The Shadow Out of Time by I.N.J. Culbard

That said, whilst Lovecraft’s prose verges on the purple (which makes him a “godawful writer” in the opinion of Peter Damien, a contributor to Book Riot), Culbard’s prose is predominately ordinary. In the case of Culbard’s three Lovecraft adaptations, these rules have served him well, and without question Culbard’s graphic novels maintain the same spirit and existential dread as Lovecraft’s cosmic masterpieces. Culbard, a British illustrator who describes himself on his personal blog Strange Planet Stories as “a freelance artist who writes and draws comics…,” always keeps two rules in mind during the creative process: 1) keep to the spirit of the story in question, and 2) stay true to the story’s medium. Lovecraft Into A Graphic Novel.” HuffPost Blog ()Ĭoupled with this meticulous approach to creating graphic novel adaptations, I.N.J. I make a point of highlighting themes and character relationships and how someone might emotionally respond, pin pointing opportunities for dramatic conflict, things I can make a scene with dialogue, because quite often that’s what’s absent in Lovecraft books, dialogue.” I print off a text version of the entire book which is broken down into paragraph chunks and go through it with a red pen.

The Shadow Out of Time by I.N.J. Culbard