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A book that spins Frankenstein so far off its axis (Mary Shelley didn't invent the monster, but meets him when she's a young girl and after he's been abandoned by Viktor; this is the monster's account of his and Shelley's lives) demands a no-neck-bolts-and-green-skin approach, and Mendelsund nails it. We don't lose the grotesqueness of the creation, and we're reminded of the humanness of it all.
love it. looks like old anatomy notes. Great script. You rarely see scripts being used on covers. especially with no size variation.
ReplyDeletealmost perfect.
ReplyDeletealmost?
ReplyDeleteThe name of the monster isn't "Frankenstein," it's Frankenstein's monster. Frankenstein was the mad scientist figure who made him.
ReplyDeleteSorry.
/ultimatepetpeeve
Pet peeves allowed. Fixed :-)
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else think of the Zero cover when seeing this?
ReplyDeleteAlmost perfect. Look at that apostrophe hanging out in left field.
ReplyDeletethis looks awesome… but that is a curious space between the r and the s…
ReplyDeleteAs someone who's got all Mendelsund's Osamu Tezuka books by Vertical, this one comes as no surprise. Take a look:
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He's done well with that one freaky anatomy book!