This month's Humble Bundle was rather heavy on Frankenstein retellings. Dean Koontz, he played a part in Monster's Ball, and this. It's a modern day love story, but also uses Frankenstein's monster as a central character. The thing is that the most compelling aspect is the love story, the a...
This graphic novel was originally published in 1998 by Vertigo and is to be re-released in hardcover on 05th August 2014.Sandra meets Victor (Frankenstein), whilst bar-tending at an art exhibition and immediately invites him to her off Broadway show, she is also a part time actress. It is inevitable...
I read this hoping it would have something in common with the Beauty and the Beast TV series of the late 80, and well, it just doesn't. Clearly it is a Frankenstein clone. To me, there is an agenda which takes over the plot, which is the discussion of the art scene in New York of the 80. As the only...
Sometimes, things of the past should stay in the past and this 20th Anniversary edition of a graphic novel set against the obnoxious art world of NYC is one of them.A homage to Frankenstein, this rambles all over the place, utilising portraiture, photographs and script, while harping on about the va...
Sólo el especial de Neil Gaiman titulado "Abrázame" le vale a esta edición un rotundo 10. El unitario es tremendo, sublime. De una tristeza y crudeza tan maravillosa; llevada a cabo con una simpleza tan magistral, y en tan pocas viñetas, que te deja helado. No es que una joya de este calibre pueda s...
Lovely to look at, and the world building is often absorbing. But it seems like the actual plotlines were, at best, secondary concerns for Motter. All too often, the intended story gets lost behind the scenery. And yet, it's still an enjoyable book, because the scenery is just that good. The art is ...
I wish I could give this 4 1/2 stars. I liked it enough to consider it among my favorites, but I wasn't quite ready to give it a perfect rating. While the story was really cool, and the noir feel was definitely very accurate compared to a lot of the Marvel Noir comics I've been reading, I couldn't q...