H. P. LovecraftGraphic Classics Volume 4: H. P. Lovecraft - 2nd Edition (GRAPHIC CLASSICS GN)

It's warming to see Lovecraft's work getting adept treatment as graphic novels. I am talking about this volume and the excellent Lovecraft Anthology Volume 1 by Self Made Hero. I prefer that collection to this mainly because of the story choice. Nevertheless, this is a well done group of adaptations with some excellent, modern comic art. It includes:~The Shadow over Innsmouth~ This is my favorite comic adaptation of the story yet. Simon Gane's art astounds me and thrills that part of my brain in that way brilliant art does. I felt the choice of the adaptation to focus as much on the latter half well served the original's intention. The star of the Second Edition.~Dreams in the Witch House~ I love this story but the adaptation left me a bit cold. Maybe it was just the art because I can usually put my finger on exactly why I don't like a particular adaptation. Pedro Lopez is a great artist, just not to my taste.~Sweet Ermengarde~ The art is fine but honestly this comedy was hard for me to stomach. It is a very classic Old Tyme comedy, a real "rib nudger" if you will. But honestly, I don't appreciate it. Interesting though.~Herbert West: Reanimator~ Love this story and the adaptation is fantastic. I know this wasn't Howard's favorite but I find the story to be quite humorous. A great classic Zombie/Frankenstein tale. The art is done by four greats. Three of them I absolutely treasure as artists: Richard Corbin, Mark Nelson and Rick Geary. Bonivert was great as well, though I was unfamiliar.~ The Cat's of Ulthar~ I find this story to be a bit drab. Very "Poe"- like but without the master's clever devices or unsurpassed mastery of syntax and diction. Nonetheless, the art by Lisa K. Weber blew my face off. Wow! This lady can draw.~The Terrible Old Man~ Possibly my least favorite story by Lovecraft. Pointless. I enjoyed the art though.~ The Shadow Out of Time~ Another Mythos story somewhat along the lines of Cthulhu/Dagon. A decent adaptation with art that I found mildly pleasing. Not my favorite story but well done overall.The book overall was worth the price I paid. There are a couple of turds in there but a couple of true gems as well.

I think the previous reviewer has covered the material fairly well. So I will mention mostly points of divergence."Herbert West: Reanimator" - I thought having each section illustrated by a different artist captured the essence of the serialization of the novel. To my mind, it was always rather jarring to have each section of the story reintroduce the previous events; having a different artistic style with each installment acknowledge this."The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" - it should be pointed out that these are only excerpts. It would otherwise be a much longer novel, but still it should be said."The Outsider" - I happened to enjoy this. It is Gothic horror without the Cthulhu-squishiness. I always enjoy a little something different."The Cats of Ulthar" - Here I agree with the reviewer; set in HPL's Dreamlands, the illustrations are very dreamlike - somewhat caricatured and abstract, with flowing outlines carrying a hint of menace."Fungi from Yuggoth" - I don't have "fungi" in any of my collections, so i was just glad to have it here.

I've heard that Lovecraft was interesting and scary. His prose is very descriptive and supposed to be menacing....its not menacing to me. Maybe I'm never in the right mood. I had purchased "Call of Cthulhu" and can't see why people like it so much, so I thought his other stuff must be better/more engaging....well it is not. I read a lot of comics when I was a kid so I did like the artwork. This may be offensive to many Lovecraft fans and I would like to be part of their club. To be fair I didn't like King's "The Stand" either....but then I stumbled upon "The Gunslinger".....whoa....I'm a King fan now

I have read this story many times. I wanted to see what a graphic novel treatment would look like.It looks great. It perfectly captures the feel of turn-of-last-century Exploration, when Europeans and Americans went traipsing all over the globe.It weaves all of Lovecraft's elements of the Old Ones, the dread Necronomicon, and the rest of his mythos together.IF this is your first time with this story, you're lucky!OOPS I am writing the review of the graphic novel treatment of "At The Mountains of Madness" in the space for the treatment of several other Lovecraft stories. The same review applies to that book.

