H.P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories
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Publisher Description
"Thompson has a clear love and respect for the source material and draws the picaresque fantasy in an ornate and heavily-rendered style... It’s a faithful adaptation and one that should satisfy even the most ardent of Lovecraft admirers."
--Gavin Lees, Bleeding Cool
Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the marvellous city…and three times he was snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it. In search of a lost city and a forgotten memory, Randolph Carter enters the dreamlands, the vast world of wonder and horror where one night can span a million years. From the jungles of Kled to the surface of the moon, through perilous encounters with bat-winged nightgaunts and man-eating ghouls, Carter's quest takes him ever closer to the secret of the marvellous sunset city…and the terror of Nyarlathotep and Azathoth, the monstrous Other Gods who stand in his way.
Includes a full comic adaptation of the novel by H.P. Lovecraft, as well as the related stories "The White Ship," "Celephais”, "The Strange High House in the Mist" and “The Doom That Came to Sarnath”. It also features a 2-page map of the dream world, as well as an art gallery section with concept sketches and additional drawings!
Customer Reviews
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Illustrated by Jason Bradley Thomson.
Already a work of art and profound imagination the book is further elevated by Thomson’s fantastic and evocative realisation of Lovecraft’s perspective. The artist works with genius, caputuring an authentic flavour of Lovecraft’s Easter seaboard horrors of the 1920, brilliantly characterising carter as a universal little guy who is never comical. Through an aconomy of line Carter is guaranteed a kind of universal anonymity and stoicism in the face of nightmare.
The Livecraftian dreamlands are brought to life through a dramatic use of black and with a supremely confident line. I am a writer and an artist but stand in awe before the sheer quantity and majesty of this wok. I cannot recommend it too highly.