The Alzabo from The Book of the New Sun is certainly up there! Frankenstein's monster is also a given.

Full portfolio of images here!

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Oh my God, hahaha

Well, Alan? I'm waiting.

I also remember his "make a world" drawing book very fondly!

But yeah, the comparison to Shadow of the Beast is very appropriate -- almost too ambitious for their own good at times, haha

Relics has such an incredible aesthetic too.

Oh yeah, I used to check out drawing books of his ALL the time when I was in grade school-- such charming stuff!

I will read that one at some point, haha-- I must!

Gotta get some of that Wrightson Frankenstein action in there.

Whitley Strieber's Communion is hot garbage, but goddamn do I love that cover.

Reason I ask is that I tend to associate him with the other New Wave authors, but not sure if that's accurate or not. I've seen him labeled as New Wave and not-New Wave in pretty equal measures.

It's genuinely upsetting, but the chapters showcasing the wild animals are amongst the most beautiful passages I've read-- it's jarring, but I think about it a lot!

I've sung the praises of this novel before, but Doctor Rat is a simultaneously unsettling and darkly funny masterpiece, with the eponymous nazi-esque Doctor Rat exposing the horrific ideals and ambitions espoused by nationalists. A diatribe against animal torture, yes, but so much more than that.

Ah! I used to have some of these!

Seeing "To Mary (Shelley) and Bernie (Wrightson), you are the big bang of my soul" in the credits had me crying a little -- beautiful and loving tribute to their work.