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Fall of Cthulhu, Vol. 1: The Fugue (Fall of Cthulhu #1)
by
Michael Alan Nelson (Goodreads Author)
Collecting the opening arc of the new smash-hit series that is taking fandom by storm Cy is an ordinary guy with a beautiful fiancee -- until his uncle's suicide changes his life forever. Consumed with discovering the motive behind his relative's sudden and painful death, he finds notes and scribblings about a nonsense word he doesn't recognize... Cthulhu. Obsessed, he see...more
Paperback, 132 pages
Published
April 1st 2008
by Boom! Studios
(first published January 1st 2007)
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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 myt
May 03, 2012
Mouldy Squid
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Lovecraft fans, horror fans, graphic novel fans
Shelves:
horror
An interesting adaptation of Lovecraftian themes and tropes. The art might be off-putting to people more familiar with American super-hero comics, but it is excellent. The art style changes as the locations in the story change adding an interesting effect to the book as a whole. The horror is done well, and the creative team wisely stayed their hand from being too explicitly gory; they have clearly learned that less can be more. The body-horror is subtle, often only being shown at the end of a p...more
I feel like i am the only person who really liked this because i probably am. The 1st 6 collections as well as some of the other titles that sprang from this i just absolutely loved. The story is a little hard to cling onto at first since it moves relatively slow, but after you enter the Dreamlands things are surreal and slightly disturbing so it keeps you going. If you like mutant hellraiser-esque monstrosities and people panicking over a horrible apocalyptic demise then keep reading! It only...more
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Fall of Chtulhu a le grand mérite de présenter les Mondes du Rêve (The Dreamlands)... et quelle vision! Chaque planche illustrée, chaque réplique et chaque interaction offre une approche inédite et particulièrement savoureuse de cet univers déjanté.
Malheureusement, le personnage et le récit sur lequel cette incursion dans l'Imaginaire repose s'avère d'un cliché impardonnable. Tout y est : le héros ignorant, le cinglé qui confie son fardeau et se suicide, l'enquête qui rend fou, l'éc...more
Fall of Chtulhu a le grand mérite de présenter les Mondes du Rêve (The Dreamlands)... et quelle vision! Chaque planche illustrée, chaque réplique et chaque interaction offre une approche inédite et particulièrement savoureuse de cet univers déjanté.
Malheureusement, le personnage et le récit sur lequel cette incursion dans l'Imaginaire repose s'avère d'un cliché impardonnable. Tout y est : le héros ignorant, le cinglé qui confie son fardeau et se suicide, l'enquête qui rend fou, l'éc...more
The Fall of Cthulhu even though it is considered a part of the vast and ever growing Cthulhu Mythos, is by no means typical and undistinguished. One may believe, in the beginning, that it's the average hero discovers accidentally the existence of the Great Old Ones and he fights to wipe the world of their evil kind of story. That is not the case here.
The main concept is very bold and quite unusual by the standards that Lovecraft set. I don't want to give any spoilers away, so I'll just say that...more
The main concept is very bold and quite unusual by the standards that Lovecraft set. I don't want to give any spoilers away, so I'll just say that...more
I can't remember where I first heard of this, whether it was a vendor catalog or whether I was searching the library catalog for things related to H.P. Lovecraft. Anyway, a graphic novel based on Lovecraft sounded pretty cool, and the cover art looked pretty creepy.
Inside, the story begins with the author of the Necromicon, hundreds of years ago. Flash forward to present day and an updating of the "Call of Cthulhu" story by Lovecraft. A young man's uncle has committed suicide, leaving the man, C...more
Inside, the story begins with the author of the Necromicon, hundreds of years ago. Flash forward to present day and an updating of the "Call of Cthulhu" story by Lovecraft. A young man's uncle has committed suicide, leaving the man, C...more
I am a sucker for anything Cthulhu/Lovecraft oriented: books, movies, christmas tree ornaments, you name it. More often than not I am badly disappointed, but there are a few exceptions such as the "Elder Signs" board game. This graphic novel, however, is not an exception. It has its moments, such as the Dreamland artistic reorientation and one or two memorable characters. Mostly it's hard to understand visually or lyrically what the author is trying to get at, and the atmospheric development is...more
I wanted to dislike this book - from the first page of wavering art and gibbering dialogue, I wanted so badly to just toss this book away. But somehow it kept making me turn those pages, consuming this weird, compelling tale until I'm done and I want to read more. What the hell?
