in july 2008, devils due publishing announced that it had acquired the rights to publish an english-language "vampire hunter d" comic book mini-series titled "," to be written by jimmy palmiotti and pencilled by tim seeley, however the project was cancelled in 2009. intended to infuse the standard "vampire hunter d" formula and mythos with more western sensibilities, it would have told an original story about d departing the frontier to embark on a journey to a new land still ruled by the vampiric nobility.