“Grimly proves himself a more adept assembler of parts than his subject proved to be his product is no monster, but a pastiche of style and substance that will reanimate the original for yet another generation of readers.” - Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) Readers encountering the story for the first time may find Grimly’s images rise to view whenever they think of it.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Grimly’s fans have been awaiting this reworking of Shelley’s 1818 classic for four years, and they will rejoice in the end result. 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 “Grimly enlivens the prose while retaining its power to both frighten and engage sympathy for the monster-creator Victor Frankenstein. 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. Gris Grimly is a children's book illustrator who moonlights in painting and filmmaking. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. Shelley conceived Frankenstein in, according to her, “a waking dream.” This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. 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. New York Times bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly has long considered Frankenstein to be one of his chief inspirations. 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. 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. 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 "Grimly enlivens the prose while retaining its power to both frighten and engage sympathy for the monster-creator Victor Frankenstein. Point Reyes Books Lighthouse Sweatshirt.Thinking Like a Mountain - Annual Subscription.
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