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A review by anxious_librarian
Outer God by Daryl Toh, Luc Labelle
3.0
I am very confused. Mostly horrified. Seriously disturbed.
3.8 stars
I love Lovecraft, I love graphic novels, and I love Toh. The art is beautiful and horrifying, with monstrous creations that truly rival those of Silent Hill.
The story Labelle crafted was trippy in the best way. Even though this story came out years ago, I got serious Amnesia: Rebirth vibes while reading it. To this day Amnesia still creeps me out to my core, so well done!
While I have no way of knowing Labelle's background there were times it did feel like part of the story was lost in translation, or had been edited to the point where I lost the thread of dialogue. There was a brief section at the end of the book mentioning the story had originally been twice as long. The Outer God is by no means short, however it did give off the feeling of something missing. Whether this was intentional or a result of editing, I cannot say, but it did leave an impression. Stories with ambiguous endings are always a risk, and I am not entirely sure it payed off here.
Overall, not a bad graphic novel by any means! It was horrifying as all homages to Lovecraft should be, but maybe could have benefited from an extended script.
3.8 stars
I love Lovecraft, I love graphic novels, and I love Toh. The art is beautiful and horrifying, with monstrous creations that truly rival those of Silent Hill.
The story Labelle crafted was trippy in the best way. Even though this story came out years ago, I got serious Amnesia: Rebirth vibes while reading it. To this day Amnesia still creeps me out to my core, so well done!
While I have no way of knowing Labelle's background there were times it did feel like part of the story was lost in translation, or had been edited to the point where I lost the thread of dialogue. There was a brief section at the end of the book mentioning the story had originally been twice as long. The Outer God is by no means short, however it did give off the feeling of something missing. Whether this was intentional or a result of editing, I cannot say, but it did leave an impression. Stories with ambiguous endings are always a risk, and I am not entirely sure it payed off here.
Spoiler
The only thing clear to me in the end was Nyarlathotep or some similar eldritch being had created a time loop in the pyramid. The rest of the story was more or less lost to me.Overall, not a bad graphic novel by any means! It was horrifying as all homages to Lovecraft should be, but maybe could have benefited from an extended script.