Vampire Phantasm

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Vampire Phantasm is a defunct web comic about a group of (you guessed it) vampires and their lives in a dystopian world; always under the ominous gaze of a twisted high vampire.

The strip is no longer updated or hosted, but a zip file containing it can be found at the comic's former site here.

Tropes used in Vampire Phantasm include:

Topaz: "Wasn't your father's name Vincent or something?"

  • Big Bad: Maximillian Orlock.
  • Complete Monster: Orlock, Jack's master, is by far the most evil vampire in the world. He's been systematically torturing Jack both mentally and physically into being his prime servant.
  • Dystopia: Much of Europe is in a bad state thanks to Orlock and his guild, the Highgates.
  • Evil Mentor: Orlock to Jack, much to Jack's distress.
  • High Collar of Doom: Orlock's wardrobe. Emphasis on "doom"
  • I Hate You, Vampire Dad: Orlock and Jack's relationship is dysfunctional to say the least.
  • Laughing Mad: Jack is prone to this, especially in VPX.
  • Living Shadow: Jack's powers over darkness allow him to become a living shadow.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: Topaz
  • Psychotic Smirk: Jack almost always has one of these planted on his face.
  • Slasher Smile: Jack and Orlock get slasher smiles when they become especially violent.
  • Vampiric Draining: This is in Vampire Phantasm, naturally.
  • The Big Guy: Jack's drone servant, Vallov.
  • Tempting Fate: Jack did this in many ways in the prologue. Leaving the front door wide open didn't help either.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Many of the characters have had some bad stuff happen to them, but most of all...poor Jack.
  • Broken Bird: Jill.
  • Beneath the Mask: It's been suggested that Jill is not always being herself.
  • Too Happy to Live: Jack's family.
  • The Lost Lenore: Jack's wife, Emily.
  • Sound-Only Death: Jill's first impression of Jack and Topaz is hearing them slaughter an entire group of vampire hunters from behind a door.
  • Weakened by the Light: The vampires of Vampire Phantasm are the kind that burn in the sun.
  • Your Head Asplode: One of Orlock's favorite things to do with his psychic powers.