The Haunter of the Dark and Other Grotesque Visions
Two modern graphic arts vision arias interpret Lovecraft’s stories as graphic novels -- and a Kaballah! Includes: * illustrations for The Haunter of the Dark and The Call of Cthulhu * thirty pages of previously unseen drawings and paintings * selections from the controversial Lord Horror series...
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Two modern graphic arts vision arias interpret Lovecraft’s stories as graphic novels -- and a Kaballah! Includes: * illustrations for The Haunter of the Dark and The Call of Cthulhu * thirty pages of previously unseen drawings and paintings * selections from the controversial Lord Horror series Hard Core Horror and Reverbstorm, which have been evolving Lovecraftian imagery in bold new directions * Material specially created for this volume includes illustrations for The Great Old Ones, * Also new, a kabbalah of Lovecraft’s gods with accompanying evocations by Alan Moore, . Moore also provides an introduction and there are cover endorsements from comics legends Neil Gaiman and Burne Hogarth A terrific book! The strange old man from Providence would have been proud of it. -- Neil Gaiman I have not seen in many a long series of months or years the kind of continued dedication to the punctilious and meticulous pen and ink work put on board by John Coulthart. -- Burne Hogarth At its far edge, horror shades into beauty, and it is far beyond that edge that Coulthart takes us, into terrible magnificence. -- Alan Moore, from the book’s introduction
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781902197234 (1902197232)
ASIN: 1902197232
Publish date: October 15th 2006
Publisher: Creation Oneiros
Pages no: 136
Edition language: English
A good selection of Lovecraft's stories.Most of these have links to his Cthulhu mythos, and feature sanity clawing horrors from beyond space and time.Some of them seem overly verbose, but if you're getting paid by the word then it's not surprising when an author crams in long descriptions. It's also...
So...I had difficulties with this one. I've never read any Lovecraft before (unless you count a desultory look at "Polaris" a couple of years ago), and this anthology of some of his stories was kind of a revelation. His Dream-Cycle stories in particular nail something that I've been trying to get ...
Co-worker Lyndon gave it to me :D
Introduction--The Outsider--The Rats in the Walls--Pickman's Model--The Call of Cthulhu--The Dunwich Horror--The Whisperer in Darkness--The Colour Out of Space--The Haunter of the Dark--The Thing on the Doorstep--The Music of Erich Zann--The Lurking Fear--The Picture in the House--The Shadow Over In...
Introduction--The Outsider--The Rats in the Walls--Pickman's Model--The Call of Cthulhu--The Dunwich Horror--The Whisperer in Darkness--The Colour Out of Space--The Haunter of the Dark--The Thing on the Doorstep--The Music of Erich Zann--The Lurking Fear--The Picture in the House--The Shadow Over In...
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