Franken-Fatale

What if death didn't matter anymore? What if you could keep coming back from the grave no matter how gruesome your end was?

     "Franken-Fatale" tells the story of an alternate reality where Dr. Frankenstein's reanimation of corpses was possible. The modern world, not so different from the one we know, glamorizes reanimation and the pursuit of body perfection and immortality.  Reanimation is now a basic human right, but the issue is highly politicized. The richest can reanimate themselves in style, while the poorest fight for access to reanimation chambers. People cheat death for centuries. Some historic figures live on. People buy, sell, and trade body parts to achieve physical perfection or uniqueness. Some use reanimation to preserve their loved ones, while others engage in twisted experiments. But in this reanimated world, few truly living humans remain.  Subject to persecution and civil war, these "warm bloods" must fight to survive and find their place in a world that now belongs to the undead. How much is a human life worth? Is reanimation the best thing to happen to humanity, or is it the worst?  What will we risk for those we love? What will we risk for what we believe in? 

     A lot to take in, right? This story, however, is told through the eyes of just one reanimated person: Rita Venus, a self-absorbed, undead 80's pop star with a penchant for booze and violence. The poster child for glamour reanimation, Venus must come to terms with a dying career and her place in this whole f*cked up world. But can she do it without royally screwing everything up? And sober, for that matter?

*WARNING: "Franken-Fatale" is for MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. Story contains drugs, violence, sex, language, and unsettling themes.

Candy Cougar Art, 2018. All rights reserved.

Cover Art by comic artist and illustrator Wamberto Nicomedes.