The Boy Who Cried Vampire

Abstract

The back cover declares "Classic fables get twisted about and turned inside out in this series of full-color comic books for kids!" The vampire in this rendition is "Grigore the Dreaded." The boy Ion likes to play pranks and make up wild stories – or otherwise, to watch scary movies. Ion cries out to the people of the village that "Grigore the Vampire is after me!" When people show up, Ion tells them that it was a drill. His parents ground Ion for a month. Ion tries a wounding story including ketchup. "Ion, you are beyond lame. I mean, ketchup?" Ion is grounded by his parents "until he is 35"! Grigore then actually appears and comes after Ion. Grigore then reveals to Ion that he drinks only "totally organic beet juice." He does not want blood; he wants to hang out. This story ends rather open-ended. Is Grigore what he says he is?