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KennyMan666 posted:Lovecraft actually didn't like how Herbert West came out himself, but had to write it that way since it was being serialized in a monthly magazine when originally published and he was required to end each chapter with a cliffhanger. He only wrote it since he was being paid five bucks per chapter and was unhappy with the whole story, so he'd agree with you there. The Dunwich Horror was pretty good, but other than that I came away seeing why other writers like the Cthulu mythos: there are some really interesting ideas waiting to be properly explored. Or possibly Lovecraft just isn't for me. I've read worse books. 
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Sunswipe posted:The Dunwich Horror was pretty good, but other than that I came away seeing why other writers like the Cthulu mythos: there are some really interesting ideas waiting to be properly explored. Or possibly Lovecraft just isn't for me. I've read worse books. It's very possible that Lovecraft just isn't for you which is fine. Really though only a few of his stories are actually really, really good. A lot of his work is mediocre to bad he just gets remembered for the few that knocked it out of the park in ways that had never really been done before. Plus he, you know, came up with Cthulhu and everybody knows about Cthulhu. Other writers haven't done much with it because it's hard to really do cosmic horror properly. Cthulhu in particular isn't scary because of what he is but rather what he represents. Cosmic horror is supposed to confront you with how empty and uncaring the universe is and how tiny and fragile not only you are but the entire human race. It's basically existential dread turned into fiction.
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Mar 1, 2019 16:57
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Can we move lovecraft chat somewhere else and post comics instead? like this: 
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The Haunter of the Dark, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath stuck with me the most out of his stories, probably because they remind me of  so much.e: 
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Push El Burrito posted:I hated when Lovecraft revealed years later that Cthulhu actually shat his pants and used space magic to make it disappear. Great Cthulhu, shidding and farding and cameing in his pants, lies dead and dreaming in Ry'leh.
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Mar 1, 2019 18:33
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Cl'Ryeh.
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Mar 1, 2019 19:04
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This is the HONK that ends the world.
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Mar 1, 2019 19:05
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Sleve McDichael posted:The Haunter of the Dark, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath stuck with me the most out of his stories, probably because they remind me of I want to like this but I really hate that last panel e: the one before it ain't great either
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Mar 1, 2019 19:18
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Here's a gif with a positively lovecraftian ending.
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Mar 1, 2019 19:22
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burexas.irom posted:Here's a gif with a positively lovecraftian ending. Yeah that's basically the plot of Medusa's Coil, possibly Lovecraft's most racist story
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burexas.irom posted:Here's a gif with a positively lovecraftian ending. I'm told the dude in the mask is actually a celebrity in Korea and that's why the lady was surprised. If that's not true then just let me believe it is.
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Because we literally can't stop talking about Lovecraft, I'll recommend Alan Moore's Providence, which is basically a love letter to the mythos. It was one of my favorite comics from the last several years.
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Mar 1, 2019 19:37
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Check out Argentine artist Alberto Breccia's Los mitos de Cthulhu (1973, with Norberto Buscaglia)   it completely owns as do all his works, here's the opening page from Perramus (1984, with Juan Sasturain): 
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Just discovered there's a comic adaptation of Gaiman's A Study in Emerald. Anyone read it? I've read the original short story, does the comic add anything?
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HaB posted:They are going to gently caress up that movie so bad it won't even be recognizable as the same story. Creep Show did an adaption? Rewrite? I don't know what you would call it where the colour was just that meteor that hosed up everything and made Stephen King go crazy
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Mar 1, 2019 20:49
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There was a 2010 German adaptation which I fully intend to watch, they apparently chose to go gray-scale except for the titular Colour.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:I want to like this but I really hate that last panel
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Mar 1, 2019 22:10
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Hes doing a mario spin.
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Tiggum posted:What is the guy even doing in that panel? Holding the scythe (or whatever it is) behind his own head and twirling at the zombie? How else would his arm get into that position and be cutting the zombie's head off? I think you'll find that's a saw cleaver and both sides can slice and dice  Now I want to play Bloodborne again!
