I’m pleased to see that Jason Eckhardt’s graphic novel of Lovecraft’s life was published last summer (2017), with what is said to be a well-researched script by Sam Gafford. Some Notes on a Nonentity: The Life of H. P. Lovecraft eventually weighed in at 118 pages of art. It covers the entirety of Lovecraft’s life, using the clever framework of a stage-play directed by HPL himself.
Amazingly, according to the writer…
“Much to my surprise, the project has been passed on by every publisher and agent I’ve contacted. I’m truly gobsmacked at this as I thought it would be an easy sell especially considering the quality of Jason’s artwork.”
The book is still only in hardcover, at present, and at an eye-watering price of £40 here in the UK via Amazon. The UK-based publisher PS Publishing currently has it listed at a more reasonable £25 plus shipping. It looks great and I’d imagine it would do rather well selling as a $6 Kindle ebook for 10″ digital tablets, once the print-run is eventually sold out at PS.
It doesn’t appear that PS has sent out review-copies yet, as there are no real reviews online at present, other than few comments from buyers at Amazon and a brief promo-blurb at Publishers’ Weekly.
I own it and it was magnificent. I have read Joshi’s 2 volumes bio of Lovecraft and I can tell you that this graphic novel is a very faithful, charming, beautiful telling of Lovecraft’s life. So glad to have your blog back!