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A review by mattycakesbooks
Alan Moore's The Courtyard by Alan Moore, Antony Johnston, Jacen Burrows
3.0
I got SUPER psyched when I heard that Moore had done stories based on Lovecraft, and I suppose this didn't disappoint - I'm still planning on reading the Neonomicon, but I have almost impossibly high standards for Alan Moore, and this was good, but nowhere near his best.
First, I loved that he referenced Lovecraft's racism by making his main character a raging bigot. I read a few other reviews saying Moore himself is a racist, but if you've read his other work, and if you've read Lovecraft's, you know which of them is the racist, and which of them is open-minded and tolerant.
Second, if you're considering reading this, I'd suggest having some familiarity with Lovecraft, and ideally some with Moore. The work is full of Lovecraft references, to the point where the story would be almost nonsense without the Cthulhu Mythos for a frame of reference. You don't NEED to have read Moore, but if you're familiar with his style, it makes it easier to see what he's doing. Anyway, this is worth the read because it's short and it's Moore and it's Lovecraft, but it's one of the more minor Moore works.
First, I loved that he referenced Lovecraft's racism by making his main character a raging bigot. I read a few other reviews saying Moore himself is a racist, but if you've read his other work, and if you've read Lovecraft's, you know which of them is the racist, and which of them is open-minded and tolerant.
Second, if you're considering reading this, I'd suggest having some familiarity with Lovecraft, and ideally some with Moore. The work is full of Lovecraft references, to the point where the story would be almost nonsense without the Cthulhu Mythos for a frame of reference. You don't NEED to have read Moore, but if you're familiar with his style, it makes it easier to see what he's doing. Anyway, this is worth the read because it's short and it's Moore and it's Lovecraft, but it's one of the more minor Moore works.