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3	''Von Herling, Vampire Hunter'' is a 2014 graphic novel of Gothic horror by Max West.
4	Set in the fictitous town of Richten in Eastern Tennessee and starring an all [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic animal cast]], August Von Herling arrives in town on business. He is in search of a vampire that he's tracked all the way from Romania. Von Herling though quickly sticks out as a new arrival [[FishOutOfWater due to his formal dress and vocabulary]].
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6	Von Herling meets two young ladies at a dinner party soon after - Brittany Parsons and her shy friend, Peggy Jo Warner. He also meets Vlad Magnus, another newcomer...who happens to be the vampire Von Herling has been tracking. When people start disappearing and Brittany becomes ill from a sudden blood loss, it's up to Von Herling to stop Vlad Magnus before it's too late.
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9	!!This work contains examples of the following tropes:
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11	* AdventurerOutfit: Von Herling wears the archaeologist outfit, complete with a hat, a jacket and pants with many pockets and a satchel for various vampire fighting tools (garlic, holy wafers, etc).
12	* ArbitrarySkepticism: The standard reaction of characters other than Von Herling when vampires are mentioned.
13	* BadassBookworm: Von Herling
14	* BiggerOnTheInside: Von Herling and Peggy Jo delve into the family mausoleum where Brittany has been interred. It looks considerably bigger as the two pass many vaults where Brittany's ancestors lay.
15	* BreakingAndBloodsucking: Vlad does this to Brittany.
16	* ClassicalMovieVampire: Vlad Magnus
17	* TheDeepSouth
18	* {{Epigraph}}: Opens up with two quotes, one from Creator/IsaacAsimov and the other from Creator/BenjaminFranklin
19	* {{Expy}}: A number of the characters resemble those from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'':
20	** August Von Herling is Van Helsing.
21	** Vlad Magnus is Dracula.
22	** Brittany Parsons is Lucy.
23	** Peggy Jo Warner is Mina.
24	* DefiantCaptive: Peggy Jo in the leadup to the final confrontation between Von Herling and Vlad Magnus.
25	* GlamourFailure: How Von Herling confirms Vlad Magnus is his man...er, vampire.
26	* HauntedCastle: Darkland Abbey, a tower just outside of town.
27	* LovableAlphaBitch: Brittany Parsons. She's even has her own GirlPosse, but cares about Peggy Jo and goes as far to tell her posse to stop insulting Peggy.
28	* ProtagonistTitle
29	* SecurityCling: Peggy Jo latches onto Von Herling as the two explore the family tomb of Brittany.
30	* ShoutOut:
31	** In a [[Film/{{Dracula1931}} nod to the various]] [[Film/{{Dracula1979}} Dracula movies]] [[Film/BramStokersDracula made over the years]], Vlad Magnus actually declines an offer of wine during his initial appearance by saying he never drinks wine.
32	** The town is named as a nod to Rudolph Van Richten from ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}''.
33	** The graphic novel opens up with a closeup of a stone eagle statue on nearby Darkland Abbey, much like the opening credits from ''Film/HorrorOfDracula''.
34	* SouthernBelle: Peggy Jo
35	* SouthernGothic: The GothicHorror theme combined with being set in the Southern US state of Tennessee
36	* {{Uberwald}}: Richten, Tennessee
37	* VampiresHateGarlic: Played straight as Von Herling uses garlic to prevent a vampire attack and again during the final confrontation with Vlad Magnus.
38	* VampireHunter: Well, who do you think?
39	* VirusVictimSymptoms: Brittany shows them as she's sick, weak and has puncture wounds on the neck that haven't healed. The doctor treating Brittany is unable to diagnose her exact condition, but the GenreSavvy Von Herling knows that a vampire is biting her nightly.
40	* TheVonTropeFamily: August Von Herling
41	* WeaksauceWeakness: Discussed; Von Herling mentions many of the standard weapons against vampires do work such as sunlight, garlic, holy water, crosses, and so on.

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