Gris Grimly's Frankenstein

Retells Mary Shelley's classic tale of a monster, assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies, who develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Gris Grimly, Mary Shelley, Shelley Mary, Mary Shelly
• Assisted by: Gris Grimly (Illustration), Grimly Gris (Illustration)
• Publisher: Balzer & Bray
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2013
• EAN: 9780061862977
• ISBN: 978-0-06-186297-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 268 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Horror *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Monsters *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Classics *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Comics & Graphic Novels / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror