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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, No. 1 (Variant Cover) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dean Koontz
Creators: Chuck Dixon, Brett Booth, Arthur Syndum
Publisher: Dabel Brothers
Category: Book
Buy New: $49.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2518458
Media: Comic
ASIN: B0019ANKJS
Publication Date: May 28, 2008
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Condition: New comic. NM/M condition. First printing. This is the SUYDAM variant! Rare! International shipping available!
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Product Description
by Dean Koontz, Chuck Dixon & Brett BoothIn the 19th century, Dr. Victor Frankenstein brought his first creation to life, but a horrible turn of events forced him to abandon his creation and fall away from the public eye. Now, two centuries later, a serial killer is on the loose in New Orleans, and he's salvaging body parts from each of his victims, as if he's trying to create the perfect person. But the two detectives assigned to the case are about to discover that something far more sinister is going on! From the masterful pen of New York Times Bestselling author Dean Koontz and featuring an adaptation by legendary comic book writer Chuck Dixon and gorgeous illustrations by acclaimed artist Brett Booth, Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son is a story that is filled with adventure, action, horror, and more!
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Almost comes to life May 18, 2008
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein trilogy brings the whole story of Frankenstein and his monster into the modern day, exploring modern technology's possible effects.
But the comic book adaptation is not an entirely satisfying experience. Koontz's story is suitably dark and grim, and Chuck Dixon's adaptation of his dialogue has a quietly menacing edge. But sadly Brett Booth's artwork isn't quite up to the challenge of "Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son," due to his excesses of pouty pretty boys and equally pouty sexpot cops.
A strange scarred man named Deucalion has been living in a remote Buddhist monastery, but now he feels compelled to leave for New Orleans -- because "someone's still alive." Though his disfiguring scars made him a circus freak in the past, he's somehow able to get to New Orleans undetected. No, I don't know how he managed that, but I suspect it was cut for the sake of length.
In New Orleans, a bizarre serial killer called "the Surgeon" has been killing a series of unrelated people. The one thing in common: each one has a body part removed. Detective Carson O'Connor is on the case, but she and her partner are no closer to actually figuring out who the murderer is, or where he will strike next -- how can you predict a killer who attacks for body parts?
It's rather tough to bring any classic story into the modern day, and most authors/filmmakers who try end up failing on all levels. It's a tribute to Koontz that he actually brings something new to the mix, whether it's his not-so-subtle allusions to Greek mythology (in the same vein as Shelley) or the darkly angsty Deucalion and his quiet quest.
It's a pretty dark story, full of grotesquely disfigured bodies and grimy little rooms in old theatres. Koontz's noir New Orleans is not a fun place, and any story that begins with a Frankenstein monster having a squid stuck in his stomach is not going to be full of light and puppies. And Chuck Dixon pares down Koontz's dialogue to a lean, elusive little string of lines.
The big problem? It's Brett Booth. He basically does the same thing here that he did during his stint in the Anita Blake series, which was annoying then, but insufferable in this darker, grimier comic book. I understand that it's necessary to work the sex appeal, but come on -- bare-chested in skin-tight pants in TIBET? During a blizzard?
Which brings me back to Deucalion. Booth illustrates this tragic, tormented character as a male model -- he's all bulgy muscles, flowing hair, pouty pretty-boy looks and very prominent groin. Seriously, who is this guy? Carson is just as cut-and-paste -- she's a feisty, capable detective who inexplicably has skin-tight clothes, collagen lips and hair that sticks out six inches in front of her face when she turns.
The first part of the "Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son" comic is well-adapted and dripping with dark, bloody atmosphere, but it's hard to overlook the pouty, almost bizarre appearances of the lead characters.
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