Legendary Comics Unveils ‘Frankenstein’ Graphic Novel – A Review

In elementary school, I always checked out two books from the library. I can still see the cover of these short Universal Monsters versions and the orange background. I would read them repeatedly; my two favorites were Dracula and Frankenstein. These fun old black-and-white treasures that Boris Karloff portrayed are forever iconic. I had the grand opportunity to preview the Legendary Comics Frankenstein Graphic Novel, Starring Boris Karloff, based on Mary Shelley’s story, and I could not have been more excited to review it.

The black-and-white art, in homage to the stories that made them icons. The books are an entirely different story. Believe it or not, though I am a writer, I hated reading novels in school. In my senior year, I had to read the Frankenstein and Dracula novels; they changed my ideas on storytelling, and I finally got the true magic of reading, and it started a fire.

Synopsis

Victor Frankesntein is trying to play god. In his focus, he avoids everyone except the monster he tries extremely hard at giving his creation life again. One day during a bad storm, the lightning sorrounds his creation. After thinking he failed, the creation started to move. He had given life a second chance.

The creation could not be more angry that he has come back to the world. Now the towns people are hunting him, and the creation starts on a murderous spree becoming the monster everyone called him. All he wante was to feel less lonley, he see’s himself as an abomination. He curses life and is built on revenge any way he can get it.

With Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris Karloff, as an executive consultant, the graphic novel sticks to the original story, which is perfect for this opportunity. Basing this off, the book made a lot more sense, and they pulled through. I enjoyed this graphic novel; I have read it twice since this morning. I fall right into the story; it drives me towards the killer monster. There are a lot of heartfelt moments in his story, and the monster’s dialogue makes you want to hug him and then probably get beat up.  However, I still feel a little sad for him. The monster just wanted peace and was on his way to achieving it, but he still ended up on the wrong side of the townspeople. It’s kind of like how every single person bullied me at school; it gave me something to relate to.

In The End

I enjoyed a lot of factors here. It’s hard to pick a few, but my favorite is how well it was portrayed. You feel personalized with all the characters; whether you are a monster or a man, everyone fits, and the artwork is another talking point. Not only was the story a shoutout to Mary Shelley, but it was also a homage to generations of some of the biggest icons. Mashed together as one big whopper with the face of Boris Karloff and the classic pictures in the original novel? I have to say that the graphic novel won me over in each way. That’s a good enough reason for me to escape from reality.

.The book lands in your hands on October 22nd.