At the Mountains of Madness is one of Lovecraft’s best stories. Part of that is because I think this might be… the only one without overt and uncomfortable racism? Like at all? I can’t think of any racism present at least, which is a relief because that is a huge asterisk around all of Lovecraft and I totally understand why that ruins him for many people. He was a product of his time, but also he went out of his way to be disgusting, xenophobic, […]

I picked this up alongside At the Mountains of Madness parts 1 and 2 at Comic Con recently. I hadn’t looked twice at this adaptation but ran into the translator and got to pick these up, signed. Totally worth it. While Michael Beringer’s adaptation is probably my favorite visual Lovecraft adaptation due to the style, the art in these manga is detailed, imaginative, and horrifying. The Shadow over Innsmouth details a young man out on his travels after coming of age (because apparently in spite of […]