If you ’re an HP Lovecraft devotee , and you like cartoon strip , you ’ll require to assist comical record writer ( and io9 editorialist ) Jason Thompson realise his dream of creating a beautiful , printed reading of his amusing record adaptation of Lovecraft ’s only phantasy novel , Dream - Quest of Unknown Kadath . correctly now , Thompson istrying to upgrade $ 10,000 in printing costs on Kickstarter , and a donation will ( of class ) get you a devoid script . He ’s already more than midway to his goal , so every niggling bit will help !
Thompson writes about manga for io9 and many other publication , and is the author of the awesome mirthful script series , King of RPGs . He ’s also a serious Lovecraft nerd . I ’ve check his Dream - Quest comedian , and it ’s truly gorgeous .
Here is Thompson ’s auction pitch on Kickstarter :
Three times Randolph Carter dream of the tall city … and three time he was snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it .
Written in 1926 and never published during his lifetime , The Dream - Quest of Unknown Kadath is the only full - length fancy novel by H.P. Lovecraft ( 1890 - 1937 ) . Combining theatrical role and places from many of his earlier plant into an cook up mythology , it ’s a Lovecraft ’s fan ’s dream , but it also stands on its own as a weird fantasy in the custom of Lord Dunsany , William Beckford and China Miéville . From an writer better known for his narration of horror and science fable , it ’s a unknown adventure into realms of endless cavern , fantastical cities and perfume jungle … of journey by ship , zebra and wing monsters … of perilous encounters with world - eat ghouls , coloured deity and talking cats . When I first read the story right smart back in junior high , I thought not only of Lovecraft ’s usual horrors , but also of the kinds of nighttime worlds I remembered from my childhood readings of Maurice Sendak , Winsor McCay and Mercer Mayer .
At length , sick of with hungriness for those glittering sundown street and cryptical J. J. Hill lanes , nor able dormancy or awaken to drive them from his mind , Carter solve to go with bold entreaty whither no man had snuff it before … and dare the icy deserts through the nighttime to where obscure Kadath , veiled in cloud and crowned with unimagined stars , holds surreptitious and nocturnal the onyx castling of the Great Ones .
From 1997 to 1999 , I draw a 122 - Thomas Nelson Page all - historic period adaptation of Dream - Quest , draw inspiration from underground comics and classic kid ’s books and the “ naif fag - tale wonder - spirit ” that Lovecraft , in his own words , was sample to capture . I self - issue it as a five - issue laughable book series , and art from it was used in a Dream - Quest film adaptation , but the original takings are long out of photographic print . Years by and by , homesick for dreamland , I went back and drew adaptation of three more of Lovecraft ’s ambition stories , “ Celephais , ” “ The White Ship ” and “ The Strange High House in the Mist . ” I ’ve write these storieson the web here .
Here ’s my plan : I want to go back to my Dream - Quest comics , touch up the art , and reprint all four stories - Dream - Quest , “ Celephais , ” “ The White Ship ” and “ The Strange High House”-together in one definitive collection of HPL ’s great aspiration tarradiddle . The Dream - Quest of Unknown Kadath will have a novel natural covering , a map of the never-never land , conception nontextual matter of the various creatures and places , and a mirthful adaptation of Lovecraft ’s four greatest dream stories . Altogether , it ’ll be a 176 - page , oversize ( approximately A4 size ) playscript .
To cover impression and shipping costs , I require your assistant raising $ 10,000 . I ’m taking Kickstarter toast of all levels , and I ’m extend reward range from a print copy of the book , to original art and sketches , to a poster mathematical function of the Dreamlands , to a never - before - printed Lovecraftian RPG adventure inspire by “ Hypnos , ” “ Beyond the Wall of Sleep ” and “ The Green Meadow . ” If you ’re really prompt , for $ 1000 and up I ’ll even do a complete new comic of the forgetful Lovecraft narration of your option !
If you ’re a Lovecraft fan , if you like fantasy and children ’s books , or if you want to introduce Lovecraft ’s fantasy side to a supporter or family member who ’s squeamish of revulsion , please help me out and spread the Good Book . Making this comic is my dream , and I ca n’t do it without you .
you’re able to donate to Thompson ’s Dream - Quest projecton his Kickstarter page .
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