{"product_id":"h-p-lovecrafts-the-call-of-cthulhu-manga","title":"H.P. Lovecraft's the Call of Cthulhu (Manga)","description":"\u003cb\u003eH.P. Lovecraft's most famous horror story, rendered in chilling detail by modern manga horror master Gou Tanabe! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe complete graphic novel in one volume, faithfully reproducing the original Japanese release, featuring a title page in silver ink, eight pages in full color, and eerie metallic copper tones and spot color on the cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat links together two bands of worshippers, one deep in the Arctic snows, one hidden in the bayous of Louisiana, is more than their shared practice of blood sacrifice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the inhuman phrase they both chant: \u003ci\u003ePh'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn--\"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.\" \u003c\/i\u003eNow these nightmares will disturb the sanity of Francis Thurston, a young man pursuing an investigation into the cult of Cthulhu that leads to the most forsaken spot in the vast Pacific...and to Earth's supreme terror, the risen corpse-city of R'lyeh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1928, \u003ci\u003eThe Call of Cthulhu, \u003c\/i\u003erendered in chilling detail by modern manga horror master Gou Tanabe, is the most famous of all of H.P. Lovecraft's stories, and was the namesake of the acclaimed role-playing game system set within the Cthulhu Mythos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I love H.P. Lovecraft...It would be great to adapt him as a serialized manga, but I actually saw Gou Tanabe create a great adaption of H.P. Lovecraft's stories. Afterwards, I ended up not doing it because I thought I wouldn't be as good as Gou's version.\"-- Junji Ito (\u003ci\u003eUzumaki, Black Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGou Tanabe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eH.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth, \u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;\u003ci\u003e H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dark Horse Manga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874914570514,"sku":"9781506741406","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_178b07ae-84ef-472f-89d2-56a4a3d4113d.jpg?v=1738011685","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/h-p-lovecrafts-the-call-of-cthulhu-manga","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}