Category Archives: Lovecraftian arts

Build an Elder God

02 Thursday Aug 2012

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How to occupy the kidlings in the dog-days of August? Why, “Build an Elder God”, of course! 🙂 Releasing from Signal Fire Studios on 15th August for $20…

“Building An Elder God is a casual card game of Lovecraftian construction for 2-5 players ages 10 and up. The rules are easy to learn and a typical game takes from 15-30 minutes, depending on the number of players. Build a Cthulhu-esque tentacled monstrosity to completion before the other players, using damage cards to blast your opponents’ creatures to slow down their progress so that you can win!”

Wedgwood Steventon

30 Monday Jul 2012

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I’m pleased to say that one of the many little galleries in my city is having an exhibition of surrealist paintings likely to interest Lovecraft fans. Wedgwood Steventon’s solo show launches at Artwaves gallery in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday 3rd of August 2012 (7pm-9pm). The exhibition will run from 4th-18th Aug, between 11am-4pm daily (closed Sundays).

Wedgwood Steventon is based locally, but until now has mostly shown internationally. “A collection of works on paper and canvas, personal experiences of an existence in 21st Century England (and Beyond) : a Gathering of Nightmares, Truths and Dares.”

Church of Starry Wisdom library catalog

28 Saturday Jul 2012

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An interesting new book project, coming in Fall 2013. A supposed sale-catalogue of books from the private occult library of the Church of Starry Wisdom of Providence, on their disbanding in 1877…

Including short bibliographic and historical essays on the books, by “noted scholars“. You’ll remember of course that Lovecraft’s “The Haunter of the Dark” (1935) had the hero discovering the remains of the library in 1938.

Podcast takes stock

16 Monday Jul 2012

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After three years of great free listening, the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast presenters take stock and consider future plans.

I haven’t got around to listening to this latest show yet, but judging from the text comments there will be a new “super show” format via a paid iTunes subscription. Paying is fine, but I have no affection at all for iTunes. I’d say it should be much more open — like Instapaper’s simple set-it-and-forget-it “$3 for 3 months” recurring PayPal debit charge.

Richard Corben, Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft

06 Friday Jul 2012

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I wasn’t aware that Heavy Metal comics veteran Richard Corben has tackled seven Lovecraft adaptations, in Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft (2008)…

Dagon – by Lovecraft
The Music of Erich Zann – by Lovecraft
The Canal (from “Fungi from Yuggoth”) – by Lovecraft
The Lamp (from “Fungi from Yuggoth”) – by Lovecraft
A Memory (from “Fungi from Yuggoth”) – by Lovecraft
The Scar (after ‘Recognition’ from “Fungi from Yuggoth”) – by Lovecraft
The Well – by Lovecraft
The Window – by Lovecraft

I was never a fan of his gaudy airbrushed colour artwork in the 1980s Heavy Metal, but his b&w style looks quite pleasing…