When we originally planned the Nosferatu project, we had a couple of different approaches to Orlock's appearance--after a couple of false starts, artist Mark Menendez supplied this pen-and-ink character study.

When we settled on a physical appearance we wanted a color scheme to suggest his undead condition with pallid, almost luminiscent skin tones. Mark Menendez rendered Orlock such unliving color, you could almost smell Nosferatu's "coffin breath."

Although this original page by artist Rik Levins is striking and beautifully rendered, it doesn't capture the mood that the completed page below has, with additional gray tones added by Melissa Martin.

Although well-compsed, this splash page by Kevin Van Hook from the third chapter was never used because it didn't quite convey what we wanted in the way of atmosphere.

However, the exceptionally talented Frank Turner gave us exactly what we were hoping for, particularly with the masterful effect of the stained glass window in the background.

Fans can see a preview of the first chapter on my comic space page, here.

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