An interesting-sounding theatre adaptation of The Dunwich Horror, which appears to be booking now for autumn 2011 performances in soi trendy Hoxton, London…

Excellent news! The Kickstarter project of Jason B. Thompson, who aims to publish his The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories book, has today reached its $10,000 pledge target — and with 45 days to go. He also had one backer who pledged $1,000. This means we get a brand new 6-8 page comics adaptation from Jason, of a Lovecraft story, at some point in the future.

New Murray Groat faux Tintin/Lovecraft covers…

1. The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories. Complete and faithful adaptations by Jason B. Thompson.

2. Necronauts. “In 1926, while practising a new trick, Houdini has a near-death experience, awakening the mysterious Sleepers. Meanwhile, Lovecraft is visited by a talking raven, and a seance that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is attending is attacked by a strange force that possesses the medium.”

3. The Starry Wisdom. Has John Couthart’s comic book adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu. Also in his Haunter of the Dark and Other Grotesque Visions.

4. Skull Comics

5. Heavy Metal Lovecraft special issue. Sept 1978 in France as Metal Hurlant magazine, and October 1979 in the USA version of the magazine.

6. Alan Moore’s Yuggoth Cultures and other Growths

7. Alan Moore’s The Courtyard.

8. Alan Moore’s Neonomicon. (Continues from The Courtyard).

9. The Lovecraft Anthology. Volumes One and Two (two coming in spring 2012).

10. Lovecraft in Full Color (Adventure Comics series, 1992). Heavily modified modern adaptations of “The Lurking Fear”, “Beyond the Wall of Sleep”, “The Tomb”, and “The Alchemist”.

11. Cthulhu Tales. Seems to have run for about 12 issues.

Also: due in March 2012, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward adapted as a graphic novel.

Need details of more, including all the Marvel, Warren etc adaptations? See Lovecraft in the Comics.

A very positive Film Threat review for the film Shadow of The Unnamable, and adaptation of Lovecraft’s story “The Unnamable” (1923). Here’s the official trailer.

The Worry of Newport is a new Lovecraftian Crysis mod. Ok, let’s translate that into English for those who don’t play videogames. CryEngine 3 is a wonderful cutting-edge game engine, the thing that puts the visuals and audio and game mechanics on the screen. The Crysis games are some of the biggest games out there, although not to my taste. Now there’s a new free mod (i.e.: a free fan-made modification or ‘makeover’) for the game. You buy the game, you apply the mod, you get a new game. All part of the crazy remix culture, m’lud.

The naff choice of fonts for the trailer, and the title (“The Worry…”?) are both initially very discouraging. But the game is getting taken seriously by the genuine and respected reviewers, such as Rock, Paper, Shotgun which writes…

“Although it’s small and imperfectly formed, The Worry of Newport is as authentic a Lovecraft experience as I’ve ever played. That’s not to say it’s the best Lovecraft-inspired game I’ve ever had my hands on, it’s just the most true to the man himself. […] it’s slow, wordy and takes itself very seriously indeed. However, it’s also atmospheric, creepy and mysterious.”

Here’s the creator’s description of the mod/game…

“The Worry of Newport is a two part horror/mystery mod for Crysis built around immersion and story telling, rather than combat or action. Both parts span a story arc that concerns a nameless protagonist awakening in the ocean outside of the island of Newport, a fictional [island] colony in the Atlantic. Upon exploring the port nearby and uncovering a little bit of the backstory, it is on his (and your, the players) shoulders to pursue the truths behind the dark secrets on the island.”

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The Philadelphia Cartoonist Society have a Lovecraft art exhibition coming up, Dead and Dreaming at the Paradigm gallery (warning: really nasty Flash-only site that takes three minutes to load, and then the navigation buttons don’t work). The show opens in Philadelphia, USA, 30th September 2011.