{"id":30556,"date":"2024-09-17T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=30556"},"modified":"2024-09-16T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:58:17","slug":"frankenstein-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/09\/17\/frankenstein-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankenstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Mary W. Shelley<\/strong> adapted by Martin Powell<\/strong> & Patrick Olliffe<\/strong> (Malibu Graphics Inc.\/ Moonstone\/ CreateSpace)
\nISBN: 0-944735-39-8 (TPB Malibu), 978-0-97129-379-3 (HB Moonstone)
\n978-1-47927-227-3 (TPB CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)<\/p>\n

This book includes Discriminatory Content<\/strong> produced in less enlightened times.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley\u2019s gothic classic The Modern Prometheus<\/strong> was first published in 1818 and is still one of the most influential novels of popular fiction ever written. As is so often the case, it is the book rather than the many cinematic or other reinterpretations that best informs this impressive lost graphic gem from 1990.<\/p>\n

Originally released as a 3-issue miniseries from Eternity Comics, it followed the success of author Powell\u2019s Sherlock Holmes pastiches Scarlet in Gaslight<\/strong> and A Case of Blind Fear<\/strong> (collected by Moonstone as Sherlock Homes Mysteries Volume 1<\/strong>, ISBN: 978-0-97216-686-7), but rather than extrapolation, the author aimed for a more straightforward adaptation of the source material.<\/p>\n

Although no true and faithful version yet exists – since most of the novel deals with the agonies, travails and travels of hellbent natural philosopher Victor Frankenstein<\/em> and his interactions with his damned creation are relatively few (albeit torturous and telling) – this is an effective and often chilling interpretation made starkly memorable by illustrator Patrick Olliffe (Edgeworld: Sand<\/strong>, Amazing Spider-Man<\/strong>, 52<\/strong>, Dracula: Lord of the Undead<\/strong>, Hero Alliance<\/strong>).
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\nThe chiaroscuric art-in-transition of the young artist perfectly establishes a mood of tortured humanism, with breathtaking resonances of Roy G. Krenkel and solid echoes of Berni Wrightson; but, oddly, not that latter\u2019s own impressive treatment of Shelley\u2019s text. Of the many, many versions of the tale, this ranks closest to the superb Mike Ploog version put out by Marvel in the early 1970\u2019s (see The Monster of Frankenstein<\/a><\/strong> link please to October 15, 2022).<\/p>\n

This is not a replacement for the novel – so please read that too – but a well-crafted addendum that deserves a larger audience. Oddly enough the Spanish and others abroad already agree with me as editions of this quintessentially English masterpiece have been available in their languages for decades.<\/p>\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa? Quoi?
\nScript \u00a9 1990 Martin Powell. Artwork \u00a9 2006 Patrick Olliffe. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mary W. Shelley adapted by Martin Powell & Patrick Olliffe (Malibu Graphics Inc.\/ Moonstone\/ CreateSpace) ISBN: 0-944735-39-8 (TPB Malibu), 978-0-97129-379-3 (HB Moonstone) 978-1-47927-227-3 (TPB CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) This book includes Discriminatory Content produced in less enlightened times. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley\u2019s gothic classic The Modern Prometheus was first published in 1818 and is still … <\/p>\n

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