storm Kids Comics STANLEY'S GHOST and two time Eisner winner DC Comics SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN.Comics Alliance honored Chiang as Outstanding Letterer of 2016 and ComicBook.com gave her the 2017 Golden Issue Award for Lettering. In May 2017, Chiang was featured as one of 13 women who have been making comics since before the internet on the blog Women Write About Comics. With her kind and forthright nature, Janice has built a loyal family within the comic community. Everyone has met her at one time or another. Everyone who runs into her says the same thing: ""Oh my god, she's done so much, and she's so nice!""

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