#247: Spectacula

     Just so you know, guys, I am currently working on about two animations for your consumption. No spoilers, but one actually has words. That's right. We're moving on up. To the east side. But until I finish one of those puppies, here's a new character: Spectacula! There's a lot of fuss over vampires in the JC-Verse. Maybe its something about that stark juxtaposition of glamour and desire to mercilessly feed on unsuspecting prey, or maybe it's just that things that came from Europe are naturally better (examples include the hamburger and Benedict Cumberbatch). Well, whatever the reason, vamps have managed to mantain their very "in" status in JC-Verse pop culture for quite the while, so much so as to often trigger massive style trends - see "emo" - and stay in favor even through the Stephanie Meyer incident. But of all the prominent vamps out there, one is arguably the most known, most influential, and most likely to have this wiped from the web if I don't make him the center of this post. And that, dear readers, is Spectacula. First having hit the runway in the '90s, when humanoid, kung-fu-practicing turtles made a vampire model a pretty tame idea by comparison, Spectacula was probably the first openly-bloodsucking celeb in the mainstream eye. With his exotic Transylvanian appearance and, um, eclectic style, people couldn't seem to get enough of this guy. With companies jumping at the chance to have the fanged fashionista sport their designs, soon he became a household name, and he still is today. Spectacula always knows what to do, and when to do it in order to resurge in relevance again and again, and he feeds on the attention like a pint of O positive. PS, if anyone's wondering why I keep putting his name in italics, it means it's being whispered. Pretty positive it's an unspoken rule in the JC-Verse that you have to whisper his name with alluring flare whenever you say it.