History Comicbook / Lovecraft

''Lovecraft'' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory comic retelling of Creator/HPLovecraft's life, suggesting that the famous writer's horror stories were not simply products of his imagination. Originally conceived as a film script by Hans Rodionoff, it was turned into a comic book with help from Creator/DCComics veteran Keith Giffen and artist Enrique Breccia, and was published by Creator/DCVertigo in March 2004.

''Lovecraft'' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory comic retelling of Creator/HPLovecraft's life, suggesting that the famous writer's horror stories were not simply products of his imagination. Originally conceived as a film script by Hans Rodionoff, it was turned into a comic book with help from Creator/DCComics veteran Keith Giffen and artist Enrique Breccia.

''Lovecraft'' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory comic retelling of Creator/HPLovecraft's life, suggesting that the famous writer's horror stories were not simply products of his imagination. Originally conceived as a film script by Hans Rodionoff, it was turned into a comic book with help from DCComics veteran Keith Giffen and artist Enrique Breccia.

* [[spoiler:BatmanGambit]]: After a fashion. [[spoiler:All the strange prayers and incantations to summon the Old Ones found throughout Lovecraft's work? ''They're actually '''wards and seals''''', and the more they're printed, read, or spoken, the stronger the barrier between our world and theirs becomes. Any attempt to try and summon the beings by using those (in fact, mere ''interest'' in Lovecraft's work, ensuring continued circulation of his stories) will just make it harder for them to break through.]]

* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:In the center of Arkham, Lovecraft meets another him, that gives him a BreakingSpeech, telling him that Arkham was just a pathetic construct of a mediocre pulp-fiction writer, who wanted to give his life some importance in order to compensate for his broken childhood and his ability to scare the people around him away. Lovecraft is clearly shaken by the speech, but realizes that something is wrong about the other him, especially the facts that he keeps asking about about the location of the ''Necronomicon'' and constantly calls him Carter. Lovecraft then stabs the other him in the eye, and reveals that he was Wilbur Whateley in disguise]].

* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:In the center of Arkham, Lovecraft meets another him, that gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, telling him that Arkham was just a pathetic construct of a mediocre pulp-fiction writer, who wanted to give his life some importance in order to compensate for his broken childhood and his ability to scare the people around him away. Lovecraft is clearly shaken by the speech, but realizes that something is wrong about the other him, especially the facts that he keeps asking about about the location of the ''Necronomicon'' and constantly calls him Carter. Lovecraft then stabs the other him in the eye, and reveals that he was Wilbur Whateley in disguise]].

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The years and dates for which Lovecraft writes certain stories, invents part certain parts of his mythology, and meets certain people are very mixed up, to the point were the story is hardly bearing any resemblance to the real events. But, as Creator/JohnCarpenter muses in the foreword, it would probably be the kind of story Lovecraft would have written about his life, if he had the chance.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The years and dates for which Lovecraft writes certain stories, invents part certain parts of his mythology, and meets certain people are very mixed up, to the point were the story is hardly bearing any resemblance to the real events. But, as JohnCarpenter muses in the foreword, it would probably be the kind of story Lovecraft would have written about his life, if he had the chance.

The young Lovecraft quickly discovers that the verses in the book, when read out loud, open a portal to a dark, twisted version of Massachusetts, where stands the strange city of Arkham, populated by all sorts of weird, and sometimes malevolent, creatures. He starts playing regular visits to this other dimension, but soon discovers that some of the creatures from Arkham are following him into the real world, where they haunt and torment him, demanding that he surrender the ''Necronomicon'' to them, so they can bring the barrier between the dimensions down and take over the mundane world. Then again, it could all just be the escapist fantasies of a lonely young writer who had clinically insane parents and a pretty screwed-up childhood.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft has a very bizarre childhood in the city of Providence. His father, Winfield, becomes acutely psychotic when his son is three years old and is confined to an asylum, where, to the day of his death, he keeps babbling about a book that needs to be burned. Meanwhile, Howard's mother dresses him up in girl's clothing and home-schools him, contributing to keeping him very isolated from the outside world. His only means of entertainment are his grandfather's ghost stories and his father's quite comprehensive library. It is in the latter that he discovers the ancient and very strange book, ''Al Azif'', by Abdul Alhazred, also more popularly known as the ''Necronomicon''.

