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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
The concluding volume follows Professor Dyer and Danforth as they fly out to the ancient ruins, to discover the fate of Gedney, the still-missing expedition member, and to explore the remains of a long-dead civilization.
This is where things get weird and Tanabe does a great job with the illustrations, constructing the baffling, maze-like remains of the Old Ones' sprawling city in grand detail. Staying faithful to the story, Dyer and Danforth come across the giant albino penguins and...other things.
All visual adaptations of Lovecraft must grapple with the same dilemma--how do you illustrate things that, per the prose, will drive people mad merely be seeing them? Tanabe does this in two ways--the first is by depicting the shoggoths as so physically weird that it's difficult to tell what they are, other than organic, immense and heading straight for you. In the second way, Tanabe allows the reader--equipped with his hundreds of illustrations of the labyrinthine ruins as background--to imagine what drives Danforth mad, with no description offered. And it works.
Highly recommended, particularly for those who have already read the story. This is a great adaptation and short of the seemingly ill-fated Guillermo Del Toro film, may be the best we will see.
This is where things get weird and Tanabe does a great job with the illustrations, constructing the baffling, maze-like remains of the Old Ones' sprawling city in grand detail. Staying faithful to the story, Dyer and Danforth come across the giant albino penguins and...other things.
All visual adaptations of Lovecraft must grapple with the same dilemma--how do you illustrate things that, per the prose, will drive people mad merely be seeing them? Tanabe does this in two ways--the first is by depicting the shoggoths as so physically weird that it's difficult to tell what they are, other than organic, immense and heading straight for you. In the second way, Tanabe allows the reader--equipped with his hundreds of illustrations of the labyrinthine ruins as background--to imagine what drives Danforth mad, with no description offered. And it works.
Highly recommended, particularly for those who have already read the story. This is a great adaptation and short of the seemingly ill-fated Guillermo Del Toro film, may be the best we will see.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
Pretty cool and epic. Much more in depth than the first volume and therefore I took a star away as a person with a past background and/or knowledge of Lovecraftian fare will be able to follow along, however uninitiated or dabblers will get lost.
Volume 2 is much better than H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, Volume 1. Wherein Volume 1 was the setup, this is most definitely the payoff.
Gou Tanabe is back with more serious / stern facial expressions. But instead of the nondescript mountains, and icy fields, we get a look at some good old fashioned H.P. Lovecraft horrors. All of the drawings are great. The only problem, is they seem to be more suited for a larger book format. This results in many of the images being very cluttered and difficult to discern some of the details.
Like Volume 1, this won't take you very long to read. Although the page count is higher than the previous volume, there is actually way less dialogue. If you've already read the first half, then you should definitely read this, it's the better half of the story.
Gou Tanabe is back with more serious / stern facial expressions. But instead of the nondescript mountains, and icy fields, we get a look at some good old fashioned H.P. Lovecraft horrors. All of the drawings are great. The only problem, is they seem to be more suited for a larger book format. This results in many of the images being very cluttered and difficult to discern some of the details.
Like Volume 1, this won't take you very long to read. Although the page count is higher than the previous volume, there is actually way less dialogue. If you've already read the first half, then you should definitely read this, it's the better half of the story.
A perfect adaptation. Tanabe's depictions of Lovecraft's creatures are some of the best I've ever seen, somehow managing to be just detailed enough to strike fear, and just vague enough to spark the imagination. Beautifully done.