I really wanted to go, but I just couldn't manage it this year. Maybe next.
I really wanted to go, but I just couldn't manage it this year. Maybe next.
As we know, Frankenstein Underground is a once-off. There won't be any more stories in that series. So it's going straight to hardcover.
EDIT: Hmm, it may be an Amazon error. I'll await confirmation.
UPDATE: It's now listed as a paperback. I guess that settles that.
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I really liked the visual look of Frankenstein and the villain seemed mindly interesting.
I have to say that I believe this to be Ben's best work. And I love the payoff for being a longtime BPRD reader. This exceeded my already insanely high expectations. Beautiful stuff. I'll be double dipping when the collection hits. Somebody better make sure there is a HC for this. Crazy twitter rumblings that it goes straight to tpb. Bah!!!
I loved Frankenstein's very Miltonian sounding monologue at the end - always preferred Mary Shelley's "smart" Creature over the Boris Karloff one.
I believe it was a podcast where I heard Mignola say that he enjoyed the 1st season of Penny Dreadful and how the monster was portrayed in it. I think he said that he was quite pleased by this take and that he had no desire to continue this comic series past these 5 issues. But, you know, never say never.
Yes, he's definitely said many times that there's not going to be any more. He's also qualified that statement with a "but you never know..." a couple of times.
I don't think there will be any more, but if lightning strikes and Mignola comes up with a story, I'll be very happy.
Amazing second issue. The first one was all about exposition and ties to the universe, while this story is pure adventure with "anything is possible around the corner" feel. Ben Stenbeck is handling art duties quite different than he did on Baltimore. Now he is close to Mignola as much as his style allows (especially on the fall sequence at the beginning). The end result is brilliant.
And it's good to see him returning to make a sequel to Witchfinder flashback segment he did on In the Service of Angels.
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