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.

The Cats of Ulthar

With Halloween fast approaching I thought I'd share one of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft stories, since this is always the time of year I delve into the black pits of madness in search of elder things and forbidden knowledge (I like reading Lovecraft around Halloween).

One of my favorite Lovecraft stories is a very short piece that I believe was one of his greatest early stories, The Cats of Ulthar.  I can best sum it up as a Lovecraftian fable that anyone with a great love of cats will enjoy.  You can read it here.

A while back the fine gents at the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast put together a magnificent reading of The Cats of Ulthar, which you can download and listen to here.  It is one of the best readings they've done, in my opinion.

If you're a Lovecraft fan and have never checked out HPPodcraft then you are doing yourself a disservice.

The image above was done by Jason Thompson, who has created an absolutely beautiful graphic version of Lovecraft's Dreamland stories.  Yet another Kickstarter success, it turns out.  Where would geeks be without Kickstarter?  Well, we'd have a lot less cool shit, that's for sure.