Classical Comics: Quick Text: Frankenstein the Graphic Novel: Quick Text (Paperback)

from disturbingfurniture

It has been years since I read the original, that was in college. I remember enjoying it; I enjoyed it all the more for it's nearly total lack of relationship to the (mostly) awful and still delightful movies I grew up watching on Saturday afternoon on "Shock Theater." This version of the graphic...

from kivarson

Did you know that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein bears little resemblance to the movie monster? This graphic adaptation was true to the original story and included informative biographical information on Shelley, as well.

from eleanor_eader

"His countenance expressed the utmost extent of malice and treachery." Of all the classic works of fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is probably the most suited for this sort of adaptation.* It's a brooding tale of mortality and the quest for the ultimate knowledge over life and death; it's a ...

from angrystarlyt

Pretty good adaptation. I particularly enjoyed the illustrations which went with this, although I felt like much of the horror I felt upon reading the novel was lost in the pictures--perhaps a good thing for young readers, but maybe a loss of mystique for anyone trying to use this as a pedagogica...

from Thomas_Stephens

Frankenstein tells the story of a scientist named Victor who creates a creature from dead body parts. He is horrified by his creation and abandons it. The creature is not well received by those he meets and is often greeted with violence. The creature starts to kill those close to Victor for reve...