The premise of the strip as a whole is that Dracula is usually depicted as an evil, murderous monster. But in “My Dad is Dracula” he is a loving and attentive father who likes conventionally dad-ish things (like bad jokes, gently teasing his son for not doing his chores, and grilling, etc).
Many of the strips feature specific jokes in the last two panels: In this case, Dad sounds like he’s about to reveal something significant, or potentially upsetting. But in fact, he’s just letting his son know where a health-recovery item is hidden in the game they’re playing together.
This further proves Dracula is not really an evil bad guy. He went out of his way to make sure the Belmont’s had everything they needed to defeat him, even before they stepped foot inside his castle.
There’s a very good Pratchett book (Carpe Jugulum) built on the premise that old-school vampires do indeed always leave convenient stuff a vampire killer would need. Like easily torn curtains, furniture that can be arranged in a cross shape, etc.
With, on the contrary, a “modern” vampire dad rejecting all of it and trying to make his family adventurer-proof.
It’s a bit hard for me to evaluate how it would be to read that one as an entry point into Discworld, because, yeah, I pretty much read them all… All books have a theme and tell a whole story (except the very first two that are really one storyline), and they tend to quickly reintroduce everyone when needed. It might be okay to dive in at that point and beside a little weirdness, it shouldn’t be too confusing… Maybe.
But I don’t think you would need to read them all sequentially, in any case. Discworld stories typically follow different groups of characters. Just reading a few of the related stories might help familiarizing with the recurring characters in this one. In this specific case, this is pretty much a Witches story with no connection to anyone else. If you wanted an introduction to both these characters and the world, Wyrd Sisters is a good one.
That site sums it up rather well, you can see the Witches sub-series is 6 books (and Equal Rites doesn’t matter much IMO) :
Also, a large portion of the jokes are about Dracula taking the shape of everyday items. I think I wouldn’t remember it so strongly if I didn’t see like a sports-car-shaped Dracula, or whatever.
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The premise of the strip as a whole is that Dracula is usually depicted as an evil, murderous monster. But in “My Dad is Dracula” he is a loving and attentive father who likes conventionally dad-ish things (like bad jokes, gently teasing his son for not doing his chores, and grilling, etc).
Many of the strips feature specific jokes in the last two panels: In this case, Dad sounds like he’s about to reveal something significant, or potentially upsetting. But in fact, he’s just letting his son know where a health-recovery item is hidden in the game they’re playing together.
It’s gentle humor, more sweet that hilarious.
I figure also he knows where it’s at because the game is set in his castle
This further proves Dracula is not really an evil bad guy. He went out of his way to make sure the Belmont’s had everything they needed to defeat him, even before they stepped foot inside his castle.
Dracula is the real OG dad.
There’s a very good Pratchett book (Carpe Jugulum) built on the premise that old-school vampires do indeed always leave convenient stuff a vampire killer would need. Like easily torn curtains, furniture that can be arranged in a cross shape, etc.
With, on the contrary, a “modern” vampire dad rejecting all of it and trying to make his family adventurer-proof.
I see this is part of a series (#23 in fact); do I need to read the first 22 books or can I just jump in at this one?
It’s a bit hard for me to evaluate how it would be to read that one as an entry point into Discworld, because, yeah, I pretty much read them all… All books have a theme and tell a whole story (except the very first two that are really one storyline), and they tend to quickly reintroduce everyone when needed. It might be okay to dive in at that point and beside a little weirdness, it shouldn’t be too confusing… Maybe.
But I don’t think you would need to read them all sequentially, in any case. Discworld stories typically follow different groups of characters. Just reading a few of the related stories might help familiarizing with the recurring characters in this one. In this specific case, this is pretty much a Witches story with no connection to anyone else. If you wanted an introduction to both these characters and the world, Wyrd Sisters is a good one.
That site sums it up rather well, you can see the Witches sub-series is 6 books (and Equal Rites doesn’t matter much IMO) :
https://www.discworldemporium.com/reading-order/
Thank you. I will add them to my reading list. 🧛♂️
😆 that’s funny too
Also, a large portion of the jokes are about Dracula taking the shape of everyday items. I think I wouldn’t remember it so strongly if I didn’t see like a sports-car-shaped Dracula, or whatever.
Like a contemporary version of The Addam’s Family essentially.
Thanks