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This comedic and spooky graphic novel filled with adventure, friendship, and mystery is not to be missed. Now a Foreword INDIES and IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award finalist for 2023 Book of the Year.
Writer Jessica Maison (Plastic Girl, Pistil, Cthulhu is Hard to Spell and Nightmare Theater anthologies) and artist Anna Wieszczyk (Godkiller, Home, Interesting Drug & Lucid, Popgun vol.4 and Spera anthologies) have teamed up to bring you an alternate Mary Shelley story that will leave you spellbound.
About School for Monsters
A young Mary Shelley encounters an occult scientist, Dr. M, and a living book of spells, Necro (The Necronomicon), who accidentally split her into two versions of herself: the literary giant who goes on to write Frankenstein and a supernatural girl, Shel, who spends her immortality fighting evil humans who exploit monsters.
Shel teamed up with Frank, Dr. M's failed experiment, and Necro, the powerfully cute book of the dead, to rescue monsters and start a school for them deep in the Primal Woods. The legendary Medusa and local forest wisp, Will, complete their monster-rescuing team.
“Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: La Llorona in the Machine is an exceptional graphic novel that combines solid storytelling, gorgeous illustrations, and a positive message. It’s a book that can be enjoyed by audiences of all types, from children to adults, and it stands out as a shining gem in the realm of all-ages horror. Maison, Wieszczyk, and Rodriguez have created a true epic deserving a place on every nerd’s bookcase.”
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“Despite the many different interpretations of Mary Shelley‘s legendary monster over the years, Jessica managed to not only put an interesting new spin on Frankenstein’s Monster, but she also found a way to include Mary Shelley herself, along with a whole cast of characters that many of us are already familiar with. This creatively inspiring story kept me hooked from the first page, and I’m excited to know the future of these characters!”
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About the Author
Jessica Maison is a sci-fi, fantasy, and horror author, screenwriter, comics creator, film director, and publisher. Her short sci-fi fiction can be found on Terraform, and her short horror comics have appeared in anthologies such as Cthulhu is Hard to Spell and Nightmare Theater.