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Ink (brush and dip pen) on Blue-Line Bristol (11x17)Page 5/5
The final page of a five page comic. According to the script that I wrote, the scene takes place in the 1930s in a small, Massachusetts port town. Again, it is another Lovecraft piece from me. The idea came this past October when reading some of his tales, knowing I needed a new sequential piece for my portfolio. I was hoping to have it up for Halloween, but unforseen things came up, and the pages took longer to complete than anticipated. The Thing is not itself Cthulhu (being quite larger than depicted here), but one of his foul breed.
I hope you enjoyed the pages. If wish to own a printed copy of it, it will be featured in Planet Lovecraft Magazine's third issue. A special thanks to them for picking it up for their magazine. You can visit them on deviantART (planet-lovecraft.deviantart.com ) or on their official website: www.planetlovecraftmagazine.com
Sincerely,
J. M. DeSantis
Writer - Illustrator
Official Website: www.jmdesantis.com
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Comments: 13
Thank you. This is the final page of (obviously) a five-page comic that ran in the (sadly now defunct) third issue of Planet Lovecraft Magazine. I did a story for issue four as well. Glad you like the piece.
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IA! IA! CHTHULHU, FTHAGN!
or something like that.
looks Deliciously freaky!
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Thank you again. I get a lot of compliments on my rendition of Cthulhu, and I am hoping to do more pieces featuring him or his likeness. He is (as it is with many) my favorite of the Great Old Ones.
Also, if you enjoyed the comic and wish to own a hard copy of it, Planet Lovecraft Magazine (www.planetlovecraftmagazine.com ) is going to be publishing it in their upcoming 3rd issue. Check the website in the coming months to order your copy. And thanks again.
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i will.
y'know what surprises me? that no one has ever made a movie of it...
then again, if the special effects was to good everyone watching it would become MAD!
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A movie? Really? Well, thank you for the compliment. I cannot say it had crossed my mind before, but certainly, if there were a studio out there that wished to turn this little piece into a film, I would be interested (what writer and illustrator would not?). Of course, I would hope to be included as more than just the person whose story it was based on. Likely I'd wish to at least co-write the script and have some say in (or even contribute to) the artwork for the film. But, then again, it may never happen. Still, it is good to know someone thinks it cinema worthy.
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actually, it was a silent-movie of "call of chthulhu" i believe. needless to say, it wasn't much of a success.
yup yup. you should totally do it^^
just don't go mad in the attempt.
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The H P Lovecraft Historical Society made a true-to-the-book silent movie adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu and so far as indie releases go it was a huge success. They're now making a "talkie" of The Whisperer in Darkness. [link]
There's also the Tori Spelling movie "Cthulhu" from 2007 though by all accounts it's more of a "Shadow Over Innsmouth" adaptation. Some positive reviews though.
Ahem... anyway... back on topic...
Terrific series here! I especially enjoy the moody seaport skyline at the top of the first page and also the main frame of page two: there's a wonderfully exposed/agoraphobic feeling from the fisherman's little pool of illumination and the pose is full of movement
Great stuff!
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Thanks for the comment. It was a first for me creating a mollusc/crab hybrid (as Cthulhu is, in part, described and often portrayed), and I'm generally happy with it. Glad you liked the piece.
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i really like it, first of all its very well drawn and gets, in my opinon, pretty much the spirit of the cthulhu mythos, and second of all i like how its build up, its start pretty inocent with an old man fishing but it gets darker and darker with every following page. oh and i really like the starspawn hybrid looks awsome.
well its a bit clishee but keep up the good work.
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It's all right, I often post the same thing at the end of my critiques. Certainly I mean it when I say it, but it does begin to sound repetitive when I do (no offense - I appreciate your comment immensely). But thank you, again, and I will be keeping it up.
I'm also glad you like the build up to the finish. I knew I wanted the pacing a bit slow at first and to lead the reader in one direction and change it up at the end (again, very Lovecraftian - the truth is always worse than the worst imaginings of the truth), but it did take a few days working at the script to come up with just the right way to do it; so I'm happy to hear it was a success on all accounts.
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