These Savage Shores
In 1766 an insatiable vampire sails to colonial India aboard an East India Company ship—but the shores of the Indus hide daemons and legends far older than him.
📖 Vault Comics • Started 2019
“Along these savage shores, where the days are scorched and the nights are full of teeth.” In 1766, an insatiable vampire sails from London to the Malabar Coast aboard an East India Company ship, a predator planning to make a home of a colonized land. But the ground along the Indus is older and more dangerous than any European ever: it teems with daemons, rakshasas, and legends ancient enough to swallow a hungry monster whole.
Written by Ram V with lush, chaotic art by Sumit Kumar, this savagely haunting tale from Vault Comics reimagines colonial-era India through the lens of supernatural horror—a Dracula for the Silk Route that turns the vampire’s gilded xenophobia inside out. The complete five-issue run, colored by Vittorio Astone, lettered by Aditya Bidikar, and designed by Tim Daniel, won the inaugural 2020 Ignyte Award for Best Comics Team and was hailed a “modern classic.”
Collected as These Savage Shores: The Definitive Edition, CBR named it one of the best-written horror comics of all time. Perfect for fans of American Vampire, From Hell, and vampire stories with real teeth. Read it on GlobalComix or buy the Definitive Edition from Vault.
