Tag: comics

What’s Wrong with Victor? The Root of Frankenstein’s Isolation

November 2, 2016

Isolation, alienation and loneliness are prominent themes in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1818 classic novel Frankenstein. Some analyses theorize that Victor Frankenstein makes a misguided attempt to create a human being due to his isolation from friends and family. His solitude can be compared with that of Robert Walton, a sea captain on a mission to … More What’s Wrong with Victor? The Root of Frankenstein’s Isolation

[A Read-Online Comic] Stick-figure Summary of “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley

October 31, 2016

Adapter’s note: While the following is a free adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s classic work and contains certain probably obvious elements not present in the original, it also more or less follows the actual plot of the book as put down by Ms. Shelley. This means spoilers spoilers spoilers. For your convenience and edification, any text … More [A Read-Online Comic] Stick-figure Summary of “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley

Inio Asano’s Tokyo On-screen: E-reading “Solanin” and “What a Wonderful World!”

July 31, 2016

I discovered manga author Inio Asano years ago through one of the inter-language accidents of fate I love: I picked up Volume One of What a Wonderful World! in a used bookstore, translated from Japanese into French, in an edition that I can today not even find on Amazon.fr. At the time, I didn’t know anything about … More Inio Asano’s Tokyo On-screen: E-reading “Solanin” and “What a Wonderful World!”