Gris Grimly's Frankenstein

A Graphic Novel

Mary Shelley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2015
Balzer and Bray (Verlag)
978-0-06-186298-4 (ISBN)

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"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.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva. Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley conceived Frankenstein in, according to her, "a waking dream." This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. She died on February 1, 1851. Gris Grimly is a children's book illustrator who moonlights in painting and filmmaking. Some of his best-known works include Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness and Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Death and Dementia, and Neil Gaiman's bestselling picture book The Dangerous Alphabet. He lives in Los Angeles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.7.2015
Illustrationen	Gris Grimly
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	168 x 260 mm
Gewicht	615 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Cartoon / Graphic Novel
	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic
	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch
ISBN-10	0-06-186298-3 / 0061862983
ISBN-13	978-0-06-186298-4 / 9780061862984
Zustand	Neuware