There aren’t a lot of cigars where it would be fair to call them “the cigar that started it all,” but one instance where it most certainly would is the Tatuaje’s The Frank, the first release in the Tatuaje Monster Series that has now grown to 31 distinct cigars. The Frank was released in October 2008, named for Frankenstein, the fictional young doctor with a gift for giving life to non-living matter, using his skill to make a living creature from cadavers. While his goal was to create a beautiful creature, as told in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, the creature stood over eight feet tall, had grotesque yellow eyes and skin that barely covered the inner flesh and was such a disappointment to Doctor Frankenstein that he abandoned his creation. Saddened by this, the creature leaves, only to eventually find his creator and plead with him to create a female companion, promising to disappear if his request is granted. While Frankenstein agrees, during her creation he becomes disturbed by thoughts that he might be laying the groundwork for a new race of creatures that could be detrimental to humans. He abandons his work as the creature watches, who ...
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