This is billed as a modern gothic romance, originally coming out from Vertigo in 1998. It's about a woman who meets a mysterious man at an art gallery. They hit it off but he is keeping secrets, working with some kind of art forger along with being gopher / henchman for a plastic surgeon. There's way too many story elements that aren't properly fleshed out. Most of it is kind of boring. The "big reveal" is mostly a let down as I'd already figured it out and it's really only hinted at. Even with

This book really didn't work for me at all. Placing Frankenstein in a 90's era love story with an art dealer, while also having a B story about Rembrandts and forgeries made what story there was too busy and unfocused. The Frankenstein's monster portrayed here (going by Victor, which seems a little disturbing on its own) is a moody proto-Goth who hasn't taken to black yet. What he sees in any human I don't know, and what the woman who falls in love finds attractive in him doesn't really come thr...

I never heard about this graphic novel until I received a review copy of this edition celebrating its 20th anniversary. As it stands, with a story revolving around the New York City art scene, I'm inclined to think the book is more visually captivating than anything else.A torrid love affair between Sandra and Victor. She's a bartender with aspirations of being an actress. He's a bad boy figure, all brooding hunkiness that has her enamored to the point of obsession. But as Victor's secrets worm

The characters were obnoxious, Victor is the beast, but nothing happens in the book that really portrays him as beast, I need more guts and gore; the story felt whatever, even though they give a background into the era of the story in the introduction. This is a 20th anniversary reprint of "The Heart of the Beast", so I'm cutting it some slack because 20 years ago I thought the greatest thing in the world was finishing elementary. I just could not get really into this story; though I will say th...

I didn't really know what this was about when I started reading it, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this was basically a sequel to Frankenstein. It's set in the 90s and the art is painted along with mixed media. The setting was very odd for a Frankenstein tale. It's the New York art scene of the 1990s, along with all of the pretentiousness that goes along with it. So one hand I didn't like the setting, but on the other I have to admire the creativity needed to put Frankenstein in such a se...

GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: Written by Dean Motter and Judith Dupre. Painted art by Sean Phillips. Published in May of 1999, Hardcover , 100 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Did anyone think twenty years or more ago that Vertigo would be getting its one-off titles republished like long-lost classics? Well, I for one would never call this title a 'classic' but it proves the imprint had a lot more about it than just Gaiman, McKean, Swamp Thing et al. This tale purports to put the scalpel to the heart of modern art, but ends up dully representing gallery processes and talking about, rather than ever showing, excess. Paired with a sort-of sequel to 'Frankenstein' with t...

Pulling heavily from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The Heart of the Beast puts Victor, the Frankenstein monster, in the middle of the New York City art world. There he meets Sandra, a some-time actress and frequent waitress and bartender. There are things, though, going on in Victor's past and present that put the both of them at risk, and Sandra is going in blind. Okay, I had some trouble with this one. I really liked the art - the combination of the letters/journal entries and the images was in...

A weird and scary story line and a beautiful yet morbid art-I found it both scary and not my cup of tea. Thanks to the publisher for aloowing me to read this oin exchange for an hinest review.

The 90s Art Scene does Frankenstein in a Comic Book.

Text hard to read,drawing nice but unable to read story

'The Heart of the Beast' is a reprint of a Vertigo story from the 90s. The story takes place in the late 1980s, so maybe it could be forgiven for feeling a bit dated at this point. Sandra meets handsome Victor at an art exhibition. She is an actor working as a bartender at the show and invites him to her play. He agrees and they hit it off, but there is something strange about Victor. He seems to be hiding secrets. One is that he works for a group of art forgers. Another is he works for a plasti...

I somehow missed this when it first came out (1994). After seeing an ad for it a little while ago, I asked my local comic dealer to hold a copy for me without knowing much about it.It was ... interesting. The story had sort of a dreamy feel that failed to really engage me. The art was also interesting; I've never been a big fan comic art that includes photos and this did nothing to change my mind. I liked the painted art more than I expected, but it added to the dreamy feel. As with the writing

Original published in 1994 under the Vertigo imprint, this is what can be called a 10th anniversary reprint edition. This is a take on the Frankenstein story, not a retelling but more a sequel. Though, through journal entries we are told of events from the original story. To fully appreciate this homage to Shelley, I believe having read or at least having good knowledge of the original is a must. The story takes place in the late '80s, in New York City, a world of avant-garde art, cocaine and AI...

At first I struggled a little with this book, and it wasn't until about halfway through that I started to like it. By 3/4 of the way through, I loved it. I'll get the things which bothered me out of the way first:1) The story suddenly jumps from one character or group of characters and setting to another, with no explanation. This felt quite jarring at first. However, it did add a filmic and also a decidedly unsettling touch to the book, and I did get used to it.2)The character of Sandra. I didn...

Really good

This graphic novel was originally published in 1998 by Vertigo and is to be re-released in hardcover on 05th August 2014.Sandra meets Victor (Frankenstein), whilst bar-tending at an art exhibition and immediately invites him to her off Broadway show, she is also a part time actress. It is inevitable that Sandra is going to fall head over heels for the mysterious stranger.There is no horror here at all and I struggled to find a story. I found Sandra's character too insipid and Victor was barely a...

Normally I love the comics and graphic novels published by Vertigo. This is the first one I've read that I was disappointed with.It is a modern day take on Frankenstein. When I bought it, it was sealed and I thought it was a Beauty and the Beast tale. In a way it was.The story is OK, but I did not like the art style at all. That makes a comic hard to read, which is why I only give it one star. One thing I did really like is the use of collage and mixed media. Other than that, Sean Phillips will

An 80s, art-scene take on Frankenstein, what is most impressive about it is the delicacy and detail. The watercolor and mixed-media technique is original and different, and thought at first I was unsure I grew to love it. In addition, I enjoyed the small dramas created throughout.The art scene is the 80s was a pretentious, egotistic one and this novel captured it well. In addition, the characteristic fashion of the 80s is apparent. Where I found it lacking was in the development--slow to start,

I was given the opportunity to read this graphic novel prior to its release in order to do a review and I must say that I am a bit torn. I never like to do poor reviews and always try to find something of value within each piece that I read or watch. But to say that this is worthy of a poor review isn’t accurate either. I will say that Heart of the Beast did not hold my interest and had it not been for this review I never would have finished reading it.The description from the publisher pretty