The Worlds of HP Lovecraft: The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by Steven Philip Jones

The decaying town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts has an unhealthy reputation. Nearby citizens shun it. You won't find it on any maps. And the denizens just don't look right. They just don't. Maybe it's something in the water? Robert Loveless is trying to escape the lurking fear of insanity cursing his bloodline when his quest lures him to the town of Innsmouth. As Loveless wanders the tumbledown streets past homes and buildings of departed grandeur, he uncovers the town's awful past from a half-crazed old drunk named Zadok Allen. A shadow reaching out from before the dawn of history is haunting Innsmouth, and now that Loveless has learned the truth its denizens want him to stay there...forever.

This graphic novel features an all-new authorized adaptation of one of H. P. Lovecraft's most popular weird tales by Steven Philip Jones (H. P. Lovecraft's Worlds, Lovecraftian) and Trey Baldwin (Ladies of Market Street), Lovecraft's seminal novella, a Lovecraft biography, and Jones's article on adapting Lovecraft into comics updated for this edition.

"Where does reality leave off and madness begin?" - H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow over Innsmouth

Genres: Cthulhu Mythos, Comics

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2020

About the author

Steven Philip Jones (born March 20, 1960) is an American writer. His best known works include the horror-adventure comics series Nightlinger, the mystery novel King of Harlem, and the non-fiction books The Clive Cussler Adventures: A Critical Review and Comics Writing: Communicating with Comic Books.

Reviews

[Isaiah Dunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish it was longer but the art was sick

[Grant Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't find the graphic novel adaptation very compelling. The inclusion of the original story was a nice touch and the endpieces were nice as well.