Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein Alive, Alive Returns! Final Issue Rises in January!
In early 2018 IDW’s outstanding Frankenstein Alive, Alive series, a collaboration between Steve Niles and the late Bernie Wrightson, is getting the send-off it deserves following Wrightson’s untimely death this past March. And if you need to catch up, Issues #1-3 are being collected and released two weeks ahead of time. Read on to learn more!
From the Press Release:
The fourth and concluding issue of Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein Alive, Alive will be released in January 2018. Exploring the further adventures of Mary Shelley’s creation, this Gothic horror story will be the final chapter of legendary artist Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein works as the Monster meets his ultimate fate.
Prior to his tragic passing, Wrightson had completed several pages and laid out the entire fourth issue. Acclaimed artist Kelley Jones, a lifelong Wrightson devotee, has agreed to step in and work from the layouts to finish the project.
“Bernie was more than a brilliant artist and collaborator to me,” said writer Niles. “He was a dear friend. I am so happy to see this final issue finished by Kelley, an artist whose work Bernie greatly respected.”
“When Bernie realized he wouldn’t be able to complete the series, we began discussing his options, and his first choice was to have Kelley jump in,” said Liz Wrightson. “Bernie felt that Kelley’s style would mesh with his own seamlessly, and it was important to him that the arc be finished and that all four issues form a visually coherent whole. He’d have been so gratified to see this issue published at last.”
“Finishing Bernie’s work is like having a last, wonderful conversation with him,” added Jones. “Thank God it will be about Frankenstein, something we both love so much.”
In addition to delivering fans an ending to the acclaimed series, in order to help readers get caught up, IDW will be offering a 3-in-1 issue, Frankenstein Alive, Alive Trio, which will collect the first three issues in an affordable format two weeks prior to the release of Issue #4 this January 31st.
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