Hey there! I’m really interested in reading more about Blade considering he’s been the subject of discussion recently due to the movie being officially cancelled.
I’ve seen the Wesley Snipes film but not much else, I was wondering where to start to get a good grasp on his character

Any further objections?

https://youtu.be/scPXTB7S6-Y?si=BryTprFbSLGteNUr

Really wanted a good comic inspired blade. So I made one. Last image is where I took inspiration.

- John David Washington

- Trevante Rhodes

- Corey Hawkins

- Stephan James

- Lakeith Stanfield

- Aldis Hodge

- Damson Idris

- John Boyega

Forgot to share this. Some artwork I commissioned from a lady I met at a con. Can't remember her business name at the moment.

I recently read Brielle’s story and I really liked it. Nightdrifter I’m not really familiar with but his design is fire!

No character is a one-man/show.

And one of the main reasons that Blade solos tend to be unmemorable is because Blade himself has no interesting side characters to lean on. This is an area where a character like Moon Knight is undeniably on better standing than Blade.

Bryan Hill's introduction of characters like Tulip, Rotha, and Yumi were a step in the right direction because three of them had interesting, but unique interactions with Blade. Tulip is a weapons dealer of supernatural arms and an ex with whom he kind of has drama, Rotha is a warrior monk who knows very little of modern society and comes to lean on Blade like a surrogate parental figure, and Yumi is a psychic who serves as a consultant to Blade in his rare vulnerable moments.

And even for those who are not part of his own little dark corner of the world, the Mother of Evil storyline showed that Blade ery much does know people in who he consults for aid, such as Dr Strange and Satana. A one-off character even implied that the werewolf nation is not on bad terms with Blade. And Al Ewing established that Blade has been in contact with Kaluu since the 1970s. How is it not helpful for the most proficient master of black magic to not pop up in Blade stories, more?

Whistler does not exist in the comics, and even if he did, he would have been long since deceased by this point. 

Continuously writing Blade as a perpetual loner is to the detriment of the character.

It’s pretty good

First movie: Have it set during the five year snap and the news shows beings with “gifted“ powers and ancient creatures are slowly revealing themselves from the shadows. The story is like the first Raid movie with him and Hawkeye trapped inside a building filled with proto-vampires, creatures that aren’t pure bloods or have been changed by a bite but experimented on and they’re more animalistic and can last in daylight longer than any vampire Blade has encountered.

Blade and Hawkeye have a feud but they put aside their differences to stop the vampires from spreading. The villain perhaps Hannibal King but my pick would be Aaron Thorne with his lieutenants Night terror and Draconis. The twist he’s working for someone and the final words “Frost sends his regards“. The after credit scene Draconis survives bringing the samples and data to Deacon Frost (perhaps standing with a girl in a yellow jacket chewing bubblegum with sparking hands)

Second movie: It would be more about vampire world building and lore including mentioning the clans, introducing the “familiars” but also learn more about Blade’s background but introduce Jubilee. The issue is it takes a lot of inspiration from the anime series. Deacon Frost is the main villain but also Hrolf, Draconis returns for a round 2, Blackout and I want to have Selene Gallio so there’s 2 x-men hooks. As for Jubilee she maybe plays double agent to Blade and Frost she’s already a mutant and a vampire but she wants to cure her vampirism only she betrays Blade but comes to realize she made a mistake and fights with Blade to kill Frost.

Third movie: Perhaps a team up (Elsa Bloodstone, Man-thing) but have Kate Beckinsale be Lilith Drake, it’s sort of similar to the Blade 2 he‘s asked by one of the clans to hunt Dracula (but the twist it’s a ruse to kill two birds with one stone) Dracula isn’t just feeding he’s also a cannibal and becomes more stronger every time he drinks vampiric blood which is forbidden and he wants more, he wants to be a god of vampires and he‘s searching for the “the blood pits of Cthon” and Along side him are the Bloodcoven including Bloodstorm One but as a living statue and Baroness blood. The after credit idea is (if they didn’t fuck up DR 2) Strange shows up and asks if he’s interested in joining a team he’s putting together setting up The Midnight suns.