Rick Mountfort works under the name Spine. Originally from the D.C. area, he now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He began working as an illustrator in 1979, producing horror art for music newspapers, fanzines, and record jackets. In 1996 he became a regular contributor to Scary Monsters magazine, The New Castle of Frankenstein, The new Journal of Frankenstein,and World of Fandom. His published work includes more than two hundred monster portraits, depicting some of Hollywood’s creepiest stars. In 2000, Spine was chosen to produce all the covers and interior illustrations for the New Adventures of Frankenstein, an eleven-book series written by legendary horror/sci-fi author Don Glut.
Spine says, “I still have drawings I did in 1962 of Frankenstein, when I was four years old. I must have understood something of the pain and sadness of the monster even then, because I frequently drew him with a tear in his eye. Forty-five years later, Frankenstein is still my favorite character, and for me Boris Karloff will always be the actor who made him real.”
