Ecrivain, misanthrope, amant des chats et lecteur compulsif, Howard Phillips Lovecraft est le génie de la littérature de terreur qui nous à lugué le cycle des mythes de Cthulhu et qui a changé à jamais la notion du genre... Mais avant de devenir un auteur culte, Lovecraft vit une enfance et une jeunesse magiques. C'est dans ce monde qu'il puise les idées qui l'aideront, une fois adulte, à créer toute la cosmogonie qui lui est propre.
Love this series, although I suspect that the Old Gentleman of Providence would not have approved. The charming naive style drawings and amusing plots in these graphic novels are something unique in the universe of Lovecraftian fiction. I've read the first 3 volumes and hope that the adventures of Howie, his girlfriend Siouxsie and Howie's pet ghoul continue.
Muy divertido y con muy buena composición gráfica y narrativa. Me resultó muy curioso - y divertido - intercalar mayúsculas y minúsculas en los diálogos.
Tout se suit et les récits s’enchaînent avec fluidité. J’ai bien aimé les personnages, je les trouve attachants à leur manière : Howie est tout timide, Glenn est glauque mais ça fait partie de son charme, Rammenoth est ridiculement drôle, Siouxie parlait beaucoup trop au début et était soulante mais sa relation avec Howie est touchante. Les dessins sont fun. Ils se marient bien au style humoristique de cette bande-dessinée. J’ai bien aimé cette lecture. https://psylook.kimengumi.fr/2023/05/...
Me he divertido mucho leyendo este libro. La verdad es que las (des)venturas del pequeño Lovecraft y sus intentos invocando dioses primigenios que no siempre salen bien. La verdad es que espero poder leer más aventuras del pequeño Lovecraft.
A compilation of the Young Lovecraft comic strip which follows the adventures of one of my favorite authors as a child. Can't wait to see the next one!
I wanted to enjoy Young Lovecraft, but I found it pretty disappointing. The idea of imagining Lovecraft’s childhood with the creepy, fantastical creatures from his later stories is interesting, and the art is decent, but the storytelling didn’t work for me. It felt messy and a bit forced, and the humor didn’t really land. Fans of Lovecraft might get a kick out of it, but for me, it just didn’t click; fun concept, but poorly executed.
Finally I could read the first volume of the adventures of Young Lovecraft! Hallelujah! I bought a hard cover copy of this comic and I read it in two days just because I wanted it to last a bit longer. Normally you will read it on a single sitting. Young Lovecraft 1 has a prologue by José Oliver telling us about his initial idea and how it became a book, then we have a couple of comic strips with the authors introducing us to their creation... and, well, the story itself begins with Lovecraft facing a bully and how he deal with him... Later on we meet a couple of the main characters: Glenn and Siouxie. I love the way José Oliver retell famous stories such as Treasure Island, El Quijote or even Hamlet... but he also deals with poetry and presents poets such as Poe, Rimbaud and Baudelarie. Bartolo Torres has a quite peculiar drawing style that fits just perfectly to the theme of the stories. I could not imagine anyone else drawing for Young Lovecraft. So, if you love Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, literature in general and even dark comedy, you must read this comic!
Bueno, la reseña de esta obra es un poco caótica pero es que da para hablar bastante más de lo que voy a incluir por aquí. Por un lado tenemos un cómic que apareció en revistas, fue recopilado online y que ahora cuenta con cuatro tomos físicos de estas pequeñas tiras cómicas. Con esto en mete, comentar que los tomos suelen incluir un prólogo y una colección de ilustraciones de autores invitados. La historia en si comienza de una forma sencilla: hay un abusón que molesta al joven Lovecraft en el colegio y este recurre a la magia para librarse de él. Desde ese momento veremos a seres como Rammenoth, a Glenn el ghoul o incluso algún ser de los Mitos. En el lado "mundano" tenemos a la joven Siouxie, a las tías de Howie e incluso a poetas como Poe, Rimbaud y Baudelaire. La cosa no queda así, sino que Oliver también se anima a versionar obras clásicas dentro de sus tiras y Torres le da un toque oscuro y cómico al apartado gráfico. Hasta lo más aterrador tiene cierto aire "cuco" aunque sepamos que podrían devorar nuestra alma. Resumiendo, si os gusta Lovecraft, Poe, la literatura en general o el humor negro, ¡debéis dedicarle un buen rato a leer estos cómics!
