Image is set to release the intriguing-looking "The Strange Tales of H. P. Lovecraft" this April. TSAHPL (which sounds like the profane name of one of the lesser-mentioned Elder Gods) is a color mini-series set in four parts, starring the writer Lovecraft himself as the lead character, rather than simply the minor background reference that he was used for so often in his stories. Cursed by the Necronomicon itself, he quickly finds himself battling, through type, tooth, and nail, the vile and abhorrent hellspawn creatures that his nightmares let loose into the world. The story supposedly reads more like a classic pulp horror novel than a simple retelling of his already-published work, putting a new twist on his life and the lives of the monsters that he helped to bring into the literary world. A short preview of the comic was released over the last SDCC in 2008 and the wait for the new tale has been patiently anticipated by fans of the cosmic horror genre since then, myself included.
The creators of TSAHPL, Mac Carter, Jeff Blitz, and Adam Byrne, maintain a modest and delightfully named blog called Yog Bloggoth, full of more than a handful of preview images and a pre-release trailer for the comic itself. The Strange Tales of H. P. Lovecraft is set for release on April 8th, 2009.
