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Skeleton Key 5
http://richardsalaskeletonkey.blogspot.com/2013/02/5-frankenstein.html
"Frankenstein" is the nickname given to the nameless creature created by Victor Frankenstein, under the tutelage of his mentor Konrad Dippel. Attempting to understand the secrets of life and death, the two scientists assemble the creature from dead bodies and bring him to life through a mixture of electricity, alchemy and the black arts. When Victor realizes what he has done, he is horrified by the soul-less, undead thing he has created and attempts to destroy it - but fails. Abandoned by his creator, the seemingly deathless creature roams the world, with a bitter and murderous hatred of humanity and the living. He spends years plotting revenge, and using guile and brute force, becomes a wealthy recluse. He acts as a puppet master, controlling events behind the scenes. Following the example of his creator, he plots to create his own army of undead creatures who will ultimately destroy humanity - so that he and his "New People" will have the world to themselves.
http://richardsalaskeletonkey.blogspot.com/2013/02/5-frankenstein.html
"Frankenstein" is the nickname given to the nameless creature created by Victor Frankenstein, under the tutelage of his mentor Konrad Dippel. Attempting to understand the secrets of life and death, the two scientists assemble the creature from dead bodies and bring him to life through a mixture of electricity, alchemy and the black arts. When Victor realizes what he has done, he is horrified by the soul-less, undead thing he has created and attempts to destroy it - but fails. Abandoned by his creator, the seemingly deathless creature roams the world, with a bitter and murderous hatred of humanity and the living. He spends years plotting revenge, and using guile and brute force, becomes a wealthy recluse. He acts as a puppet master, controlling events behind the scenes. Following the example of his creator, he plots to create his own army of undead creatures who will ultimately destroy humanity - so that he and his "New People" will have the world to themselves.
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About Richard Sala
Richard Sala's work has been appearing in a wide variety of newspapers, books and magazines, as well as on toy packaging, greeting cards and on the internet since the 1980s. After debuting with a self-published magazine, 'Night Drive,' Richard Sala gradually became (as he puts it himself) the "king of the bad anthologies".
Once Sala appeared in Raw magazine, he became a regular feature in many different types of magazines, including Buzz, Twist, Escape, Drawn & Quarterly, and Rip Off Comix. He and Charles Burns even found their way into the mainstream by way of MTV's animation showcase 'Liquid Television'. Sala's animated serial, 'Invisible Hands' appeared on MTV, and his work can also be found on the CD-ROMs 'Freak Show' and 'Bad Day on the Midway'.
But Sala liked his horror-noir material best, so he concentrated on doing comics for magazines. His "magnum opus", 'The Chuckling Whatsit', was serialized over seventeen issues of the Fantagraphics 'Zero Zero' magazine. His comic book series 'Evil Eye' ran for 12 issues between 1998 and 2001. He has since released several horror-noir graphic novels, including 'Peculia' (2002), 'Mad Night' (2005), 'The Grave Robber's Daughter' (2006), 'Cat Burglar Black' (2009) and 'The Hidden ' (2011).
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