Her Frankenstein
Her Frankenstein by Norikazu Kawashima is a graphic novel published by Living the Line Books in 2024, featuring 187 pages in English. This work presents a psycho-horror narrative centered around Tetsuo, a troubled young man who struggles with a lack of parental love and a complex relationship with Kimiko, a teenage girl with a fascination for chaos. As Tetsuo transforms into the figure Kimiko desires, he embodies the essence of her Frankenstein.
Readers will encounter a blend of fantasy and horror as the story unfolds, exploring themes of identity and self-destruction. Originally published in 1986, this edition serves as the inaugural volume of the SMUDGE line, which focuses on pulp, horror, and dark mystery manga. The translation by Ryan Holmberg aims to bring this unique piece of Japanese horror comics to a wider audience, reflecting the genre’s evolution and its impact on contemporary storytelling.
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Dare to read the psycho-horror classic that horror manga master Ito Junji called a “frightening but moving story about an unfortunate individual who, lost in search of his true self, finds his own annihilation instead.”
Little Tetsuo is a wimpy mess. His parents don’t love him. He meets the beautiful Kimiko, an ailing teenage girl obsessed with movies and mayhem in equal amounts. She doesn’t love Tetsuo either, or anyone other than herself. But she needs him. So Tetsuo becomes the man she wants–the monster she wants. He becomes HER FRANKENSTEIN!
Originally published in 1986, Kawashima Norikazu’s HER FRANKENSTEIN marks the bizarre and sadomasochistic finale to a cult era in Japanese horror comics. A few years after it was published, the author burned all of his artwork and abandoned Tokyo, never to be heard from again! HER FRANKENSTEIN is the inaugural volume of SMUDGE, a line of pulp, horror, and dark mystery manga, curated and translated into English by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg.
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