New horror book is written by Heroes and Beyond the Gates actress Brea Grant.
But how much more pressure would it put on a present-day descendant of the novelist?
She had a different calling than she thought she was supposed to have.
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This crazy thing happens her life will completely change from this point."
The character of Mary grew out of Grant’s obsession with the real-life Mary Shelley.
“I’ve had a lot of interest in her over the years,” she says.
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“I kept thinking about how much she had to live up to.
Grant collaborated on the book with artist Yishan Li.
“She’s fantastic,” says the writer.
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“When I was developing the book, I looked through a bunch of artists and she came up.
I thought those were a really interesting.
She did an amazing job.
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It was a great working relationship.”
Grant hosts the books podcastReading Glasses.
So, will she be interviewing herself on an episode?
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“We haven’t actually talked about it.
This is my fourth comic, but I think of it as a totally different thing.
But graphic novelsarebooks, so, yeah, well probably talk about it.”
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Six Foot Pressis publishingMary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley’s Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandaughteron Oct. 4.
Exclusively see the opening nine pages of the graphic novel below.
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