Scp Foundational Artbook Red Journal

by Para Books

SCP Foundation Artbook Series by ParaBooks is based on an ambitious international web project scpwiki.com. This volume wrapped in red leather imitation and a dust jacket contains such famous objects as Plague Doctor, Possessive Mask, Red Reality, The Stairwell and many other monstrous creatures and intriguing stories that will send a chill down your spine. Read detailed reports imitating real SCP Foundation documents, complemented by additional infographic materials, and illustrated by professional artists from all around the world. The book is designed with great care to look like an authentic research journal. You can even write your name on it! This is one of the three artbooks published by ParaBooks team during their IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign. The project was a great success, and almost 30,000 copies were sold so far. You can find reviews via #parabooks on social media or by visiting the project page on IndieGoGo!

Genres: Horror, Art, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction

192 pages, Hardcover

Published July 10, 2021

Reviews

[Emily Stine · Rating 4 out of 5]

SCP is one of those things I have always been interested in but had no idea where to begin. These "journals" are an excellent entry point, allowing someone to access this wild world with it's jargon and references. The art is beautiful and haunting, and I appreciate the links being present in the text so you can go explore specific entries more. I am extremely happy I finally have an understanding and introduction to SCP

[Elijah Ryder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, the price is pretty steep, but a whole book filled with SCPs AND original artworks alongside them. Also includes extra lore behind some of them, with the original Wiki still included. However, there are 1 or 2 printing errors, or so mine came with, for example, something that’s meant to be redacted just blank, then a black bar appears a bit further down. Appart from that I LOVE IT! I’m still giving it the 5 stars because of how amazing this book genuinely is! (I have also pasted this message in a review I mode under the other 2 books of the Parabooks SCP Foundation Art Journal set, the black one and the yellow one)

[Honesty · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t think this had as strong a selection of SCPs as the Black Journal, but there were still a lot of good ones. Fans of body horror will definitely appreciate this one (lots of memorably creepy images), and some of the most chilling files were social commentary of the darkest order. The art was hit or miss for me, which is another reason I preferred the prior volume.

Even though I preferred the Black Journal, I still highly recommend this volume, as well.

[Chandler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly the weakest the three art wise and not my favorite selection of articles but it’s still fun.

[Thibaut · Rating 3 out of 5]

The added artwork perfectly complements the text and stories. It's clear that lot of effort has gone into the layout and presentation to make the articles resemble real (in-universe) classified files, but it's hard to justify the large pricetag of the books, even with the added artwork and presentation, considering the original articles are available for free on the original site.