To start with; I bought this as a gift for my son who was turning seven, He's had his little mind twisted by Herbert West and Cthulhu for a while as I have been reading him Lovecraft as bedtime stories. The graphic classics is what you would expect from a graphic novel; slick cover art, some nice art inside and if you have never read any Lovecraft it may be an easy way into it. If you have read Lovecraft it is a bit of a letdown only in that the pictures you have in your mind are so much worse than anything someone else is going to draw up. My son has been reading and re-reading it almost every day so I think its money well spent!

VARIETY is the spice of life. That is, unless you're trying to reanimate relatively fresh corpses. Whichever the case, the varied visual styles herein complement each other well, as does the flavor that each writer brings to Lovecraft's cosmic dread. Protecting the tasty, black and white interior is a sturdy, soft cover in full color. Buon appetito.

A good graphic form for Lovecraft, except for the miserable story of Lovecraft's life. I wish they had chosen some of the more powerful Lovecraft, like Dunwich Horror or Call of Cthulhu, instead of the stories they did choose. All in all, a decent comic, but not as good as it could be.

But, overall, the book doesn't really do Lovecraft justice.

Graphic Classics ist eine Reihe von Comics zu Klassikern der Literatur wie z.B. H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle oder Jack London.Der vorliegende Band ist dem Horrorklassiker schlechthin gewidmet, nämlich H.P. Lovecraft. Ganze 144 Seiten zählt der Schwarzweißband, der verschiedene Interpretationen von Künstlern wie Richard Corben, Rick Geary, J.B. Bonivert oder Mark A. Nelson enthält. Verarbeitet wurden bekannte Kurzgeschichten wie z.B. 'Der Schatten über Innsmouth', in der ein Fischereihafen langsam aber sicher von Meeresbewohnern übernommen wird oder 'Die Katzen von Ulthar', in der man sieht was passiert, wenn man aus Spaß die Samtpfoten in der Nachbarschaft eliminiert. Neben weiteren schaurigen Kurzgeschichten gibt es ach die rare Komödie "Sweet Ermengarde".Die Besonderheit des Bandes machen die unterschiedlichen Zeichenstile aus. So interpretiert jeder den Chtulu-Mythos aus seine Weise, wobei doch recht unterschiedliche Exponate herauskommen.Größtenteils wurden die Originaltexte von Lovecraft verwendet, so daß man hier wirklich von illustrierter Klassik sprechen kann. Wer actionreiche Blutorgien sucht, wird dies hier nicht finden. Wer aber wissen will, wo nicht nur Mike Mignola abgekupfert hat und eine Gänsehaut zu schätzen weiß, ist hier richtig bedient.Das Konzept geht auf, so daß dies nicht mein letzter Band der Reihe sein wird.

Grundlegend ist die Idee die Geschichten von H. P. Lovecraft zu illustrieren und als Gemeinschaftsprojekt zu veröffentlichen großartig. Viele der einzelnen Geschichten haben mir auch gut gefallen. Einige weniger, dass ist halt Geschmackssache. Nicht jeder Zeichenstil hat mir gefallen. Die Essenz der einzelnen Geschichte wurde meist gut, manchmal weniger gut wiedergegeben.Leider habe ich aber, vielleicht ein ganz persönliches, Problem mit einem immer wieder verwendeten Schrifttyp. Ich konnte kaum mehr als zwei Sätze lesen am Stück lesen ohne, dass die Augen weh taten. Ich konnte immer wieder nur Häppchenwese lesen.Für Lovecraft Fans eine schöne Idee. Leider in der Umsetzung aber nicht so gelungen wie gehofft.

In comparison to the case of Charles Dexter Ward, at the mountains of madness etc, it is a rather poor effort, crappy art and mediocre adaptations of Lovecrafts stories. Herbert West Re-animator had the potential of being good but was let down by there being too little comic art alongside the tracts of written storyline.It is an example of how inferior American adaptations are compared to their British counterparts

Fantastic little novel full of eldritch horrors to delight you, the art is varied but very much adds to the overall dread of the material

A réserver au fan de Lovecraft : un contenu inégal, qui va du très bon (Richard Corben) au pitoyable en passant surtout par le médiocre.