Frankenstein, Texas

Frankenstein, Texas is the brand new comic from creators Dan Whitehead and David Hitchcock. Whilst it's technically a small press comic there's nothing amateurish about this 64-page black and white comic.

At it's best David Hitchcock's tremendously detailed and moody art confirms him as the closest thing we're ever likely to get to Berni Wrightson in this country. Dan Whitehead's story moves along at a great pace which doesn't shy away from reflecting the hard, violent times (mid-1830s) the book is set in.  

The story is based around the concept that Frankenstein's monster didn't actually disappear to the Artic but instead fled to the New World in search of a new life. We follow him there as he and his creator join a band of settlers heading West for a new life. This could be a new life for everyone but some people just don't change and some people want what they can't have.

This is a perfectly self-contained story that could happily live as a one-off, but the ending leaves, as it should, me wanting more and knowing that maybe, just maybe, I'll get it. Come on guys let's roll out that Kickstarter for volume 2...


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