The father of cosmic horror that gave readers such monsters as Cthulhu was writer H.P. Lovecraft, whose most famous tale “The Call of Cthulhu,” is a short story written in 1926 published in Weird Tales, a pulp magazine in February 1928.

Inspired by his grandfather’s Gothic stories and Edgar Allen Poe, among others, Lovecraft’s stories tell stories of men unlocking forbidden and indescribable knowledge, fate, civilizations in decline, and other dark themes. Many comic creators have followed in Lovecraft’s steps with their own takes on this genre, writing stories in the same vein, adding the visual component to the written word.

They are:

  1. Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter
  2. Gideon Falls
  3. Dynamite Comics’ Re-Animator
  4. Dr. Herbert West & Astounding Tales in Medical Malpractice
  5. Revival
  6. Nameless
  7. Harrow County
  8. The Courtyard/Neonomicon/ Providence
  9. The Wake
  10. Locke & Key
  • Rose Thorne(She/Her)
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    25 days ago

    This slides well into the more “light hearted” side of things, but I don’t often have a chance to talk about these:

    The Howard Phillips series from Arcana Studios. They follow a young Lovecraft, having been given the Necronomicon, his summoned Starspawn Spot, and his family. Rather fun romps, and there’s only 3 volumes, if I remember correctly.