Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster

After more than 20 years, DAN BRERETON, award-winning comics creator and painter, collects his best works for the very first time in this beautiful full-color hardcover volume.

THE GODDESS & THE MONSTER features 144 pages of furiously colorful illustrations in BRERETON’s unmistakable style, spanning his work in comics, film and more and ranging from the commercial to personal, adventurous to lurid, dark to heroic.

Next week is the week! It’s not easy being a fan of Dan Brereton. Believe me, I know. But next week being a Dan fan is going to pay off, BIG TIME.

See, there are a couple of problems that plague us Dan fans. The first is that there just isn’t a ton of the guy’s work readily to be had. Sure, he’ll do a cover here, a one-off there, but its in maddeningly small doses. He only puts out an actual book (consisting of many pages all done by him) only once every couple of years. Nocturnals is still Brereton’s best-known original work, and he hasn’t put out a Nocturnals book since 2008. Alright, I get it, since he paints everything its going to take him longer to crank out work than someone who just pencils, or someone who just inks, or even someone who pencils and inks. So you can’t really expect him to produce a hell of a lot of art. But that only makes the next problem I’m about to mention all the more frustrating…

The second problem for Dan fans is that while it is most likely his horror-themed work like Nocturnals or The Psycho or Giantkiller or Vampirella that drew them to him, he does a lot of superhero-themed work that very likely pushes them away. I for one can not stand Thor, and although I have had a lot of laughs poking fun at Thor’s buddy/poser/wannabe Beta Ray Bill, I hate his guts too. Yet it is these two characters that Dan has done much artwork for over the last few years. Why, God, why? Why can’t he quit painting superheros and just stick to horror, the single genre that compliments his style in the most awe inspiring way? I’m sure I’m not alone in my lamentations.

And I can’t help but get the feeling Dan actually knows this about his fans. Its not Thor, or Beta Ray Bill, or Superman, or even Batman on the front of this book, is it? No. It’s horror icons Frankenstein’s monster and the always beautiful Bride of Frankenstein, who is looking exceptionally hot I must say! Anybody who knows me knows how in love I am with the Bride, and Dan really has made her look brutally beautiful for this cover. That’s right, for the cover of this very rare and important book, Dan decided to lead with his strong suit, which is and has always been horror.

So next week us Dan fans are finally getting a real live artbook, Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster, 144 gorgeously painted pages from the man himself that will help alleviate both of the aforementioned problems afflicting his fans, even if only temporarily. And there won’t be any crappy story to drag the book down, instead the focus will be on Dan’s work, and Dan’s work alone. I expect that there will be some superhero art in this book, but I think I can take it. I’m hoping it will be a tiny minority compared to the horror, sci-fi, fantasy, smut, and other genres that are sure to grace the pages of this long awaited artbook.

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