''Lovecraft'' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory comic retelling of Creator/HPLovecraft's life, suggesting that the famous writer's horror stories was not simply a product of his imagination. Originally conceived as a film-script by Hans Rodionoff, it was turned into a comic book with help from DCComics veteran Keith Giffen and arist Enrique Breccia.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft has a very bizarre childhood in the city Providence. His father, Winfield, becomes acutely psychotic when his son is three years old and is confined to an asylum, where he to the day of his death keeps blabbing about a book that needs to be burned. Meanwhile, his mother dresses him up in girl's clothing and homeschools him, all contributing to keeping him very isolated from the outside world. His only means of entertainment is his grandfather's ghost stories, as well as his father's quite comprehensive library, and it is in the latter that he discovers the ancient and very strange book, ''Al Azif'', by Abdul Alhazred, also more popularly known as the ''Necronomicon''.

The young Lovecraft quickly discovers that the verses in the book, when read out loud, opens a portal to a dark, twisted version of Massachusetts, where the strange city of Arkham, populated by all sorts of weird, and sometimes malevolent, creatures, lies. He starts playing regular visits to this other dimension, but soon discovers that some of the creatures from Arkham starts following him into the real world, where they haunt and torment him, demanding that he surrenders the ''Necronomicon'' to them, so they can bring the barrier between the dimensions down and take over the mundane world. Then again, it could all just be the escapist fantasies of lonely young writer who had clinically insane parents and a pretty screwed-up childhood.

* [[spoiler:BatmanGambit]]: After a fashion. [[spoiler:All the strange prayers and incantations to summon the Old Ones found throughout Lovecraft's work? ''They're actually '''wards and seals''''', and the more they're printed, read or said, the stronger the barrier between our world and theirs becomes. Any attempt to try and summon them by using those (in fact, mere ''interest'' in Lovecraft's work, ensuring continued circulation of his stories) will just make it harder for them to break through.]]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft has a very bizarre childhood in. His father, Winfield, becomes acutely psychotic, when the boy is three years old, and is confined to an asylum, where he keeps blabbing about a book that needs to be burned. Meanwhile, his mother dresses him up in girl's clothing and homeschools him, all contributing to keeping him very isolated from the outside world. His only means of entertainment is his grandfather's ghost-stories, as well as his father's quite comprehensive library, and it is in the latter that he discovers the ancient and very strange book, ''Al Azif'', by Abdul Alhazred, also more popularly known as the ''Necronomicon''.

The young Lovecraft quickly discovers that the verses in the book, when read out loud, opens a portal to a dark, twisted version of Massachusetts, where the horrible city Arkham, populated by all sorts of weird, and sometimes malevolent, creatures, lies. He starts playing regular visits to this other dimension, but soon discovers that some of the strange beings starts following him into the real world, where they haunt and torment him, demanding that he surrenders the ''Necronomicon'' to them, so they can bring the barrier between the dimensions down, and take over the mundane world. Then again, it could all just be the escapist fantasies of lonely young writer who had clinically insane parents, and a pretty screwed-up childhood.

* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:In the center of Arkham, Lovecraft meets another him, that gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, telling him that Arkham was just a pathetic construct of an average pulp-fiction writer, who wanted to give his life some importance in order to compensate for his broken childhood and his ability to scare the people around him away. Lovecraft is clearly shaken by the speech, but realizes that something is wrong about the other him, especially the facts that he keeps asking about about the location of the ''Necronomicon'' and constantly calls him Carter. Lovecraft then stabs the other him in the eye, and reveals that he was Wilbur Whateley in disguise]].

''Lovecraft'' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory comic retelling of HPLovecraft's life, suggesting that the famous writer's horror stories was not simply a product of his imagination. Originally conceived as a film-script by Hans Rodionoff, it was turned into a comic book with help from DCComics veteran Keith Giffen and arist Enrique Breccia.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft has a very bizarre childhood in. His father, Winfield, becomes acutely psychotic, when the boy is three years old, and is confined to an asylum, where he keeps blabbing about a book that needs to be burned. Meanwhile, his mother dresses him up in girl's clothing and homeschools him, all contributing to keeping him very isolated from the outside world. His only means of entertainment, is his grandfather's ghost-stories, as well as his father quite comprehensive library, and it is in the latter that he discovers the ancient and very strange book, ''Al Azif'', by Abdul Alhazred, also more popularly known as the ''Necronomicon''.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Lovecraft was apparently mankind's sole protector against an invasion from horrible creatures from an alternate dimension. [[spoiler:And continues to be so, even after his death]].

''Lovecraft'' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory comic retelling of HPLovecraft's life, suggesting that the famous writer's horror stories was not simply a product of his imagination. Originally conceived as a film-script by Hans Rodionoff, it was turned to a comic book with help from DCComics veteran, Keith Griffen, and arist Enrique Breccia.