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Graphic Horror
Creature from the Depths
In the depths of the sea exists an ancient treasure. Anyone who comes in contact with it is overcome with greed. For centuries, this treasure has been hoarded deep below the oceans surface. To steal it, one has to get past the creature! One groups quest for the cursed riches is retold in this striking graphic novel adaptation.
28 pages, Library Binding
First published July 1, 2007
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
4,537 books19.3k followersHoward Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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December 31, 2025
Quick fun read
November 25, 2020
This book does not quite satisfy that Creature from the Black Lagoon or Swamp Thing itch, but it is alright for some short form curse horror. This book plays the creature card a little late in my opinion. The initial carnival/side show set up is also a bit of a red herring. I understand that it is tot set up motivations to move some of the plot forward, but it feels like such an unnecessary side story.
I'm not a huge Lovecraft fan. The thing about this book, however, is that it doesn't quite live up to other graphic adaptations of his work. This feels like a book that is attempting to be marketed at children. That is pretty impossible given the content. [This spoiler has sensitive content.] Seriously, why are they pretending like this book could even be remotely ok for kids? It's like here's some domestic violence, graphic assault, and the stuff from the spoiler tag; then, we get those vocabulary words in the back. Why? Does the creator really think that this is going to pique the interest of a middle grader? a teacher? LOL.
Quick note to the press that is making these books and pretending they are the new Classics Illustrated: hire better formatters. Seriously, those text boxes and gutter spaces are a mess.
I guess, given the author, at least this book only has verbal abuse toward a spouse and sexism-- pretty mild considering with Lovecraft it can always get much, much worse (like five kinds of racist worse). I'm not going to give him too much credit without reading the source material, which surely has something awful in it.
I'm not a huge Lovecraft fan. The thing about this book, however, is that it doesn't quite live up to other graphic adaptations of his work. This feels like a book that is attempting to be marketed at children. That is pretty impossible given the content. [This spoiler has sensitive content.] Seriously, why are they pretending like this book could even be remotely ok for kids? It's like here's some domestic violence, graphic assault, and the stuff from the spoiler tag; then, we get those vocabulary words in the back. Why? Does the creator really think that this is going to pique the interest of a middle grader? a teacher? LOL.
Quick note to the press that is making these books and pretending they are the new Classics Illustrated: hire better formatters. Seriously, those text boxes and gutter spaces are a mess.
I guess, given the author, at least this book only has verbal abuse toward a spouse and sexism-- pretty mild considering with Lovecraft it can always get much, much worse (like five kinds of racist worse). I'm not going to give him too much credit without reading the source material, which surely has something awful in it.
December 11, 2021
I enjoyed the simplicity of the story. Great illustrations set the mood for a dark and scary atmosphere. It's a quick read but I felt it did justice to old school adventure horror.
October 5, 2025
It doesn't really capture the essential creepiness of Lovecraft perfectly, but it is not a bad introduction to the mythos.
May 9, 2009
4th grade students loved it; loved the cd ibook with it! This is the book I won in the ABDO Star Wars Photo Contest Honorable Mention Best Actress. LOL :) Wahoo!
May 2, 2024
Old school artwork. Story doesn't quite hold up. 🤦🏻♀️
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