This is a beautiful inked drawing on 9x12” Bristol board of Dr. Frankenstein’s famous monster by illustrator Dan E. Burr. Donated to our auction by the artist, it is in impeccable shape. Dated “October 2012” in blue pencil on the reverse side. Signed D.E. Burr in the lower left corner.
Dan E. Burr is a multi-disciplined, award-winning illustrator and cartoonist. He is known for his work on the widely acclaimed and celebrated graphic novel, Kings in Disguise (written by James Vance and published by W. W. Norton). The novel, set in 1932 America during the Great Depression, won several Eisner and Harvey awards and garnered praise from TIME, American Heritage, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Book Review, The Comics Journal, and The Guardian. Danny Fingeroth in his book, The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels, lists it among the "Ten Graphic Novels Everyone Should Read."
Dan is also known as the illustrator for the book, ECONOMIX: How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work) in Words and Pictures (written by Michael Goodwin and published by Abrams Books). Shortly after its debut, ECONOMIX appeared on The New York Times best seller list of graphic books and paperbacks. It has received praise from, among others, Wired, Publishers Weekly, and Mother Jones.
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