Dick Briefer’s FRANKENSTEIN
Recently, Tom Spurgeon pointed to the existence of a recent collection of Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein comics. We confess to owning no Briefer comics ourselves, but the bits of his work we’ve seen over the years — most recently in ART OUT OF TIME — have always been very enjoyable. The strip started out as a horror book, but later evolved into a more humorous effort, as the creature got involved in various zany adventures.
To get into the Halloween spirit, a Comics Journal board thread discussing the reprint leads us to this complete scary Briefer story online. Enjoy.
10/27/06 at 9:00 am
My first briefer story and it was all too brief.
10/27/06 at 4:08 pm
I remember that Frankenstein face! They mention it in the TCJ thread, but some Briefer strips (and apparently some drawn-in-the-style-of-Briefer strips) ran in CRACKED magazine in the late 80’s. I started looking through the website, and I remember that pointy chin and too-high nose.
I love that picture of Frankenstein fighting the alligator.
10/27/06 at 7:11 pm
Read the whole book via your link, Heidi. The melting mannequin made my lower lip tremble…