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Media Release -- Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to awaken DRACULA'S BRUNCH CLUB! Have you ever wondered how vampires got their taste for blood? In Dracula's Brunch Club, it all started with a crimson-red donut, dripping and oozing with spooky secrets—I mean, jelly. Dripping and oozing with non-spooky-tasting JELLY. Get ready to sink your fangs into the hilarious new graphic novel from debut authors Brian Gonsar (Twisted Tales of Scary Stories: Werewolves) and Keenan Gaybba! Blood, treachery, and humor from two promising newcomers not enough? DRACULA'S BRUNCH CLUB will also hit the stands with a foreword from Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers!
Count Dracula is not your average vampire. Well, sure, he's undead, hates garlic, and will burn up in sunlight––but unlike other vampires, he has a knack for baking. And it's his brunch club's famous blood-orange-jelly donuts that give his fellow vampires the energy source they need to live forever. But when Transylvania experiences a mysterious jelly shortage, it allows his nemesis, Constantine, to swoop in and steal the brunch club—and the vampires' loyalty—from Dracula. But it's not just jelly donuts at stake. When townsfolk start to go missing, Dracula suspects Constantine has far more sinister motives lurking that could threaten everything vampires and humans have worked for. With the help of his chef and human friend, Elena, Dracula must find a new energy source before every vampire and human turns on him and he loses his coveted brunch club forever.
"I was always envious of the kids who carried around Goosebumps or other scary stories," said Brian Gonsar. "I wanted to read them too, but I didn't love being scared. This book is here to remedy that. It's a comedy in a spooky wrapper and manages to keep even the most intense situations light. A perfect combo for kids who want scary stories, but not actually to be scared."
Prepare your cursed culinary appetite for September 2025, when DRACULA'S BRUNCH CLUB arises from its slumber!
About the Creators:
Brian Gonsar is an award-winning producer with a rėsumė of feature films, music videos, art installations, and even a Super Bowl commercial. He is also a self-proclaimed donut aficionado who has traveled the world to find the best donut. Dracula's Brunch Club is Brian's debut graphic novel. When he's not writing and creating, Brian's most likely reliving his glory days on the soccer field. He is a proud #girldad and lives with his wife and daughter in New Jersey.
Keenan Gaybba is an illustrator and animator from Cape Town, South Africa. He's created animated music videos for clients like All Time Low, Marshmello, Seth MacFarlane, Tones and I, Anthony Hamilton, and many more. Dracula's Brunch Club is his debut graphic novel. Keenan loves all things spooky, ʼ90s cartoons, and his wife and cat.
About Oni Press
Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, K. O'Neill's Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Ezra Claytan Daniels' Upgrade Soul, Brenna Thummler's Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward's diversified global media company, Polarity.
