KNOW YOUR SHADOW TO BEAT THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL!

A CAUTIONARY TALE

IN THE SAME VEIN OF
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

BLOODY PERKS
is
“BLOODY BRILLIANT!!!…
If Kurt Vonnegut and Anne Rice had
a love child while tripping heavily
on a batch of space acid”
- Robert B.
“DAZZLING ILLUSTRATIONS…
A fun slant on the vampire genre
that Kubrick would appreciate”
- Adam C.
“A VERY FUN JAUNT
providing much-needed escapism,
wonder, audacity and entertainment”
- Hildred R.
“A DELIGHTFUL GRAPHIC NOVEL
rife with imaginative, disquieting imagery”
- Brian A.
“GRIPPING AND FASCINATING…
many reasons to appreciate this innovative
and refreshing take on the vampire mythos”
- Hasan Y.
“AWESOME VISUALS!
I’m a new fan now”
- Thomas S.
“The illustrations are fantastic and
the story is especially imaginative.
GET IT. YOU WON’T REGRET IT!”
- Jessica S.

BLOODY PERKS 1
(160 pages)
written & illustrated by Paulo DeFreitas Junior

Light, darkness,
glowing entities
and shadowy figures.

Specters, beings and spirits move through the living city. The intense music improvises clumsy steps of angels and demons in the minds and souls that an unexpected destiny captivates.

Gods roam through bars, corners and alleys. Always moving adrift, waiting for the initiative of starving humans with their multicultural blood that pulsates with material desire.

Watching, the vampire yearns for perpetual time, a gift to be given to a creature that does not aspire to have the worldly ecstasy of humanity; someone with a simple life, satisfied by the essence of routine; a humanist with a culture of peace who wouldn't harm a fly. Here is the person chosen to be the protagonist, the witness of humanity, Keningale Perks. A VEGAN.

Horrified, Keningale believes he is cursed, declining to feed on blood. With each refusal, confrontation is imminent, debate invades his mind, desire comes and his shadow grows like never before. Nicknaming itself: Bloody Perks. The giant shadow commands the human who fights like a flower against the hailstorm. What once sparked laughter, a vegan turned vampire, now evokes gloom and doom.

BLOODY PERKS 2
(40 pages)
written by Paulo DeFreitas Junior & illustrated by Renato Zechetto.

The sky may be falling,
the room may be spinning out of control,
but the dance must go on.

Keningale Perks tumbles between worlds... lost.
His refusal to feed on blood has created a void that grows restless, with living roots, swaying like tentacles in the dark, and Murgart knows there is no turning back from this point on.
No amount of apology can remediate the illness, the ulcer, the contagion that rises from the shadows to feed and slowly shatter the world as it keeps on spinning round and round in a dizzying waltz.
Only proactive steps can rectify the noxious nemesis that is Bloody Perks.

BLOODY PERKS 3
(44 pages)
written & illustrated by Paulo DeFreitas Junior

Step right up,
come on in…

The fabric of reality flutters in the breeze of Keningale’s mind.
A collection of fond memories and unfounded future events flood Keningale’s life, drowning his being into the murky emotions of deceitful possibilities with no hope to anchor his soul.
A dangerous child comes out to play when the world becomes bloody perks’ playground and he realizes the limitless fun he can have with Keningale’s overlooked powers.

BLOODY PERKS 4
(44 pages)
written & illustrated by Paulo DeFreitas Junior

Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa.

When the precipice of madness inches closer, the real world seems like a very lonely place. Luckily for Keningale, he is not alone.  The cosmic strings of fate run through a wheel of fortune controlled by a special group of sisters, using their occult knowledge to unveil secrets from a past long forgotten in hopes to bring forth a hopeful future. Murgart and the immortals have their hands full with the deranged shadow, BLOODY PERKS, who controls Keningale’s neglected body and masters the art of manipulation.