Frightful Frankenstein Friday!
This is so cool it’s scary…it’s…
Below is the very first Dick Briefer Frankenstein story from Prize Comics #7 from December 1940. It is in a style very different than than either his later humor or horror styles. It has that immediacy, that force, that primitive strength of early Golden Age comics. Enjoy…
See more of Frankenstein, more of these very early rare stories, the later funny Frankenstein and the scary horror version of the mid 50s by going to all the amazing prominent blogs that are participating in Frightful Frankenstein Friday. One blogger has an interview with me, another has funny foreign Frankensteins from European comics. Some of the blogs have stories from the new book and some have stories that aren’t in “Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein” but from treasured personal collections. There’s even a romance comic book blog that has the Briefer story “Frankenstein’s Wife”! And one blog has a contest giving away two copies of the book! All the blogs have fascinating stuff, check each one of them ‘em out below-you’ll scream with delight!
Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog
Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
Random Acts of Geekery
Sequential Crush
The ITCH Blog
Chris Reilly at the Comics Journal exclaims, “Briefer’s a genius cartoonist of both comedy and horror…and Yoe has put together a genius package for fans…Yoe collects these artifacts into beautifully designed and impeccably researched collections and sells them to eager consumers at reasonable prices.”
Rudy Panucci at PopCulteer gushes that the book is “lushly illustrated…the work is classic and the presentation is top-notch!”
Atomic Blast proclaims, ” I can’t even begin to boast about how thrilled I am about this release. Craig Yoe has out done himself again by presenting us just a gorgeous book of comic wonderment from days past. Dick Briefer’s vision of the iconic monster of Dr. Frankenstein, whether it be the more terrifying version or the extremely relatable humorous (both of them are presented in this volume) version of the monster captivates in so many ways, I can’t even begin to truthfully begin to detail the impact of this work to you. It’s just something you have to hold in your own hands to take in the joy that is masterful work of Dick Briefer. It’s fresh, fun and admirable…it’s my top pick thus far of the year. There’s still two months left, but I’m afraid it’s gonna be a hard publication to beat!”
Buy your Frightful Fabulous book here!
— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
