Bernie wrightson frankenstein alive alive the complete collection

Then there's the typical Frankensteinian moments where the monster ends up falling in with someone, or finds himself in precisely the right place, or with precisely the right person to help him grow.Īnd, while he does grow, there's a hell of a lot of hand-wringing along the way, which again, could have been edited down.Īnd finally, while I understand that Bernie Wrightson apparently hand-picked Kelly Jones to finish his art when he was no longer able to do so, it's extremely obvious exactly where Wrightson finished and Jones stepped in, because there's a noticeable drop in quality. The beginning in the freak show served as a present-day prologue but, because we never come back around to it again, it truly serves little purpose. While the story wasn't bad, and had the appropriately gothic tone for Frankenstein's Monster, overall, it took a little too long to get going.

Much as I wanted to completely love this collection, being the last work (unfortunately unfinished) by the brilliant Bernie Wrightson, the overall story and last few pages dropped the rating for me. A stunning collaboration between the premier horror artist in comics history and the co-creator of modern classic 30 Days of Night Inspired by Mary Shelley's immortal gothic horror tale, Frankenstein Alive, Alive brings new life to the Promethean monster, courtesy of Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein, Swamp Thing).