#bernie wrightson

[coulsons-fullmetal-cellist]

In the credits, Guillermo thanks the following:

Mary Shelley, who wrote the book (obviously)

Bernie Wrightson, whose illustrations in the 1983 graphic novel were the inspiration for the Creature

Boris Karloff, who played the Creature in the 1931 film

James Whale, who directed the 1931 film

[sillymonsters]

Bernie Wrightson

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Bernie Wrightson

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Frankenstein - art by Bernie Wrightson (1978)

[snowpaw23]

Wrightson parallels in Del Toro's Frankenstein

I think there are some from his comic, as well, but I'll have to go home and get the comic books to check. I did notice some thematic elements similar to that, though.

[frankencain]

The Fallen Angel, Alexandre Cabanel (1847) / Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1818) / Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein (1983)

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Bernie Wrightson paints Batman- The Cult #2 Original Art (DC, 1988)

[seasons-in-hell]

Bernie Wrightson

Illustration for Frankenstein (1976)