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About Gris Grimly's Frankenstein
Product Description "Grimly enlivens the prose while retaining its power to both frighten and engage sympathy for the monster-creator Victor Frankenstein. This is a richly morose nightmare of a book, a primer for young readers on the pleasures and dangers of decadent languidness."—New York Times Book Review Gris Grimly's Frankenstein is a twisted, fresh, and utterly original full-length, full-color graphic-novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's original text, brought to life by acclaimed illustrator Gris Grimly. The first fully illustrated version to use the original 1818 text, this handsome volume is destined to capture the imagination of those new to the story as well as those who know it well. New York Times bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly has long considered Frankenstein to be one of his chief inspirations. From the bones and flesh of the original, he has cut and stitched Mary Shelley's text to his own artwork, creating something entirely new: a stunningly original remix, both classic and contemporary, sinister and seductive, heart-stopping and heartbreaking. Amazon.com Review Inside My Sketchbook: How Frankenstein Became Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein. Manuscript page: The beginning . . . a mix of notes, page layouts, and character sketches, which I would create right on the manuscript page as I read. You can also see my notes on abridging the original text. Sketches of Victor: Some of my earliest studies of the mad creator. Character study of the monster: A series of early concept drawings, where I was figuring out not only the design of the monster, but the line style I would employ. From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up-Shelley's Frankenstein can be considered a lot of things; easy reading is not one of them. Grimly's version carefully strips down the original text, keeping only the bare bones of the story, and accompanies it with his comically gothic illustrations. From the Neo-Victorian clothing and emo hairdos to the steampunk backdrop of Victor Frankenstein's lab, Grimly's unique and twisted style blends perfectly with the material and breathes new life into these characters and situations. This graphic-novel format works exceptionally well during moments of dialogue, as readers can really see a range of emotions that would otherwise be lost through Shelley's dense language. Scenes that especially stand out have little or none of the borrowed text at all, relying only on the art to masterfully tell the story. However, some scenes are better fleshed out than others; it can be frustrating when large, unbroken paragraphs of Shelley's prose are presented with only one or two large drawings, and hardly anything is done with the various letters throughout the book. This can throw off the overall flow, but scenes involving Frankenstein's monster are fast paced, well executed, and help to restore the balance. Even with the adapted text and illustrations, this may still be a difficult read for some readers, but Grimly's beautiful and trim version is a great way to immerse a new audience in this important work.-Peter Blenski, Greenfield Public Library, WIα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. From Booklist As he explains in his author’s note, Grimly spent four years working on his adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, an endeavor that seems to mirror Victor Frankenstein’s desperate quests to create life in the monster and to prevent the monster from taking his own. Grimly, who also illustrated Edgar Allen Poe’s Tales of Death and Dementia (2009), does not neglect either the horror elements of Shelley’s story nor the science-fiction ones. His striking artwork is an assemblage of genres, a kind of gothic steampunk, full of grinning skulls, odd machines, and characters in corsets or in coats decorated with bones. Befitting its source material, Grimly’s creation is a hybrid work, combining elements of gr
