an interview with H. P. Lovecraft on a postcard

Murray Tinkelman

hplovescrafts:

Merry Cthulhumas Everyone!

(Art by Neil Evans)

Tintin’s other adventures finally revealed:

Tintin at the Mountains of Madness

Tintin and the Reanimator

Tintin In R’Lyeh

Tintin In Innsmouth

John Cebollero

Cheap Truth was a 1980′s free newsletter published by the group of authors known as The Movement, which later became the Cyberpunk movement.

And wow. Just wow.

Because back in 1983, Cheap Truth editorial staff was succesful in getting ahold of H. P. Lovecraft and squeeze an exclusive and post-mortem interview out of the Master of Untold Horrors. Totally scrumptious:

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A sublime portrait of H. P. Lovecraft by Eric Orchard, a huge fan of the Master (see the quote below).

It’s certainly one of the best portraits of HPL I’ve had the chance to come across. Everything in it is an ode to Lovecraft and his works. A very atmospheric piece of art!

I read his stuff pretty young and it really, really scared me. He taught me the pleasure in being scared, which is a useful tool in life. The Wikipedia entry is good but you really need to read his work to get it. It’s totally unique, though you’ll likely recognize something of his work in contemporary horror movies and books. His work is incredibly relevant and fresh seventy years after they were written.

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I should warn you, this author changed my outlook on life. He expanded the shadows deeper and made sure I understood my mind would totally break if I could actually see what’s there. He certainly makes things more interesting.

A wonderfully eerie adaption in the animated/machinima form of H. P. Lovecraft’s 1917 short story Dagon:

Dagon by Lainy Voom

Read the original story here [Wikisource] or listen to the original story [Librivox]:

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A very nice animated interpretation of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Music of Erich Zann by a group of animation students:

Listen to the original The Music of Erich Zann short story read by Cameron Halket:

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More readings of H. P. Lovecraft’s works can be found on Librivox.

> Grim Reviews

You must be thinking: “Yet another cheesy nerdy Cthulhu t-shirt!” But you are wrong this time because this one is sort of special in its own special way. It’s actually more than just a t-shirt. It’s a door to omniscience, to the eternity of unspeakable horrors, to the sad truth of our long lost future battle for the survival of humankind. Wow.

And it’s only 10$ over at Shirt.Woot.

It also comes with a wonderful description too:

IN YR CEILIN, SHATTERIN YR MINDZ

I ARE BAK! MIZ ME?
WUZ SLEEPY TIE-TIE IN MI SUNKED CITI OF R’LYEH BUT NOW R SOOOOOO HUNGREEZ! TIME FR CRAZEE HUMAN INSANITEES? I CAN HAZ?
OH. U IZ BIZZIE WIF TUG-TUG TIME. I COME BAK LATERZ FR YR MADNEZZ.

KTHXBAI!

Wear this shirt: to Innsmouth.

Don’t wear this shirt: in front of Ceiling Cat. HE R JEALOUS.

This shirt tells the world: “What’s that sound? Could that be Lovecraft spinning in his grave?”

We call this color: Great Old One Heather Grey