Anybody else read any of this series? I had read issues 0-4, and then issue 6 'cause I had difficulty finding each one as they came out. Now that I've finally found the trades I'm giving the series a second reading. Really liked what I had read and am now reading so far.
The art isn't anything special, but it does its job and the duality of the styles between our world and the Dreamworld is a nice touch. The story is interesting, though and really evocative of the same concepts and mood Lovecraft worked in. I find the monstrous elements to be less slyly played than the material that inspired this, but some divergence of vision is to be expected from any adaptation.
Fans of the Cthulhu mythos should check this out, for sure. It may be a little tough to find 'cause it's from BOOM! Studios, but those guys seem to be expanding their distribution as I've seen their books in more stores than ever lately.
As a bit of an aside, considering Lovecraft's obvious racism and some of the allegory that can be applied to his work in light of it, does anyone else find it odd that there's been no hubbub regarding the central concept of much of these stories? Basically, a book of Middle Eastern origin helps cause its followers to go mad in slavish devotion to a God and his prophets. People have freaked over much, much less.
The art isn't anything special, but it does its job and the duality of the styles between our world and the Dreamworld is a nice touch. The story is interesting, though and really evocative of the same concepts and mood Lovecraft worked in. I find the monstrous elements to be less slyly played than the material that inspired this, but some divergence of vision is to be expected from any adaptation.
Fans of the Cthulhu mythos should check this out, for sure. It may be a little tough to find 'cause it's from BOOM! Studios, but those guys seem to be expanding their distribution as I've seen their books in more stores than ever lately.
As a bit of an aside, considering Lovecraft's obvious racism and some of the allegory that can be applied to his work in light of it, does anyone else find it odd that there's been no hubbub regarding the central concept of much of these stories? Basically, a book of Middle Eastern origin helps cause its followers to go mad in slavish devotion to a God and his prophets. People have freaked over much, much less.
