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Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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The manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story The Call of Cthulhu is now available in English, just in time for Halloween. Written and illustrated by Gou Tanabe and published by Dark Horse, The Call of Cthulhu manga is a 288-page paperback with incredible cover art and a distinctive aesthetic that feels fitting for a Lovecraft story. It's very reasonably priced at $20--though Amazon is selling it for $18. A Kindle edition is available for for $12.

The Call of Cthulhu is the second Lovecraft manga release of 2024. In July, Dark Horse published At the Mountains of Madness Deluxe Edition, a 626-page doorstopper collecting both volumes of the classic Lovecraft tale. At the Mountains of Madness Deluxe Edition manga is on sale for $32.58 (was $50) at Amazon...

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[–] Hossenfeffer 5 points 1 month ago

Oooh. Go on then!