MILX TEAMS WITH NILES ON FRANKENSTEIN OVERDRIVE

[MattBrady]

<img src="http://www.newsarama.com/general/milx/t_0100web.jpg" border="0" align="right"><i>by Benjamin Ong Pang Kean</i>

The artist known simply as Milx is back.

Well, okay, he came back to the world of comics earlier this year with <b>30 Days of Night: Dead Space</b>, co-written by comics’ horror revivalist Steve Niles and Dan Wickline.

The Malaysian artist first came onto the North American comics scene with his works on Niles’ <a href=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=4250><b>Wake The Dead</b></a> before signing on for Marvel’s relaunched <a href=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=2851><b>Silver Surfer</b></a> with co-writers Dan Chariton & Stacy Weiss.

Things looked promising for Milx at that time.

And then, one issue of <b>Silver Surfer</b> later, he <a href=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=5215>went MIA</a>.

When <a href=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=5333>tracked down by Newsarama.com</a>, he cited “breakdown” as the reason for his disappearing act.

Since then, he’s made a comeback on and off, from contributing a <a href=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=36568>cover</a> to IDW’s <b>Transformers: Infiltration #0</b> to completing the aforementioned <b>30 Days of Night: Dead Space</b> limited series.

Not one to give up despite an earlier setback, Milx is still very much living and breathing comics even to this day. Recently, we sat down with the artist for a chat and found out that he’s working with Niles again on a project called <b>Frankenstein: Overdrive</b>.

Click here (http://www.newsarama.com/general/milx/MilxFrank.html) for the interview and preview.

[Generic Eric]

It's good to see MILX back doing a regular comic work. I find his artwork to be really apealing and this new Frankenstein Overdrive series looks fun. Good luck to both creators, I'll be on the look out when this series hits the local comic shop.

[skeletorjr]

I'm glad to see Milx is doing well and back in the comics game. This book looks fantastic.

[johnchrist]

Alright!
Y'know I never did like the Frankenstein monster until about 2 years back when I read the original novel. Looks like over the decades Hollywood went and completely F___ed over this character who should far more resemble a cunning, strong, quick, and intelligent creature not the slow green gargantum which he's popularly become.
Frankenstein's monster his Milton's Satan, not Stan Lee's Hulk.

[AdamYJ]

Alright!
Y'know I never did like the Frankenstein monster until about 2 years back when I read the original novel. Looks like over the decades Hollywood went and completely F___ed over this character who should far more resemble a cunning, strong, quick, and intelligent creature not the slow green gargantum which he's popularly become.
Frankenstein's monster his Milton's Satan, not Stan Lee's Hulk.

Well, it's sort of a mixed bag in Hollywood. There have been a couple of versions that have used the intelligent monster. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein did it with Robert DeNiro in the role, believe it or not. Even the rather laughable Van Helsing drew a little bit from the intelligent Shelley version. The way I see the old Universal versions (which I have on DVD) is that it's what the monster was like if you stopped his development really early on. He didn't really have time to develop in that movie. You'll notice that in the second movie, Bride of Frankenstein, he actually makes progress getting to the point where he can speak a little. Then, the movies that followed that reverted him back to the mute version (however, they weren't very good anyway).

Comics do a surprisingly good job heeding the book's example. Grant Morrison did his take at DC recently. Marvel's Monster of Frankenstein from the '70s started with a surprisingly faithful take on the book. They would later make him more like the taciturn movie versions, but only by crippling his voice, not by harming his intelligence.

The most important thing is that combination of fear and sympathy you have regarding the monster. If that still holds up, then they're at least close to the target.

[EmeraldGuy32]

His art was sweet, and it wouldn've been great if he'd stayed on SS. Although the guy (forgot his name) they got to replace him was pretty damn good too.

[RichJohnston]

What project?