The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath graphic novel post-Kickstarter

A beautifully illustrated collection of Lovecraft's oft neglected, less terrifying works.

I've been reading along and listening to some old episodes of the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast and got to "The Strange High House in the Mist."  I enjoyed the story and in the episode they mentioned a webcomic adaptation of the work could be found online; here specifically. Poking around the website I discovered that since the episode was recorded the artist had had a very successful Kickstarter to get this and other Lovecraft "Dreamlands" stories collected!

I delayed as long as I could (about a week) before I ordered myself a copy.  I missed the Kickstarter, but you can get copies (which the Kickstarter paid for) through artist Jason Thompson's website.

Normally I wouldn't blog about this, but when I received my copy of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Katath & Other Stories" I was pleasantly surprised.  Inside the padded packing envelope the book was wrapped in oversized copies of the original art!

This is hella cool!

Ignore the messy cat food bowl, it is irrelevant to the conversation.

I very carefully removed the wrapping paper.  I couldn't bring myself to just rip it off.  Not sure what I'm going to do with it, but it will be something other than chucking it!

I strongly encourage you to buy a copy of this beautiful collection, and/or the lovely Dreamland poster map. Mr. Thompson is clearly a class act who appreciates people supporting his work.

For the record the volume contains graphic adaptations of "The White Ship", "Celephais", "The Strange High House in the Mist", and "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."

While we're on the topic of graphic adaptations of Lovecraft's work, some of the most faithful adaptations are coming out now from SelfMadeHero's Lovecraft Anthology series.  Volumes 1 and 2 are out now and are stellar.  They are available in the USA through all the normal graphic novel sources.  These are well thought out and well executed adaptations that do the source material the justice it deserves.