H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories

Lovecraft's original stories that first shaped the outlines of cosmic horror!. This moody and evocative manga gets back to the dark foundations of the Cthulhu Mythos, adapting three of H.P. A pair of decadent young men pursue the abhorrent thrill of grave robbinga German submarine's crew is driven mad by the call of an underwater templean explorer in the Arabian desert discovers a hideous city older than mankind

"Gorgeous art" according to Matthew T. Carpenter. First, some housekeeping. There are some other comic book adaptations of each of these stories. Some of them are quite good.Versions of the Hound:Jack Jackson (writing as ‘Jaxon’) 1972 - the oldest version here, but perhaps more a collector's itemStuart Gordon and Tula Lotay 2011Chad Fifer and Bryan Baugh 2012The TempleRoy Thomas 199Gorgeous art Matthew T. Carpenter First, some housekeeping. There are some other comic book adaptations of each of these stories. Some of them are quite good.Versions of the Hound:Jack Jackson (writing as ‘Jaxon’) 1972 - the oldest version here, but perhaps more a collector's itemStuart Gordon and Tula Lotay 2011Chad Fifer and Bryan Baugh 2012The TempleRoy Thomas 1994Calum Iain MacIver 2000 - this is so rare I have never seen a copyChris Lackey and Adrian Salmo 2012The Nameless CityEsteban Maroto and Roy Thomas 2000Tim Sparvero 2008Hernán Rodríguez 2008Pat Mills and Attila Futaki 2012Guo Tanabe is a highly r. Calum Iain MacIver 2000 - this is so rare I have never seen a copyChris Lackey and Adrian Salmo 2012The Nameless CityEsteban Maroto and Roy Thomas 2000Tim Sparvero 2008Hernán Rodríguez 2008Pat Mills and Attila Futaki 2012Guo Tanabe is a highly r. "A must have for any H. P. Lovecraft fan" according to Michael Corley. As a big fan of HPL I've been eagerly awaiting this.I am not sure what I was expecting as far as the art, but it exceeded whatever those expectations are as when I first opened it I made an audible 'oh!' in surprise at how detailed and well rendered everything is. Tanabe's grasp of lighting in a scene makes everything extremely moody and shows tension in a successful way since many panels have no text and depend strongly on the visuals.The text itself is a great translation, reads really fluidly and had I not known this was a Japanese manga translated to English I would have presumed the original lan