Ming
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« on: May 01, 2012, 10:38:16 AM » |
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Hey everyone! I apologize if a post on this topic already exists...but I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for Lovecraft comics? So far I'm aware of a fair amount, but I'm trying to compile a reading list for myself. I know there's a lot of Lovecraft inspired comics (like Hellboy), but for now I'm trying to focusing more on adaptations or more clearly-defined inspired works. So far I'm aware of or already own...
Lovecraft Anthologies by Self Made Hero
At the Mountains of Madness by Self Made Hero
Case of Charles Dexter Ward by Self Made Hero
Cthulhu Tales series by Boom studios
Fall of Cthulhu series by Boom studios
Dunwich Horror by IDW
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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Clangador
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2012, 10:48:27 AM » |
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I am a big fan of Alan Moore. I recommend The Courtyard and Neonomicon. Both are contained in a trade paperback. |
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Chrizzie Frizzie
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2012, 05:27:55 AM » |
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There's a Vertigo title simply called "Lovecraft" by Hans Radionoff & Keith Giffen. It's definitely among the best in terms of artwork (Enrique Breccia). I have mixed feelings about the actual story, maybe it was trying to hard to be clever and thereby lost a lot of its heart. 4/5 from me.
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CMcCormack
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2012, 10:36:35 PM » |
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Hey there,
If you really want to get your Lovecraft on, and happen to speak either Italian, French, or Spanish, I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of "Los mitos de Cthulhu" which is a series of Lovecraft adaptations done by Argentinian illustrator and my unequaled idol Alberto Breccia. The adaptations span his whole career, and his style changed quite a bit, going from relatively realistic to totally abstract, so there's an added visual element of watching the world break apart as you go through the stories chronologically that is really really cool.
It's a hard book to get, but definitely worth it if you can find it. You can probably find it easiest in a torrent or something of the like. At the very least look up some images! They're awesome--especially his adaptation of The Dunwich Horror.
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 08:07:02 PM » |
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Hey there,
If you really want to get your Lovecraft on, and happen to speak either Italian, French, or Spanish, I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of "Los mitos de Cthulhu"
I've seen bits of that here and there, makes me wish I spoke more languages than English and Bad English. |
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TheLovecraftsman
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2012, 07:24:31 PM » |
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It's not directly Lovecraft buy Hellboy is definitely Lovecraftian.
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« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2012, 11:03:55 AM » |
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It's not directly Lovecraft buy Hellboy is definitely Lovecraftian.
Absolutely. The Ogdru Jahad are so similar to the Great Old Ones that you may as well just call them the same thing. |
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CMcCormack
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« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2012, 02:12:25 PM » |
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It's not directly Lovecraft buy Hellboy is definitely Lovecraftian.
Absolutely. The Ogdru Jahad are so similar to the Great Old Ones that you may as well just call them the same thing. And in the first collected trade, the book is dedicated to Lovecraft. Also, has anyone read Ed Brubaker's Fatale? Though not yet exactly Lovecraftian, he is definitely showing his influences by including short essays about certain writers in the backs of the issues. The subject of the premiere issue's essay is one HPL. |
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CMcCormack
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« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2012, 10:53:44 PM » |
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Also, apparently an Elder Thing appears in Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy 2 - so the connection is definitely there!
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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2012, 09:03:30 AM » |
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Fall of Cthulhu looked pretty good. It's available in my library system, and it isn't even in the rare or forbidden sections. I did see a rather tall, ragged looking man asking for it one day though.
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Ming
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« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2012, 09:58:44 AM » |
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It's not directly Lovecraft buy Hellboy is definitely Lovecraftian.
I'm actually an avid Hellboy reader. Hellboy, and it's Lovecraftian influence, is one of the reasons I got into Lovecraft in the first place. |
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TheFolklorist
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« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2012, 04:04:26 AM » |
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Definitely check out Hellboy, it's my favorite American superhero related comic book series. The two volumes that have the most direct Lovecraft influence are Vol. 1 Seed of Destruction and Vol. 5 Conquer Worm. But also check out the individual stories "Goodbye Mr. Todd" and "The Whittier Legacy" which are also very Lovecraftian.
More so then Hellboy proper however, check out Hellboy's sister book B.P.R.D. This series is much more straightforward in it's Lovecraft influence and is also one of the best damn comics on the market today, bar none. But start and the beginning and read in order. This is not a series you can just jump into....
I also second the recommendation for Moore's The Courtyard and Neonomicon.
Lastly I highly recommend 2000 A.D.'s Necronauts by Gordon Rennie and Frazer Irving in which Lovecraft teams up with Charles Fort, Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini to stop The Illuminati from releasing the Great Old Ones. Oh yeah and The Illuminati is headed up by Charles Lindbergh.
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« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2012, 10:55:33 AM » |
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Downloaded the first issue of Fall of Cthulhu for free on the Comixology app on iPhone, and as pretty much hooked from there.Loved the story, the characters, the very Lovecraft feel of the whole thing but wrapped up in a modern style. Fall of Cthulhu: Nemesis, I wasn't such a fan of though.
As a huge Batman fan (enough to have a large tattoo of the Joker down my leg...), I am itching to one day read The "Doom that came to Gotham". (Anyone know where I can get hold of it please!?!)
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