H.P. Lovecraft

One of Lovecraft’s early classics in comic book format. Do ghosts exist? Since childhood Jervas Dudley has visited a secluded and locked tomb on his family’s Rhode Island estate. Dudley believes he can commune with the ancestral ghosts who inhabit the tomb, many of whom mysteriously perished during a wicked party over 200 years ago when a fire consumed the Dudley’s first estate. Is Dudley mad? In addition to the comic adaptation of the story, the original H.P. Lovecraft story is also included in this volume.

Author Biography

Steven Philip Jones is a writer, reviewer and editor. His most recent books include The Clive Cussler Adventures: A Critical Review and Comics Writing: Communicating with Comics. His comics credits include adaptations of the film Re-Animator and Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, and the original series Nightlinger and Street Heroes. Jones is also co-creator with Barb Jacobs of the award-nominated fantasy series Talismen. Octavio Cariello has been working in comics since 1986 for publishers like DC, Marvel, Malibu, Innovation and Caliber. His credits include Green Lantern, Black Lightning, X-Men, and an adaptation of Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned. In 1997, Octavio helped found The Comics Factory in his native Brazil, an art school as well as an art studio that provides illustrations for American comics companies. H. P. Lovecraft is often cited as one of the three titans of American horror along with Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. His fiction continues to influence horror and fantasy writers while creations like Cthulhu, the Necronomicon and Herbert West have become horror icons.