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Oh, the one by Mary W. Shelley.

Here's the gentler and rather more comical Briefer Frankenstein Monster. Again, this was a *radical* change from the earlier comics which were quite grisly. A very interesting shift in direction.

Dick Briefer's version(s) of Frankenstein is an interesting piece of comics history. The early books were quite grisly, with the gigantic Monster slaughtering innocents by the hundreds. Then the book did an abrupt turnaround, with Briefer still doing the book, and became a gentle Munsters sort of deal. There are happily numerous quite decent…

Man, now *that's* a poster.

Man, that poster deserved a better movie.

Unsurprisingly for the French poster, the giant octopus is more of a fashion statement.

No wonder I don't like movies as much anymore. Look at that! However, speaking of sea beasts, they *finally* dropped the trailer for "The Meg," (I guess they added the 'the' so that people wouldn't think it was about a girl). The first half is a little solemn for a flick starring Jason Statham,…

I missed a day last week (I know, shocker), and who wants to waste one of these? I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Two monsters for the price of one!

Man, that's the stuff. I'm not sure I would describe it as "utopian," however.