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So like, the zombie is behind him and he opens his weapon because he can clearly hear it. But he's holding it the wrong way around in panel 3 for the position he's holding it in panel 4. Not only that but the way he's holding it in panel 4 means he couldn't possibly have swung it with any amount of force, he basically held it up and the zombie ran into it hard enough to decapitate itself? It's trying to do a version of the thing where a samurai or something senses a ninja sneaking up behind him and subtly holds his sword up casually so the guy kills himself on it? You see it in movies/games/comics alot but I can't for the life of me find an example. But it's just super awkward with that sort of weapon and I have no idea why you'd draw that thing instead of just having an equally cool pose where the dude actually just turns around and beheads the guy in something like a batter's swing? It's a really small thing to harp on but it stands out so badly in an otherwise cool comic page!
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Agent355 posted:So like, the zombie is behind him and he opens his weapon because he can clearly hear it. But he's holding it the wrong way around in panel 3 for the position he's holding it in panel 4. Not only that but the way he's holding it in panel 4 means he couldn't possibly have swung it with any amount of force, he basically held it up and the zombie ran into it hard enough to decapitate itself? maybe that's why the SFX for the decapitation is a cheery POP!
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:Because we literally can't stop talking about Lovecraft, I'll recommend Alan Moore's Providence, which is basically a love letter to the mythos. It was one of my favorite comics from the last several years. Was that the one where the detective got raped by deep ones?
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No, I read that one, it was neonomicon. I haven't read it in probably a decade and nor do I want to revisit it. Though if Providence is both less rapey and legitimately good, I might check it out.
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SomeJazzyRat posted:No, I read that one, it was neonomicon. I haven't read it in probably a decade and nor do I want to revisit it. Though if Providence is both less rapey and legitimately good, I might check it out. I never read neonomicon however I did read a collection of mythos-inspired short stories at one point, one of which did have a lot of sexual assault. I'm an admitted fan of lovecraft's work despite fully understanding how problematic much of it is. Providence has some gross sex stuff involving a body-swap cult, but nothing irredeemable. It's been a couple years since I've read it though, but at no point was I disgusted by what I read... I think. Now I'm concerned. Moore wrote a run for Crossed that wasn't as rapey as the rest of the series, but still. DJ Fuckboy Supreme has a new favorite as of 02:39 on Mar 2, 2019 |
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I will still argue Cthulhu is a little pansy. Dude is supposedly all powerful and world ending but all it took was a guy running a boat into him to make him gently caress off back to the ocean. The stars weren't right my rear end. He ran away.
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 http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/?date=2003-11-30 Lovecraft chat.
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I'm not sure what it all means, but It Came From Lovecraft Comics Search:
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Len posted:I will still argue Cthulhu is a little pansy. Dude is supposedly all powerful and world ending but all it took was a guy running a boat into him to make him gently caress off back to the ocean. man he just wants to nap and a fuckin civilizations rise and fall and keep bothering him
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Len posted:I will still argue Cthulhu is a little pansy. Dude is supposedly all powerful and world ending but all it took was a guy running a boat into him to make him gently caress off back to the ocean. Cthulhu getting hit by the boat is like when you get up, hungover as poo poo, mouth tasting like an ashtray and the first thing you do is step on a plug and you're just like 'gently caress this, I'm going back to bed'
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I wonder how self-aware Lovecraft was about how ridiculous his racist views were. The Temple is almost a satire of them.
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PYF comic: Lovecraft did nothing wrong
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Mar 2, 2019 06:25
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HP Lovecraft Fact: In America, he's called A1 Lovecraft.
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Krankenstyle posted:Check out Argentine artist Alberto Breccia's Los mitos de Cthulhu (1973, with Norberto Buscaglia) This is the first time I've seen lovecraft comics I've actually liked, thanks!
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Grevling posted:This is the first time I've seen lovecraft comics I've actually liked, thanks! Heck yea! I know there are Danish versions of some of his stuff, maybe Norwegian too?
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Guess I'll post a comic.
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That is the worst adult calvin&susie I've ever seen
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Krankenstyle posted:That is the worst adult calvin&susie I've ever seen Okay Pamjee
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Fister Roboto posted:HP Lovecraft Fact: In America, he's called A1 Lovecraft. This got a chuckle.
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Fister Roboto posted:HP Lovecraft Fact: In America, he's called A1 Lovecraft. I thought he's now called Keysight Lovecraft.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Okay Pamjee pamjees arent bugs!!!
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