Kirk Lindo is the author and artist responsible for the creation and publication of The Vampress Luxura, one of the longest running vampire characters in comics history. In 1994, Kirk Lindo launched his highly successful vampire anthology comic, Vamperotica. The comic featured the first appearance of Luxura, The Ultimate Vampire Queen. Luxura's unique hair, voluptuous curves and insatiable thirst for the blood of men and women instantly captivated readers and built a world wide fan base. The series also featured an amazing collection of genre expanding vampire stories.Lindo's visionary approach to comic publishing during the 90's built the Luxura/Vamperoitca brand by expanding the properties into other mediums including magazines, movies, statues, trading cards and music. The original Vamperotica comic series ran for 50 issues and Vamperotica #1 has an unprecedented 3 printings. An impressive accomplishment from an independent publisher competing in the same market as the big companies. 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of Kirk's first publication of the Vampress Luxura. A recent Kickstarter campaign to collect all of Luxura's appearances was wildly successful and was funded to 2517% of it's original goal!Backers of the campaign have had glowing reviews for the project such as:"worth every penny I pledged and then some. Count me in for the next campaign""Kirk is a class act. I highly recommend backing him on any project that he puts together""Your Kickstarters are the best handled I've ever backed."Lindo has put pen to paper once again and began working on an all new graphic novel entitled, Luxura: Sword of the Apocalypse. The graphic novel is a globe spanning adventure that follows The Vampress Luxura as she meticulously orchestrates a plan to control the outcome of an impending apocalypse. Still unknown is what, exactly will result if Luxura's plan is successful. Will The Ultimate Vampire Queen save the world or just save herself?The new graphic novel also features the return to publication of Lindo's very first creator owned character, Rescueman. An action adventure hero who fights to protect the world from evil supernatural forces.Kirk began creating and publishing comics in the 4th grade when he would draw on pages of loose leaf paper, fold them, staple them and share the comics with his friends. This life long passion lead him later in life to become a student at the School of Visual Art in Manhattan, New York where he had the rare privilege of learning sequential art from comics legend, Will Eisner.After college Kirk held executive positions as an Art Director, Marketing Manager, Editor In Chief and Senior Vice President of Product Development for several advertising and publishing firms. With over 100 books in print and digital distribution and more on the way, the future for Luxura and this accomplished author is looking brighter than ever.You can find his publications for sale on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Kindle, Nook, iTunes and Ebay.com