Content Category
Literary Criticism
Abstract/Description
When compiling information for my presentation, I found that there were many different visual representations of Frankenstein’s monster. While these differed in a few ways, each depiction of the monster’s physical body still traced its roots back to the original novel. Each new artist still attempted to create a bodily image that invokes a specific fear: mainly that what we fear the most are our own bodies. In my essay, I explore these various ways the visual representation of Frankenstein’s monster both represents this fear-myth and creates new images for the monster. Due to their heavy visuals and tradition of constant character reinvention, I focus on the ways comic books and graphic novels both change and reinvent the character.
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Location
B150 JFSB
Start Date
19-3-2015 11:30 AM
End Date
19-3-2015 1:00 PM
Images of Horror: Tracing Frankenstein’s fear-myth through comic books and graphic novels
B150 JFSB
When compiling information for my presentation, I found that there were many different visual representations of Frankenstein’s monster. While these differed in a few ways, each depiction of the monster’s physical body still traced its roots back to the original novel. Each new artist still attempted to create a bodily image that invokes a specific fear: mainly that what we fear the most are our own bodies. In my essay, I explore these various ways the visual representation of Frankenstein’s monster both represents this fear-myth and creates new images for the monster. Due to their heavy visuals and tradition of constant character reinvention, I focus on the ways comic books and graphic novels both change and reinvent the character.
