H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu
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What links together two bands of worshippers, one deep in the Arctic snows, one hidden in the bayous of Louisiana, is more than their shared practice of blood sacrifice. It is the inhuman phrase they both chant:
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...
("In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.")
Now these nightmares will disturb the sanity of Francis Thurston, a young man pursuing an investigation into the cult of Cthulhu that leads to the most forsaken spot in the vast Pacific... and to Earth's supreme terror, the risen corpse-city of R'lyeh.
First published in 1928, The Call of Cthulhu, rendered in chilling detail by modern manga horror master Gou Tanabe, is the most famous of all of H.P. Lovecraft's stories, and was the namesake of the acclaimed role-playing game system set within the Cthulhu Mythos.
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5 primary books18 released books#4 in Gou Tanabe's Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's Masterpieces
Gou Tanabe's Adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's Masterpieces is a 18-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1927 with contributions by 田辺 剛, Gou Tanabe, and H.P. Lovecraft.
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Dead Cthulhu waits dreaming
My first time reading a Lovecraft story and it’s still a good read, though a bit old fashioned—some investigations or written past events can be a bit hard to follow.
The black and white aesthetic and dark atmosphere really suit the story with great two-page panels of The Great Old Ones and their city, some really horrifying scenes and the fantastic looking storm at sea.
Can’t wait to read other adaptations of Gou Tanabe.
For this spooky season I try to read some horror books and Manga that I still have on my tbr pile at home. This year I start with this manga edition of the Call of Cthulhu. And while the images were beautiful, gorgeous and detailed (this manga has probably of the best illustrations of the manga I've read so far, which aren't that many mind you), I am honest and say that I don't think I really understood the story.
It felt a bit like an introduction or a prologue to a bigger story and then again maybe it is.
I think it would have been better for me if i had read the novel first to really grasp the meaning of this story. As for now I just think I'm missing something but as this is my first entry into the world of H.P. Lovecraft maybe that's just his style. I'll definitely get to the original Call of Cthulhu version and see if I just didn't like the story overall or if it's a Limitation of the manga genre.
3/5 till now (could change when I've read the original story or more of the Cthulhu myths in general)
5/5 for the illustrations
