The story itself is very lighthearted in tone and succeeds in crafting an easily accessible Lovecraftian story youth audiences can delve into and enjoy not necessarily as fans of Lovecraft’s work, but as appreciators of the comic book genre. This leaves Howard to scramble with his comically enjoyable band of friends including Constable Smith and “Spot” as they attempt to save Howard’s family and prevent Grimm’s fairy tales from falling into the wrong hands, all the while Howard gradually transforms into a sea creature. Working against Howard though is King Abdul who has captured his family and transported his childhood home to another dimension. The opening chapter jumps between Howard’s reality and that of the kingdom of Cthulhu it’s where context to the greater relationship between Lovecraft and Cthulhu’s kindgom takes shape, weaving a tapestry of interconnected plot strands into the beginning of a fantastic adventure about a young boy and his faithful friend. The story re-enters reality momentarily however upon Howard’s awakening from his sleep by his mother who orders him out of bed and to get ready for school. Brown and MacPherson’s Lovecraft comes alive within the very active imagination of the young boy, injecting pure fantasy elements into their work upon the trade’s opening salvo of Lovecraftian dream imagery. The graphic novel features a young Howard Lovecraft living very much in the kind of reality the real Lovecraft fashioned for his readers during his lifetime. Howard swims for his life early Brown and Macpherson's Lovecraftian tale. Seventy-five years after his death, Lovecraft continues to exert influence over contemporary literature, in this case more directly than any other in Brown and MacPherson’s adaptation of Lovecraftian elements in Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom.
Lovecraft was arguably one of the foremost important horror writers of the early twentieth century, impacting the development of writers who would follow his path such as Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore.
Dollman Cover: Erik Fokkens Publisher: Arcana MacPherson Artist: Thomas Boatwright Letterer: E.T.
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