The first publication of the eZine, Journal of Lovecraftiana is now available for purchase. With the theme, "The Underground Lovecraft", it contains a lengthy essay by long-time Lovecraft admirer and historian, John Navroth entitled "Lovecraft's Last Gasp". Officially published on the 122nd anniversary of H.P. Lovecraft's birth, it is "remastered" from its first appearance as a submission to the Lovecraft Amateur Press Association's Esoteric Order of Dagon in 2009 with color images replacing the original black and white reproductions.
It discusses the avenues and forms taken to bring Lovecraft adaptations and Lovecraft-inspired stories to comic books and other sequential art media. It begins with the death of the horror comic book in the 1950's and their resurrection years later with Jim Warren's Creepy magazine, where the first full-length Lovecraft adaptation in a comic story appeared. There is a lengthy discussion of Skull Comics, the infamous underground title that included several Lovecraft adaptations, as well as other extreme illustrated horror stories meant to be a subversive reaction to the forced ceasing of horror and crime comic books from 20 years before. Included is the complete text of the original Comics Code Authority which spelled out the guidelines for the approved content of comic books.
Readers of The Original Arkham Press' various releases will notice that this is the first publication of any type for many years, and marks a return to publishing using electronic media.
Journal of Lovecraftiana
Vol. 1 No. 1
August 2012
Format: Electronic magazine PDF
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