A Lovecraft Comic Book Cover Gallery XIII:
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Graphic Novels
(Various)

This is the thirteenth installment in our Lovecraft themed cover galleries. Below, we present covers from The Call of Cthulhu and other graphic novels as well as some illustrated books. .

1

  • title: The Call of Cthulhu (2018)
  • publisher: Canterbury Classics
  • cover artist: Dave Shephard
  • writer (adaptation): Cullen Bunn
  • artist: Dave Shephard
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: 2018
  • cover: A cover
  • format: graphic novel
  • commentary: This book contains a graphic adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu.

2

  • title: The Call of Cthulhu & Dagon (2021)
  • publisher: Quarto Publishing
  • cover artist: Dave Shephard
  • writer (adaptation): Amy Corzine & (Dagon) Pete Katz
  • artist: Dave Shephard
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: 2021
  • cover: A cover
  • format: harcover graphic novel
  • commentary: This book contains the same version of The Call of Cthulhu as published by Canterbury Press in 2018 and adds to it Dagon.

3

  • title: The Call of Cthulhu (2017)
  • publisher: Chaosium Inc.
  • cover artist: R.J. Ivankovic
  • writer: R.J. Ivankovic
  • artist: R.J. Ivankovic
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: 2017
  • cover: A cover
  • format: hardcover book
  • commentary: This book contains an illustrated adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu with text and illustrations in the style of Dr. Seuss.

4

  • title: Dagon (2021)
  • publisher: Chaosium Inc.
  • cover artist: R.J. Ivankovic
  • writer: R.J. Ivankovic
  • artist: R.J. Ivankovic
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: 2021
  • cover: A cover
  • format: hardcover book
  • commentary: This book contains an illustrated adaptation of Dagon with text and illustrations in the style of Dr. Seuss.

5

  • title: The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2020)
  • publisher: Caliber Comics
  • cover artist: Trey Baldwin
  • writer: Steven Philip Jones
  • artist: Trey Baldwin
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: 2021
  • cover: A cover
  • format: softcover book
  • commentary: This 76-page book contains a comic adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth in 24 pages, followed by the full text.

6

  • title: The Horror Out of Arkham (2011)
  • publisher: IDW
  • cover artist: Menton3
  • writer: H.P. Lovecraft
  • artist: Menton3
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: November, 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • format: hardcover book
  • commentary: This book contains the full text of eight short stories with one or two pages of illustration preceding each story. The illustrator, Menton3, also illustrated the The Dunwich Horror (2011) series, published by IDW. The stories in this volume include
    • Herbert West-Reanimator
    • The Unnamable
    • The Colour Out of Space
    • The Dunwich Horror
    • The Shadow Over Innsmouth
    • The Dreams of the Witch House
    • The Thing on the Doorstep
    • The Shadow Out of Time

7

  • title: The Mountains of Madness
  • publisher: Blue Fox Comics
  • cover artist: Adam Fyda
  • writer: (adaptation) Adam Fyda
  • artist: Adam Fyda
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: 2020
  • cover: A cover
  • format: hardcover book

8

  • title: Nyarlathotep
  • publisher: Boom! Studios
  • cover artist: Chuck BB
  • writer: H.P. Lovecraft
  • artist: Chuck BB
  • issue: #1 of 1
  • release date: November, 2008
  • cover: A cover
  • format: hardcover book w/ dustjacket
  • commentary: This book features the complete text of Nyarlathotep with accompanying illustrations.

9

  • title: The Lovecraft Anthology
  • publisher: Self Made Comics
  • cover artist: Glyn Dillon
  • writers: adapted by Ian Edginton, Dank Lockwood, Rob Davis, David Hine, Leah Moore & John Reppion
  • artists: D'Israeli, Shane Ivan Oakley, I.N.J. Culbard, Mark Stafford, Leigh Gallagher, David Hartman & Alice Duke
  • issue: #1 of 2
  • release date: 2011
  • cover: A cover
  • format: trade paper back
  • commentary: This book features graphical adaptations of "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Haunter of the Dark", "The Dunwich Horror", "The Colour Out of Space", "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", "The Rats in the Walls" & "Dagon".

10

  • title: The Lovecraft Anthology
  • publisher: Self Made Comics
  • cover artist: Francesco Francavilla
  • writers: adapted by Jamie Delano, Chris Lackey, David Camus, Dwight L. MacPherson, Chad Fifer, Pat Mills, Benjamin Dickson, Simon Spurrier & Dan Lockwood
  • artists: Steve Pugh, Adrian Salmon, Nicolas Fructus, Paul Peart-Smith, Bryan Baugh, Attila Futaki, Mick McMahon, Matt Timson & Warwick Johnson Cadwell
  • issue: #2 of 2
  • release date: 2012
  • cover: A cover
  • format: trade paper back
  • commentary: This book features graphical adaptations of "Pickman's Model", "The Temple", "From Beyond", "He", "The Hound", "The Nameless City", "The Picture in the House", "The Festival", and "The Statement of Randolph Carter".

11

  • title: Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhu
  • publisher: IDW Comics
  • cover artist: Esteban Maroto
  • writer: Esteban Maroto (translated by: Anna Rosenwong)
  • artist: Esteban Maroto
  • issue: #2 of 2
  • release date: February, 2018
  • cover: A cover
  • format: hardcover
  • commentary: This book features graphical adaptations of "The Nameless City", "The Festival" and "Call of Cthulhu". This book contains an introduction by someone named José Villarrubia that denounces other graphical adaptations of Lovecraft stories as the work of "small publishers taking advantage that the original stories' status are in the public domain. They have often been adapted by amateurs, novices and enthusiasts, and not by great comic creators." The readership of this page can judge for themselves the validity of the casual condemnation of independent publishers and new voices who breathe life into an otherwise stagnant book publishing industry, as showcased in the Lovecraft cover galleries on this site.

12

  • title: Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft
  • publisher: Eureka Productions
  • cover artist: Giorgio Comolo
  • writers: H.P. Lovecraft with adaptations by Alex Burrows, Rich Rainey, Rod Lott, Tom Pomplun, Onsmith Jeremi & Matt Howarth
  • artists: Gerry Alanguilan, Simon Gane, Pedro Lopez, Kevin Atkinson, Richard Corben, Rick Geary, J.B. Bonivert, Mark A. Nelson, Lisa K. Weber, Onsmith Jeremi & Matt Howarth
  • issue: Volume 4 of 26
  • release date: 2007 (Second Edition)
  • cover: A cover
  • format: paperback
  • commentary: This book features the following works by Lovecraft: A Memory, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Sweet Ermengarde, Herbert West: Re-animator, The Cats of Ulthar, The Terrible Old Man & The Shadow Out of Time.

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