There have been so many renderings of how Frankenstein's monster looks over time. It is also interesting that the monster's name has become Frankenstein, possibly due to a play on words in which the monster is part of Victor, or maybe it is just out of convenience because the monster was not given a name in the novel. Here are some images of Frankenstein throughout the ages, through art and comics. Here are two examples.
*Closer to the novel Frankenstein, stitched and bolted together - Painting by Gerald Brom entitled "Alone." Brom likens the title of the painting to the monster's words in the novel when he says: “I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth… I have good dispositions; my life has been hitherto harmless and in some degree beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds their eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster.”
*New idea of Frankenstein - Steve Skroce's comic book "Doc Frankenstein" issue #6. Frankenstein gets captured by the "evil Catholic Church of the future" (Skorce) where they attempt an exorcism. Frankenstein then begins his work on a super-weapon to destroy his "clerical captors" (Amacker).
Thanks for posting these pictures. I would be rendered speechless if a modern artist depicted the monster true to its original form.
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