The Man Who Laughs — SelfMadeHero
Issue: #1
The Man Who Laughs (first published in 1869) is Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system. It is the story of Gwynplaine, the 2-year-old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, and whose face is mutilated into a permanent grisly grin, then abandoned. After years of living in poverty, Gwynplaine is rein...
Creators: David Hine, Victor Hugo, Mark Stafford, Lizzie Kaye
Characters: Gwynplaine