Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis team up again for Skybound/Image Comics next foray into the world of Universal Monsters in The Bride of Frankenstein Lives series.
The four-issue sequel to the seminal James Whale film begins directly after the destruction of Frankenstein’s castle, as the Bride survives and begins an exploration of her origins and identity.
Thompson said, “The original Bride of Frankenstein is a brilliant film exploring the creature’s failed attempts to find friendship and community, and then the desperate act to force others to create that which he cannot find. What it’s not about, however, is how the Bride herself feels about her creation. Through The Bride of Frankenstein Lives, we get the opportunity to explore not only her search for who and what she is, but her search for the women that were destroyed to create her — all brought to striking vivid life via Mattia De Iluis’s incredible visuals.”
De Iluis added, “When I first read Kelly’s script, I knew right away this was going to be something special. We are finally giving the Bride the center stage, she’s no longer someone’s property, she is a human being fighting for her own story. And for me, it’s an honor to translate that onto the page.”
The creative team previously worked together on The Cull, Jessica Jones: Blind Spot, and Absolute Wonder Woman Annual #1.
Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man is the eighth Universal Monsters series launch, following James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds’ Dracula, Ram V, Dan Watters, and Matthew Roberts’ Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!, Michael Walsh’s Frankenstein, Faith Erin Hick’s The Mummy, James Tynion IV and DANI’s The Invisible Man, Tyler Boss and Martin Simmonds’ Phantom of the Opera, and Joshua Williamson and Leomacs Blood of the Wolf Man.
The Bride of Frankenstein Lives #1 will be released just in time for Halloween on October 28, with a variety of variant covers.
Check out the main cover by De Iulis and one of the variant covers by Artgerm below and stay tuned to Conskipper for all of your Universal Monster news.
