Frankie Alive Alive
Frankenstein Alive Alive #2 – There is a story in here – and it’s perfectly fine – but the comic exists just to look at some Bernie Wrightson art. Writer Steve Niles is telling a perfectly fine story, but mostly he is just getting out of Wrightson’s way and making sure that the narration boxes don’t cover too much art. My GOD is this art amazing! The whole comic looks nice. Sure, Wrightson can’t produce something like this on a monthly basis, but we use that “good art is worth waiting for” in cases where the art is no where near as pretty as this. This will be a glorious oversized hardcover someday. Wrightson is slinging art as compelling as anything he’s done in his whole career.
Bernie Wrightson deserves all the praise and applause that could possibly be thrown his way. The scenes showing off Dr. Ingles’ collection are absolutely stunning. The attention to detail, the tiniest detail, is almost mind blowing. After reading the issue, I went back over the art just staring at the detailed work. If this is what we can get in every issue, please Mr. Wrightson take all the time you want. After this issue, any delay is bearable just throw us a panel or two every once in a while to whet the appetite.
Niles and Wrightson deliver a story worthy of being the next chapter in Shelley’s work. The start of her immortal story is serialized in the back of this issue, compared to the interview with Wrightson in the first one. Niles does a great job with the story, but this issue is all about the art. This is an absolute must have.