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Frankenstein: Morrison and before Flashpoint

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So I figure I'll start with work actually done by Morrison and a guy whose avatar I'm using since who knows when on CBR forums - Frankenstein. Frankenstein is one of those pop culture characters that baffles me a bit. Obviously every adaptation changes things a bit here and a bit there, but I still don't understand how we went from the version present in the book to... what we usually see in adaptations. It would be probably easier to list similarities than differences at this point. So what Morrison does with the Frankenstein? Do we get an attempt to move character closer to its roots? Do we get an update on what is the pop culture image of the character? No, Morrison instead moves the character further away from these places to something new, something unique.  We spend little time arguing about his name. Yeah, technically he is a monster and Frankenstein was a doctor, but who cares at this point? In fact, importance of the doctor is diminished even further by a reveal th

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Since nobody reads blogs anymore I think it is about time I start a one for myself. Maybe nobody is going to read it, but I'll have this little nice place where I can shout at the clouds. So what this is going to be about? Comics, obviously. And mostly DC comics. I'm a big fan of Morrison's work, but I don't expect to be writing much about that. Morrison's work has gotten lots of attention and analysis over the years and I don't feel like I can really add anything of substance to the conversation. But sure, I'll write about it from time to time. But most of the time I feel like I'll be writing about series that are related to Morrison's work in one way or another. Connection might be real small, but it is all connected! Or maybe series that only I and maybe few other people care about at all, or maybe something that might have been popular at some point, but currently nobody talks about it at all. So you know, if it is not popular and not cool then y