From classic comics characters to classic comic monsters - The Monster Of Frankenstein, to be precise. Nice how they used the simple phrase and font sizing to effectively call the book/monster Frankenstein while still maintaining accuracy, way back in the days before they had to worry about the internet setting the alt-write* on them.
Now, some might say this tale has more to do with Little Shop Of Horrors Day than Halloween, but Eclipse decided it was right for their Halloween Horror book back in 1987, and that's good enough for me. But, i prefer the colouring on the original version from 1954's Frankenstein #33, so that's what we're going with for this tale.
For you cover lovers, here's the cover to this issue of Frankenstein and for the Halloween anthology book that reprinted it:
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*(that is what we're supposed to call grammar nazis now, right?)
Now, some might say this tale has more to do with Little Shop Of Horrors Day than Halloween, but Eclipse decided it was right for their Halloween Horror book back in 1987, and that's good enough for me. But, i prefer the colouring on the original version from 1954's Frankenstein #33, so that's what we're going with for this tale.
For you cover lovers, here's the cover to this issue of Frankenstein and for the Halloween anthology book that reprinted it:
Frankenstein And The Plant drawn by Dick Briefer for Frankenstein #33 (1954)
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*(that is what we're supposed to call grammar nazis now, right?)
I always wondered why Dick Briefer's monster had such a small head in relation to other characters in the strips. It's almost like he had a kid-sized head. If I remember correctly, comics historian the late Denis Gifford, drew a Frankenstein strip in the UK based on Dick Briefer's version.
ReplyDeleteMy best guess on that has been that he wanted to show that parts came from different bodies. But children and dolls have larger heads, so he chose to go smaller to avoid that look.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, the size varied a fair bit. Look at the cover shown in this post for comparison.
I haven't run into Gifford's UK version. I'll keep an eye out in my diggings.