{"product_id":"american-vampire-book-one-dc-compact-comics-edition-9781779527349","title":"American Vampire Book One: DC Compact Comics Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eGraphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChronicling the history of a new breed of vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eby the legendary Scott Snyder and Stephen King is a fresh look at an old monster--a generational epic showcasing the bloodlust that lay hidden beneath America's most distinctive eras. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCunning, ruthless, and rattlesnake mean, Skinner Sweet is a thoroughly corrupt gunslinger. When European vampires come to the American Old West, they turn Skinner into a true monster: the very first American vampire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSkinner becomes something entirely new--a stronger breed of vampire immune to sunlight, who hates every last one of his aristocratic European ancestors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollow this dark symbol of the New World's bloody path as he moves through American history's most distinctive eras--from the Wild West in the 1880s to the glamorous classic Hollywood of the 1920s to mobster-run Las Vegas in the 1930s, and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as Skinner's war with his predecessors inspires a mysterious society to rise and fight them both, his most upsetting decision might involve the first person he chooses to join his vampiric ranks: a struggling young movie star named Pearl Jones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eAmerican Vampire \u003c\/i\u003e#1-11.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. His works include \u003ci\u003eAll-Star Batman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Batman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Batman Eternal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSuperman Unchained\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e American Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also been published in \u003ci\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Epoch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmall Spiral Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals, and has a short-story collection, \u003ci\u003eVoodoo Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen King \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"DC Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874805485842,"sku":"9781779527349","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc33e2f2-4eb5-4f89-be17-62ada75dc033.jpg?v=1738007164","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-vampire-book-one-dc-compact-comics-edition-9781779527349","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}