From Ain’t it Cool News:

Later contributors to the Lovecraft “Cthulhu Mythos” would often include H.P. himself in their tales, either in oblique reference or as an outright character. Such is the case with THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT, which, following a prologue depicting the death of Necronomicon author Abdul Alhazred, dives right in to Lovecraft’s world of the 1920s. There are some real details of Lovecraft’s life presented here–his two elderly aunts with whom he lived, the lackluster reaction his strange stories would receive from the pulp magazine publishers–and then there are the invented bits: a love triangle with a vivacious librarian and a wealthy bachelor, an encounter with the famed Necronomicon in a university library, and Lovecraft’s inevitable realization that the monsters he thought were fiction are all too real.

As I said, putting Lovecraft in the middle of his stories is nothing new, and it’s a shame that Vertigo published the similarly-themed (thought more Freudian and psychosexual) LOVECRAFT hardcover only a few years ago—the comparison between these two works will be inevitable, although it seems as if Carter is going for more of a “men’s adventure magazine” feel with this series rather than anything so cerebral. Despite the familiar set-up, I really liked this book—Salmons’ loose, somewhat scratchy artwork reminds me alternately of Matt Wagner and Teddy Kristiansen, and fits perfectly with the slow-building tension and sense of horror that Carter builds up through this issue. Byrne’s color palette adds the final touches of gloom to the Providence streets, as well as the horror that is only beginning to emerge through Lovecraft’s mind.

I picked up this comic from the creators’ booth at the San Diego Comic-Con—we chatted a few minutes about Lovecraft (what else?)—but I have yet to see it on the stands at any comic shop. Hopefully this title will be published in wider circulation before long—we Lovecraft junkies like to feed our monkeys as often as we can, and THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT is good food indeed.

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