I don't know squat about Cthulhu mythos or Lovecraft - never have. I've always thought I *should* bone up on it as it keeps cropping up in my life, and I feel like it's one of those thing I *ought* to do. But in 40 years...more
I don't know squat about Cthulhu mythos or Lovecraft - never have. I've always thought I *should* bone up on it as it keeps cropping up in my life, and I feel like it's one of those thing I *ought* to do. But in 40 years...more
Jun 03, 2010
Andrew
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
comics,
fantasy,
grotesque,
horror,
modern_fantasy,
mystery,
lovecraftian,
low_fantasy,
despair
A modernized entry into the Cthulhu mythos, Fall of Cthulhu Vol 1: The Fugue couples passable horror movie writing to pleasantly realistic and exceptionally disturbing imagery, making it a quick and gripping read, well worth an evening. Sadly, the series deteriorates from here on out, replacing likable characters, believable behavior and palpable dread with over-the-top heroics, schlock villains and writing that goes way too heavy on the goth makeup. Regardless, this first chapter in the series...more
Although the aisles of our library are regularly haunted by Lovecraft acolytes, I’ve never really gotten into his stuff, but this wonderfully creepy graphic novel may change all that. Cy Morgan’s life starts to get seriously disturbing when his uncle walks up and, having lost his mind, proceeds to blow his brains out. His worldly goods, contained in a duffel bag, include a weird ceremonial knife that keeps eyeing Cy’s girlfriend , and other clues that lead Cy to inspect his uncle's rooms in the...more
As a fan of Lovecraft, I've tried to read a fair amount of "Lovecraftian" fiction. I'm normally deeply disappointed with it. This is the first modern Cthulhu mythos story I've actually enjoyed. I didn't even have to worry about it. I'd just read The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, so I was actually familiar with Nodens when he popped up.
Definitely recommend it for people who feel let down by the majority of Cthulhu stories. Looking forward to reading more.
Definitely recommend it for people who feel let down by the majority of Cthulhu stories. Looking forward to reading more.
I tried to like this book a lot more than I did. I give it kudos for the art and some of its direction but in the end up it let me down with what I felt was a weak ending. All my reading didn't seem to take me anywhere that mattered and I hate that. I can't say it was a total waste of time to read, but there were a lot of other things I probably should have been doing that I would have gotten more out of. Letdown.
I have been trying to read some more graphic fiction, and this riff on the characters of H.P. Lovecraft was an excellently creepy comic filled with monsters madness and other dimensions of space and time. When a young man's uncle takes his own life, he is drawn into a twisting maelstrom of horror. Both the writing and artwork were interesting and I look forward to checking out more volumes in this series.
This was far better than I expected, with a definite creepy vibe not unlike original Lovecraft stories. The art is pretty good and the mythos are tweaked enough to be interesting as the author does his own thing with Lovecraft's creations. You probably know if you want to read this--heck, you probably already have.
I was excited to see a graphic novel developed around Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, but I never got into it. The storyline was chaotic and nonsensical, the artwork inconsistent, dark and confusing, and worst of all, the whole thing kind of bored me. I demand more of my Lovecraft-inspired lit.
Never read any Cthulu work before, and it starts out like a lame horror movie. However, there is a madness that seeps in and accelerates as the story moves on. The art is distancing at first, but by the end (like the story) is well done. A nice surprise.
I don't normally read horror or watch horror movies or pay much attention to anything within the horror genre, so parts of this scared the hell out of me. The art took some getting used to in the beginning, but after that I was okay with it.
This story is messed up. I love the art in the Dreamlands sequences. So fitting. The rest of the art however feels a little phoned in.
I loved the interpretation of The Dreamlands in this story. it was an excellent homage to Lovecraft's Mythos.
Took me a while to get into it, but now I'm very intrigued. Very spooky ending. Plan to read more of the series.
Lovecraft's classic mythos of horrifically indescribable horrors gets a new treatment here. Not for the squeamish.
I liked Nelson's new series Hexed better than this first entry in the popular Cthulu series. Though part of my issue may have been the "set up" necessary in volume one. There was a lot of crazy supernatural (e.g., old gods, dark prophecies) to be introduced, and I found it very confusing. However, as we shifted to modern times and started to follow ordinary guy Cy as he tries to uncover the mystical things that his now-dead uncle was investigating, it came to life. And it was just as creepy and...more
I'm giving this one 4 stars purely because I've been waaaaay too relaxed with giving everything I read that I like 5 stars. Plus it was a great read, but it wasn't something that I felt I had to read and couldn't put down. I actually had the chance to meet the author at a convention and he was much more versed in the Lovecraft universe than I was, which was the biggest reason I bought this. The novel is also true to the traditional writings of Lovecraft as well, so I am definitely picking up the...more
Loved the art and the story was appropriately bleak. Very promising beginning to the series.
Just going to list all of these volumes as one on my reading list, feels like cheating otherwise.
Sep 05, 2008
Jesse
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of Cthulhu and horror
Shelves:
horror-dark-fantasy,
graphic-novels
I really enjoyed this. I know folks who didn't, but I'm not sure I understand why. It exposed me to aspects of Lovecraft's shared mythos that I'd never seen before, and I'm very much looking for the 2nd installment of this series in TP.
The story shares some broadstroke similarities with "The Call of Cthulhu" story. The art is good, and changes when ever the main character takes a trip into the dreamland. Gives the book a nice extra something. I'm starting to be very impressed with Boom!'s lineup...more
The story shares some broadstroke similarities with "The Call of Cthulhu" story. The art is good, and changes when ever the main character takes a trip into the dreamland. Gives the book a nice extra something. I'm starting to be very impressed with Boom!'s lineup...more
comics,horror
it was ok
A contemporary story using elements of the Cthulhu mythos. Scary without being too scary for me. Unfortunately, I just found out the Pittsburgh public library system only has books 1 and 4 of this series. Bummer!
Creative, but I wasn't in the mood for this kind of creepy right now. Might try volume two later.
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