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Michael Alan Nelson

Auteur van Fall of Cthulhu Vol. 1: The Fugue

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Bevat de naam: Michael Allen Nelson

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Werken van Michael Alan Nelson

Fall of Cthulhu Vol. 1: The Fugue (1986) 88 exemplaren
Hexed (2011) 85 exemplaren
Fall of Cthulhu Vol. 4: Godwar (2009) 36 exemplaren
Fall of Cthulhu Omnibus (2014) 26 exemplaren
28 Days Later, Volume 3: Hot Zone (2010) 25 exemplaren
28 Days Later Omnibus (2014) 24 exemplaren
The Calling: Cthulhu Chronicles (2011) 22 exemplaren
28 Days Later, Volume 4: Gangwar (2011) 20 exemplaren
Hexed: The Sisters of Witchdown (2015) 17 exemplaren
Hexed Omnibus (2019) 17 exemplaren
Fall of Cthulhu Vol. 6: Nemesis (2010) 12 exemplaren
Protocol: Orphans (2014) 11 exemplaren
Dominion (2008) 8 exemplaren
Pale Horse (2011) 7 exemplaren
Valen the Outcast Vol. 2 (2012) 6 exemplaren
Second Wave Vol. 1 (2008) 6 exemplaren
Dingo (2010) 5 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 1 #1 (2009) 4 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 1 #3 (2009) 4 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 1 #4 (2009) 3 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 1 #2 (2009) 3 exemplaren
Fall of Cthulhu # 4 (2007) 3 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #12 (2015) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #11 (2015) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #10 (1899) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #8 (2015) 2 exemplaren
Protocol: Orphans #4 (2014) 2 exemplaren
Protocol: Orphans #2 (2013) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #7 (2015) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #6 (2015) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #5 (2014) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #4 (2014) 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #3 (2014) 2 exemplaren
Pale Horse #1 (2010) 2 exemplaren
Fall of Cthulhu, 0 2 exemplaren
Hexed, Vol. 2 #2 (1899) 2 exemplaren
Dominion #2 1 exemplaar
Hexed, Vol. 2 #1 (1899) 1 exemplaar
Hexed, Vol. 2 #9 (2015) 1 exemplaar
Protocol: Orphans #3 (of 4) (2014) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #13 (2010) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #12 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #14 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #24 1 exemplaar
Valen the Outcast #6 (2012) 1 exemplaar
Fall of Cthulhu, 7 (2007) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #19 (2011) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #18 (2010) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #17 (2010) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #16 (2010) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #11 (2010) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #10 (2010) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #9 Comic Book (2010) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #21 1 exemplaar
Fall of Cthulhu, 8 (2007) 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #22 1 exemplaar
28 Days Later #23 1 exemplaar
Pale Horse #4 (2010) 1 exemplaar
Zombie Tales The Series #8 (2008) 1 exemplaar
Protocol Orphans #1 (2013) 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Nelson, Michael Alan
Geboortedatum
1971-06-06
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA

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I wanted to like this more than I did. The art was difficult to like at first, but grew on me. The lettering was sterile, and added nothing to the book. The writing itself at times captured some of the horror that Lovecraft was so good at evoking, but too often lapsed into wooden dialogue spoken by two-dimensional characters.

From the point of view of a Lovecraft fan who has actually read Lovecraft (I get the impression that this is increasingly not the case), I found this incarnation of the mythos to be uninspired and at times naive. The idea that Abdul al-Hazred and Nyarlathotep are hanging out 24/7 at an inn in Arkham is unintentionally comic. The one thing the book does really well is the Dreamlands, which is wonderfully weird and surreal, thanks in no small part to the art.

In the end, I found Fall of Cthulhu Vol. 1 a sometimes engaging horror story that entirely misses the point of Lovecraftian horror. Instead of gently nudging us toward an understanding of the cosmic nature of mythos horror, Nelson clubs us over the head with it.
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Byakhee | 5 andere besprekingen | Feb 21, 2024 |
Collection of stories about Dark Pharaoh weaving his intricate network of madness and corruption in order to call back the devastator Chtulhu.

Considering the medium this collection is more straight-forward horror in line with Alien, Omen or The Thing. It is very hard to visually present monsters as seen by Lovecraft's mind's eye. Lovecraft basically avoids visualization of any kind and aims at base feeling of fear and despair of his characters to insinuate the horrors seen through their eyes.

But with this said collection is not bad and story is pretty consistent across what seems to be like 20 issues collected in this omnibus. It was interesting to see some other deities of Lovercraft's universe and their internal conflicts and back-stabbing.

Then why 3 stars? One word - ART! Parts are drawn pretty good but almost half of it has such art style that it did not click with me. I like cartoon-ish drawings but parts in question push this cartoon-ishness to whole new, stocky and blocky level. Considering the story itself and attended audiences I would have expected more (this is comic after all, visual expression is everything).

But all in all, very interesting story. If you are fan of Lovecraft and horror comics and are not easily put off by highly-oscillating art quality give this book a try.
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Zare | 1 andere bespreking | Jan 23, 2024 |
 
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freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
I guess we get to see the origin of Beast Boy here but I'm not sure what else. It says at the end you can follow Beast Boy in the Titans, but it doesn't say where to follow what's happening with Harvest. Did that storyline just completely dropped? If so I feel like I wasted my time reading this series (not that it was super long, but just seems kind of crappy not to wrap it up).
 
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ragwaine | Mar 23, 2023 |

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101
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2
Leden
892
Populariteit
#28,724
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
33
ISBNs
85
Talen
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