{"id":56942,"date":"2022-10-15T03:20:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T03:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/?p=56942"},"modified":"2022-10-15T10:09:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T10:09:43","slug":"new-book-the-monstrous-dreams-of-mr-providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2022\/10\/15\/new-book-the-monstrous-dreams-of-mr-providence\/","title":{"rendered":"New book: The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new review by Arciapod<\/em><\/a> of the graphic novel The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence<\/em> (2022), albeit reviewed from one of those annoying highly-compressed…<\/p>\n

free preliminary, and likely unedited copy of this book<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…of the sort that gets sent out for a graphic-novel review.<\/p>\n

But his review usefully reveals that…<\/p>\n

One\u2019s enjoyment of this book is directly proportional to how much somebody likes or knows about H.P. Lovecraft. … people familiar with his works will get a far better appreciation for this story than others, and honestly without knowing a bit about him, the finer points of this may fly right over their heads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds good. Warning: the review has some big spoilers. The Arciapod<\/em> review has only just been published, but it turns out the book has actually been out since June 2022. I had noticed it in passing, but until now had not heard about the direct Lovecraft connection.<\/p>\n

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Now… a while back Tentaclii<\/em> noted the similar-looking ‘A Bestiary of the Twilight’ (Le Bestiaire du Crepuscule<\/em>, June 2022), a French \u2018BD\u2019 (i.e. oversized graphic novel, often in hardcover) also featuring Lovecraft as a character. The French Lovecraftians had mentioned it, and I assumed it had not yet been translated. <\/p>\n

Yet I now see that this ‘BD’ has the same 120 page-count as Mr. Providence<\/em>, and has the same Parisian artist\/writer in Daria Schmitt. A little digging finds European comics sources noting the name change. Yes, Le Bestiaire du Crepuscule<\/em> has been re-titled as The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence<\/em> for the English edition, and since summer 2022 can now be enjoyed by English readers.<\/p>\n

Only as an ebook<\/a>, admittedly, but at a very reasonable price (probably around $5, for U.S. readers). If you want the dead-tree version it seems you’d have to get the French ‘BD’ and a phrasebook.<\/p>\n

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The news of this prompted me to see if there was an ebook of the graphic novel biography Some Notes on a Nonentity: The Life of H.P. Lovecraft<\/em>. No, still just an out-of-print 2017 hardback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new review by Arciapod of the graphic novel The Monstrous Dreams of Mr. Providence (2022), albeit reviewed from one …<\/p>\n

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