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Le Temple
Cette adaptation tourmentée du dessinateur Herman Rogriguez nous fait pénétrer dans le monde onirique, fascinant et parfois malfaisant du plus grand écrivain américain de littérature fantastique. Le lecteur est englouti dans un monde cauchemardesque et désespéré.
L'Étranger (découverte d'un monde nouveau), La Musique d'Erich Zahn (un violoniste aux pouvoirs maléfiques), Nyarlathotep (l'ascension sociale politiquement correcte d'un Égyptien qui fascine les foules), La Cité sans nom (une expédition sur les traces d'une ville légendaire), Le Temple (un sous-marin allemand aux prises avec une créatures monstrueuse)... soit les cinq nouvelles qui composent ce recueil de Lovecraft.
L'Étranger (découverte d'un monde nouveau), La Musique d'Erich Zahn (un violoniste aux pouvoirs maléfiques), Nyarlathotep (l'ascension sociale politiquement correcte d'un Égyptien qui fascine les foules), La Cité sans nom (une expédition sur les traces d'une ville légendaire), Le Temple (un sous-marin allemand aux prises avec une créatures monstrueuse)... soit les cinq nouvelles qui composent ce recueil de Lovecraft.
80 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2008
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April 12, 2022
Some of the best Lovecraft adaptations I've seen anywhere. The artwork really complements the tales and the horror and for once makes them work in a visual form - a difficult feat.
August 20, 2016
Great graphic novel! Hernán Rodríguez did a marvelous job with these stories – keeping Lovecraft style alive through his beautiful art.
The stranger
“It was better to catch a glimpse at the sky and die… than to live in that perpetual darkness.”
The road to knowledge is not an easy one, especially when you try to discover yourself. Dark, somber, with an unexpected ending.
The music of Erich Zahn
A story about the power of music and how it influences us, providing unique experience, which sometimes, we are not able to repeat. Creepy but beautiful.
Nyarlathotep
A story with multiple meanings: could be Lovecraft’s vision of Messiah’s myth, could be a political allegory, an ironical outline of a flawed society; or could be just a story with Nyarlathotep, one of the Outer Gods. Either way, shrewd one.
The Nameless City
Some secrets are better left undiscovered…
The temple
A submarine crew gets mad after finding a statuette and started drifting into unknown waters. And at the end of the journey something awaits to be discovered…
Enjoyed every bit of it :)
The stranger
“It was better to catch a glimpse at the sky and die… than to live in that perpetual darkness.”
The road to knowledge is not an easy one, especially when you try to discover yourself. Dark, somber, with an unexpected ending.
The music of Erich Zahn
A story about the power of music and how it influences us, providing unique experience, which sometimes, we are not able to repeat. Creepy but beautiful.
Nyarlathotep
A story with multiple meanings: could be Lovecraft’s vision of Messiah’s myth, could be a political allegory, an ironical outline of a flawed society; or could be just a story with Nyarlathotep, one of the Outer Gods. Either way, shrewd one.
The Nameless City
Some secrets are better left undiscovered…
The temple
A submarine crew gets mad after finding a statuette and started drifting into unknown waters. And at the end of the journey something awaits to be discovered…
Enjoyed every bit of it :)
January 27, 2015
I don't normally buy translations when I get French comics but this was too gorgeous to pass up. It was a Spanish artists versions of 5 Lovecraft short stories. The stories he told were ones that I'd read before but mostly forgotten so it was like coming to them fresh. They were just gorgeous. His style suited the stories perfectly. He was able to get the perfect blend between the beautiful and the grotesque. Each story had it's one style and feel. The magnifican cyclopean cities, the frozen depths of the sea, the shabby flats with their beautiful music. He portrayed them all beautifully. I can't recommend this highly enough.
July 16, 2012
If you never read any of H. P. Lovecraft's works, this will give you a good idea of what its all about.
If you did read Lovecraft before, this will remind you of why he is a master of horror. This comics is creepy and twisted!
The artwork is very interesting. I usually prefer clear, clean lines with lots of details. This has lots of details, but only when it needs to have them. Most of the time, its broad, blurry messed-up lines. The end result is awesome! It contributes to general sense of something about this whole deal being horribly twisted and strange and just not right....Like really misshapen reality fragments breaking out somewhere near, just beyond our reach! It captures the feeling of Lovecraft's work really well.
My favorite was the first one about the outcast/stranger. Dude, was that twisted!
If you did read Lovecraft before, this will remind you of why he is a master of horror. This comics is creepy and twisted!
The artwork is very interesting. I usually prefer clear, clean lines with lots of details. This has lots of details, but only when it needs to have them. Most of the time, its broad, blurry messed-up lines. The end result is awesome! It contributes to general sense of something about this whole deal being horribly twisted and strange and just not right....Like really misshapen reality fragments breaking out somewhere near, just beyond our reach! It captures the feeling of Lovecraft's work really well.
My favorite was the first one about the outcast/stranger. Dude, was that twisted!
December 5, 2020
Ovo mi je dobra graficka novela po Lovecraftovim pricama, onako je pravo dobro nacrtano i skoro da prenese tu atmosferu vjerno.
Najbolje mi je Outsider, ne znam mozda sto je to jedno od prvih prica koje sam citao od HPL, i uvijek me zanimalo kako bi to moglo izgledat.
I ostale su dobro nacrtane, volio bi jos takvih procitat. Nekako imam osjecaj da je zaobisao najvaznije njegove price...zasto ?
Najbolje mi je Outsider, ne znam mozda sto je to jedno od prvih prica koje sam citao od HPL, i uvijek me zanimalo kako bi to moglo izgledat.
I ostale su dobro nacrtane, volio bi jos takvih procitat. Nekako imam osjecaj da je zaobisao najvaznije njegove price...zasto ?
December 6, 2019
Narration wasn't that great, if you don't have a firm grasp on the H.P. Lovcraftian stories then you'll probably find yourself lost but it was decent for the most part.
August 9, 2021
Le travail d'adaptation et d'illustration est intéressant mais ce livre est confronté au problème du format dew nouvelles : les histoires sont trop courtes pour avoir le temps de vraiment intéresser le lecteur. Intéressant à lire cependant comme point d'entrée pour l'œuvre de Lovecraft car on y sent bien son univers sombre et tourmenté.
November 22, 2019
Lovecraft´s short stories adapted very well by the author.
The art is beautiful and that´s why I gave him 4 stars.
The art is beautiful and that´s why I gave him 4 stars.
June 15, 2021
Loved !
April 5, 2025
Gorgeously illustrated, and sadly largely unknown. The best graphic novel adaptation of Lovecraft I've read.
May 5, 2016
Assustador, Maravilhoso e Perturbador, com histórias incríveis e terríveis que todo amante do horror e Lovecraft deve ler.
November 28, 2016
Just like Black Fire this carries the distinct Rodriíguez visual style. Definitely worth it for people interested in unique Lovecraft adaptations.
August 9, 2017
Five Lovecraft stories retold.
September 4, 2021
Beautifully drawn.
November 8, 2015
A mix a beauty and horror. I loved it!!
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