The Lovecraft Thread

[DoomRulz]

Maybe he needed to swap out air, who knows.

[Sharp Sticks]

Bears will come out of hibernation once in a while to eat or whatever, before going back to sleep for the rest of the winter.

Substitute a winter for and eon and slap a plate of calamari on the bear's head, and that sounds just about right.

[AvatarIII]

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/03sg2010atmom.jpg
http://www.tcj.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hpl_02.jpg
http://www.tcj.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hpl_03.jpg
http://www.tcj.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hpl_04.jpg
http://www.tcj.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hpl_05.jpg

Oh man.

That art doesn't work for me.

i wasn't a massive fan, but reading ATMOM in a graphic form really works well, and the art is very Tintin inspired, which makes sense because Tintin started in 1929, ATMOM was written in 1936, so the art is actually well chosen for the era the story is set.

How come almost all popular visual depictions of Lovecraft's work come out looking so cartoonish? Very strange.

not sure, ghowever there is a graphic adaptation of Call of Cthulhu in a book called The Starry Wisdom: a tribute to HPL which is not cartoony at all.
and the adaptations in the book Graphic Classics Vol 4: HPL vary from vary cartoonish to not cartoonish at all.

[OmegaZilla]

Odd; if the stars weren't right, why did it rise at all?

I can hazard that they were indeed right, but something (or... someone?) disturbed the 'alignment' of sorts and the key wasn't there anymore, so the city sank again.

Regarding the Graphic Novel for At the Mountains of Madness, I'm not too keen on the art. Would've preferred something... Y'now... more gothic, mysterious looking. That looks like kid stuff.


Ph'nglui Mglw'... err, speaking of Cthulhu, does anyone have a wallpaper sized version of this?

I've stumbled already upon this, but I don't like the texture and the image isn't the full painting.
Any help is really appreciated.

[AvatarIII]

Regarding the Graphic Novel for At the Mountains of Madness, I'm not too keen on the art. Would've preferred something... Y'now... more gothic, mysterious looking. That looks like kid stuff.

ATMOM isn't really a gothic story, it's an adventure story, and the unoffensive art is actually very good for luring you into a false sense of security, even if you do know how the story ends. Shadow over innsmouth or colour out of space are much more gothic stories, and as such would have more gothic art if they were adapted i'm sure.

maybe something from this collection would suit your fancy more
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Graphic-Classics-Lovecraft-2nd-Eureka/dp/0974664898#reader_0974664898

[OmegaZilla]

I would've liked to see something more horroristic, something like... Dylan Dog, you know? Stuff like that. Or the more 'mature' Marvel comics, in style. It is true that At the Mountains of Madness is part-Adventure in its story, but like in the most of the Lovecraft works, it's mainly about the mistery and the horror - there's the great Elder City, the dark places, all the Lake transmissions, the discovery of the destroyed camp... and the climax. Art style like that just doesn't render fully the feelings the novel gives, to me.

[AvatarIII]

don't buy it then, simple as that

[OmegaZilla]

don't buy it then, simple as that

Of course, was stating why. 

[AvatarIII]

you might like this though
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovecraft-Enrique-Breccia/dp/887759022X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300198459&sr=8-2

or this
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10896293/HP-Lovecraft-The-Call-of-Cthulhu-Graphic-Novel

[OmegaZilla]

[AvatarIII]

funny thing is, i actually ordered that book, not realising it was in italian, and i had to send it back and then they haven't had it in stock since!! i'm sure you can get it in italy. i had to import an english language version from the US

edit: yes you can
http://www.amazon.it/Lovecraft-Hans-Rodionoff/dp/887759022X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300202080&sr=8-1

[DoomRulz]

Bears will come out of hibernation once in a while to eat or whatever, before going back to sleep for the rest of the winter.

Substitute a winter for and eon and slap a plate of calamari on the bear's head, and that sounds just about right.

that works too

[AvatarIII]

this arrived today

same publisher as the ATMOM GN, but the art is a lot darker and less kiddy (OZ )

[SM]

Odd; if the stars weren't right, why did it rise at all? Was Cthulhu bored

Guess they weren't right for long enough.

I was formulating a Lovecraft story once set in the future, when we could actually travel to some of the planets where some of the Great Old Ones lived.  It turned out that the stars were almost right for Cthulhu to rise again - so the human protagonists blew up a a star to stop it.

Cthulhu does as Cthulhu pleases.

"They all lay in stone houses in Their great city of R'lyeh, preserved by the spells of mighty Cthulhu for a glorious surrection
when the stars and the earth might once more be ready for Them. But at that time some force from outside must serve to liberate Their bodies. The spells that preserved them intact likewise prevented Them from making an initial move, and They could only lie awake in the dark and think whilst uncounted millions of years rolled by."

[DoomRulz]

Was formulating; guessing you didn't finish it?