Although my Spanish is limited, I thoroughly enjoyed this wicked little set of comics. The basic premise--the daily life of HP Lovecraft as a morbid-minded pubescent boy living in some odd amalgam of his own time and the present day--is both clever and amusing. The art is appropriately creepy while maintaining lightheartedness appropriate to the silly plotlines.
Lovecraft--usually called "Howie"--has a hilariously morbid imagination superseded only by the actual (or are they?) supernatural creatures and events occurring around him. I'm particularly fond of Glenn, the ghoul he meets, and the irrepressible Siouxie (who *must* be an homage to "Susie" of Calvin & Hobbes fame).
A great read, even if, like me, you need to plug numerous phrases and sentences into Google Translate or use a dictionary to supplement limited knowledge of Spanish. I look forward to following the ongoing comic on the Web at: http://eljovenlovecraft.blogspot.com/
Strisce comiche nate sul web, incentrate sulla figura carismatica e affascinante di Lovecraft. Solo che è un ragazzino che ancora va a scuola.
Qui seguiamo le sue avventure quotidiane, tra la scuola e la vita in famiglia, le gite con le zie e le evocazioni arcane di divinità esterne, tra l'amicizia con il suo cagnolino parlante ghoul e un party spettrale con alcuni fantasmi di poeti. Divertente e carinissimo, conoscendo l'opera di Lovecraft non si può non ridere di gusto guardando cosa accade alla sua piccola controparte. O agli dèi che evoca, se penso a una certa divinità ormai ridotta a pezzi dalle evocazioni continue di parti del suo corpo mi viene da piangere dalle risate. E che dire delle rivisitazioni dei classici della letteratura da parte del giovane aspirante scrittore?
Aunque la premisa de imaginar las desventuras de un joven y cultista Lovecraft suena muy divertida e interesante, en la práctica no da para tanto y el estilo se ha quedado un poquito anticuado.
La obra brilla cuando las referencias son más claras y los anacronismos son menos exagerados.
Sin duda, como primer acercamiento para adolescentes que les llame la estética gótica -tal y como a nuestra generación lo hizo con las obras Tim Burton- puede ser una buena puerta de entrada, para un público más adulto se queda bastante escueto.
Pasarás un rato entretenido, pero el psiquiatrico de Arkham tendrá que esperar para añadir un nuevo paciente.
I did not like Young Lovecraft. I thought the premise was great, but the delivery was poor. I know it's Lovecraft, but it was just too depressing and dark for my taste. If there was a sort of Calvin and Hobbes feel to it, I might've liked it a little better. The art was great and everything, but, like I said, it was the delivery. Lovecraft is dark, but, as a kid, there's gotta something better than calling forth demons and such. Dark, dark, dark. Didn't appreciate it.
José Oliverin ja Bartolo Torresin "Young Lovecraft" (Kettledrummer Books, 2012 - 2nd ed.) on strippimuotoinen huumorisarjakuva H.P. Lovecraftin nuoruuden seikkailuista. Nettijulkaisuna aloittanut sarjakuva on aika köpöinen viritelmä. Kenties parhaiten mieleen jäävät ns. sunnuntaisarjat, joissa päähenkilömme muokkaa vanhoja klassikkoromaaneja uuteen, uljaampaan ja cthulhumpaan suuntaan.
Stellar art and some clever ideas are betrayed by a juvenile male sense of humor and lack of story-telling arcs. Instead of using the characters for a series of short gags, I would have liked to see a narrative emerge, but I suppose that is too much to ask, re: juvenile male humor.
Enjoyed this! It's funny, sharp and short! And I picked some classics out of it, which I put on my reading list. So overall a good one. And I liked the art very much! Therefore recommend it!