H.P. Lovecraft, inspired by
Lord Dunsany (Wikipedia; Project Gutenberg; UPenn online library) and Edgar Rice Burroughs'
Barsoom (annotated stories online), created
the Dreamlands, in which he set the 20+ stories of
the Dream Cycle. The longest story was
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (
Wikipedia), completed in 1927, but unpublished in his lifetime. Comic artist, Jason Thompson,
started illustrating the story in high school, then re-drew the story after college, and that comic was
semi-animated as a feature-length film. He wrote up his influences for a hidden commentary on the DVD, and expanded it online as
The Annotated Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. More Lovecraft sketches and comics online in Thompson's
Mockman archive. [Previously:
Lovecraft comic adaptations]
posted by filthy light thief
on Feb 1, 2013 -
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Kevin J. Weir is an artist, making ads (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5), and more interestingly, not ads. In the latter category, he has made 3 stand-alone sites:
the Flux Machine, a tumblr of public domain images turned into animated GIFs, ranging from amusing to surreal (with an extra dash of Lovecraft), which
Cartoon Brew likened to
Terry Gilliam and
Stan VanDerBeek;
Nyan Waits, another spin-off of the
Nyan Cat meme/theme, now with more Tom Waits; and
Loud Portraits, an interactive portrait gallery.
[more inside]
posted by filthy light thief
on Apr 4, 2012 -
9 comments
