Metal Hurlant: The Monster Within

Go ahead. Let out your inner monster. We're all friends here.

What makes a monster? Is it a strange and horrific physiology? A cruel and vicious disposition? A malevolent and otherworldly air? Perhaps the answers lie under your bed. In the deep, dark woods. Behind your eyes. Monsters lurk everywhere, and you will find them aplenty--from the deceptively adorable to the mind-breakingly incomprehensible, from the fantastical to the all-too-real--within this installment of Humanoids' celebrated genre anthology, Metal Hurlant.

Inside this 272-page monster of a tome: an interview with writer/director/producer Brian Yuzna (Society, Bride of Re-Animator, Return of the Living Dead 3), a study of No螔 Carroll's taxonomy of monsters, a brief walk through the enduring legacy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and 25 tales of magnificent monstrosity from these terrifyingly talented comics creators:

ALESSANDRO SAIU, BROUETTE HURLANTE, CECYLE BAY, CORBEYRAN, DERF BACKDERF, ELENE USDIN, ELIE HUAULT, ENKI BILAL, GWENDAL BRIEC, JEAN-CLAUDE M夃IES, JEAN-PIERRE DIONNET, JIM BISHOP, JORG DE VOS, JUREK MALOTTKE, KELECK, KOREN SHADMI, MARC CARO, MATTHEW ALLISON, MICHAEL HALMOS, MIRAN KIM, MOEBIUS, NEYEF, NICOLAS BUE, NICOLE CLAVELOUX, RURIK SALL? RYAN HESHKA, SALVADOR SANZ, STEPHANE LEVALLOIS, TIM ADAM, VINCENT BONAVOGLIA