Alex asked Dan Davis:

What do you think about the series 'Preacher' (Amazon Prime & graphic novel)? More specifically, the vampire characterisation? Quite enjoyed it myself, despite some misgivings at the start of Series 2 - and I'm no Vampire/Werewolf 'Twilight' fanboy. Am actually a bit surprised I like your vampiric books so much. Must be your great writing ;-)

Dan Davis Hi Alex, thanks for your question. I haven't read the graphic novel but I liked the first series of the show and unintentionally abandoned the second halfway through. I really liked the energy of it. A big part of it was the vampire character and a big part of him I think was the actor Joe Gilgun. He's superb. He was great in This is England and Misfits and he was the only good thing in that movie Lockout. I wish they had done more with his character as there was a lot there, it seemed. Perhaps they do later on.

I'm not a big vampire fan myself. There are a few that do interesting things with the concept, like Necroscope and I always loved I Am Legend but I wanted to delve into other aspects. A vampire on the battlefields of history and all the other stuff I have in the series. To be honest, the movie Highlander was a bigger influence than vampire fiction.

Thanks again Alex, glad you're enjoying the stories.

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