Horror travelogues are one of the best genres of the night. “Mountains of Madness” follows an expedition to one of the poles where they find ancient relics and an abandoned city covered in unfamiliar hieroglyphs. You can probably guess the broad strokes of how it unfolds from there from the title. This is the best Lovecraft comic out there. (“Miskatonik” is great other than weak story boarding)
A highlight of the story is a long expository sequence going through the mythology of the elder gods, c’thulu, and shuggoth paired with abstract and disturbing art spreads. The characters are a little hard to tell apart so who’s saying what isn’t always easy to tell. It detracts a little from the flow of the story but overall the book is an enjoyable rendition of the Lovecraft story.
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Read “Nyarhylotep” and if you’ve read it reread it.
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