H. P. Lovecraft is probably the most influential Horror author who ever lived. And this…

…is The Lovecraft Anthology Volume 1, edited by Dan Lockwood. It’s a brand new collection of some of Lovecraft’s classic short stories, adapted into comics. And it’s fantastic!

One of the unique qualities of Lovecraft’s writing is his wonderfully wild and over-ripe language. I love it, it’s part of what gives his stories their amazing and weird and terrifying flavour, but I suppose one can’t be surprised if some people look at it for the first time and just say “Wha-?” Well, these comics versions are brilliant: they capture the fevered atmosphere and pungent essence of stories like Dagon, The Shadow Over Innsmouth and (of course!) The Call of Cthulhu, but in a fast and tight and visual way that I reckon would be a great jumping-off point for those who haven’t yet tried the originals.

If you don’t know Lovecraft, you don’t know Horror. Here’s hoping this book helps pass his eldritch influence on to the next generation.

Sam

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