According to EEK!, September 21st is the 200th Anniversary of Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. My research (Wikipedia or that there link) can only find reference to Mary Shelley writing the novel 200 years ago on January 1st, 1818, not in September.
Regardless, I never did do a tribute back then, so let's do one now. I just happen to have purchased a Funko of Frankenstein last week for we discovered that the Hardware Store, Daishin, carries a large variety of them cheaply. Prior to this, we have to rely on Yodabashi or at the cinema for big bucks.
In the same series, I also landed Dracula.
And the reason I went, The Creature! A friend told me about them and upon hearing of the Creature, I hightailed it to a Daishin.
They also happened to have Roger Rabbit and I couldn't resist.
On Friday, I popped into the Daishin in Watari just to see if I'd get lucky and landed a Maul.
And a Predator, just in time to see the movie!
Furthermore, today I discovered a new store, NUTS, that sells snacks and things at a discount. I bought a few items I'll mention later but I'll share this Monstro-Gum now since it's part of today's theme.
This can be considered a sneak preview of the Countdown to Halloween, 2018. If I may be Frank, be sure to stay tuned for more in October.
Yesterday was the 6th anniversary of the Earthquake/Tsunami/Fukushima Plant calamity and I have spent the weekend relaxing at home and doing a whole lot of nothing. I like to pull up this image every year just to show the only damage that befell my apartment. Gamera took a header into my toilet!
He survived fine and is now a proud papa.
March 11th also happens to be the anniversary of the first publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. Next year will be its 150th anniversary! Here is a copy of its novelization and I've added most of the pictures from that book.
In the lab.
Ghoulishly assembling his creature.
All wired up.
No wonder Prometheus* was so angry all the time. Victor gave him a superfluous third nipple.
*(I won't make the rookie mistake of referring to Frankenstein's creation as Frankie or the Monster. When necessary, I'll just call him Prom.)
Prom sees his first sunrise.
Trying to make friends but *Fire...Bad!*
Upon entering the village, he doesn't fare so well in making new companions. Who brings pitchforks with them to town meetings? (This is the same plot as every single Casper the Friendly Ghost story.)
Maybe this old blind guy will befriend me.
Or maybe not. Upon seeing his reflection, Prom realizes he is not very handsome.
I'll just proctor this ESL class and learn to speak English good.
He's a quick study and soon learns of his origins once he reads Victor's diary which is conveniently illustrated.
Now that I'm educated, surely the local villagers will accept me.
Nope, we axed you before to stay away !
Two can play at that game.
Ooh, I just know this friendship won't end well.
Too bad Justine the nanny gets framed for young William's murder.
But Vic doesn't mind because he's gonna get some.
Prom warns Vic that he'll soon pay a visit.
I'm getting married in the morning. Ding dong, the bells are going to chime.
I've heard of a shotgun wedding, but not a shotgun honeymoon.
And then the scene skips to the very end of the book in the Arctic wastelands. The End!
This link will take you to an anime adaption of the above story, dubbed into English.
I recently bought another adaptation of the book and perhaps I'll show it off soon.
We all remember when the Frankenstein monster fought Iron Man way back in issue 101 of his comic, don't we?
Since today is the anniversary of the birth of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and I happen to have a different version of this meeting, I give you Tetsujin 28 vs. Frankenstein.
横山 光輝 (Yokoyama Mitsuteru), emulated the style of Osamu Tezuka (Astroboy, etc.) and created his own Iron-man, Tetsujin 28 gou(Iron Man #28) better known as Gigantor in North America.
Here is the story of the clash of these two Titans.
End of Chapter 2. If interest is there, to be continued...
Happy Birthday to Mary Shelley and thank you for creating such a versatile character!
I'm not sure how I missed the live action movie. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
