Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Retells, in graphic novel format, Mary Shelley's classic tale of a monster, assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies, who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

"A ghastly green figure with bolts in its neck lurches toward a helpless victim. It's Frankenstein! Popular culture transformed Mary Shelley's infamous character into a cartoonish caricature. In fact, many people are surprised to learn that Frankenstein isn't the name of the fictional monster at all, but the name of its creator, Victor Frankenstein. It's time to revisit this gothic tale through the eerie pages of this beautifully illustrated graphic...

Tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during child birth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a creature which Frankenstein has put together from the remains of corpses. The creature turns into a monster when Dr. Frankenstein rejects him. Sticking close to the original novel, the film guides us through the story of Frankenstein's...