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Works by Gou Tanabe

H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu (2019) 162 copies, 1 review
H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2021) — Artist — 131 copies, 1 review
Hokkaido 126 copies
The Outsider (2007) 5 copies
Kasane, v.1 (2007) 4 copies, 1 review
Mr. Nobody, v.2 (2013) 3 copies
Mr. Nobody, v.1 (2012) 3 copies
Kasane, v.2 (2007) 3 copies
Mr. Nobody, v.3 (2014) 2 copies

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Canonical name
Tanabe, Gou
Other names
田辺 剛
Birthdate
1975
Gender
male
Nationality
Japan
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Map Location
Japan

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17 reviews
Beautiful adaptation of the Lovecraft's famous novel "Mountains of Madness". Lovecraft's stories are rather tricky for visual media like comic (as several books I read before proved) because a lot of things takes place in the mind of the reader.

Mr Tanabe manages to give beautiful visuals to the story without losing both clarity (even when depicting the otherworldly horrors) and that creeping feeling of dread as we follow our protagonists enter deeper and deeper into maddening world of the show more Elder Ones.

Story in itself is adaptation of the novel - ambitious expedition to Antarctica will soon find itself in great peril as their archaeological and zoological research pushes them more and more towards the mysterious mountain chain deep in Antarctica.

Art is just gorgeous with some of the two-page art that is of poster quality. Author proves that black and white comic art can be very expressive when done by a true master.

Highly recommended to all fans of H.P. Lovecraft's stories and beautiful visual art.
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Esta adaptación me ha gustado bastante más que la de La sombra sobre Innsmouth la idea de dar más peso a la amnesia y angustia del protagonista refuerza al personaje y los detalles ampliados sobre la expedición arqueológica encajan muy bien en la trama. Por supuesto, donde más brilla el estilo de Tanabe es a la hora de reflejar el horror cósmico que fue el sello de la obra de Lovecraft, pero las escenas más "ordinarias" también están muy bien retratadas. Un trabajo muy interesante.
This is shorter volume containing adaptations of three short stories by Lovecraft. Unlike "Mountains of Madness" these short stories are a little bit slower, although this can be attributed to the general Lovercraft's style (and general style of horror stories of the time).

Art is again pure joy to look at, author truly manages to portray the horror of the moment and despair in our protagonists as they encounter horrific creatures from beyond the veil. I truly like his work, especially show more two-page panoramas from the story Temple.

Excellent graphic novel, highly recommended to all fans of Lovecraft and beautiful art.
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Una adaptación correcta pero con sus defectos: El dibujo representa muy bien Innsmouth y los que viven en ella, pero creo que el cómic tiene demasiadas páginas y un ritmo demasiado lento lo que la hace un poco pesada. Además, muchas veces se nos muestran los horrores del pueblo demasiado pronto y de forma muy explícita, lo que rompe el suspense y anula una de las virtudes de Lovecraft que era la creación de atmosferas más por la sugerencia que por la descripción. En fin, que no me show more termina de convencer. show less

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