By: Doug Moench, Dan Braun, Peter Bagge, Matt Weinhold, Jim & Ruth Keegan, Bob Jenney & John Arcudi (writers), Kelley Jones, Bagge, Darick Robertson, Richard P. Clark, the Keegans, Jenney and Richard Corban (art), Nate Piekos, Bagge & Keegans (letters)
The Story: Creepy goes all Lovecraftian
Review: There is a segment of the comic readership that goes ga-ga over Lovecraft. Personally, I’ve never really gotten it; I’ve read some Lovecraft recently and just thought it was “okay”–not “bad”, not “great”–just “okay and I never need to read more of that.” The other thing I’ve observed about Lovecraft as an outsider is that his fans have the most hardcore fringe that I can think of online. Seriously, these people put comic fans who fight about old versions of the Captain America uniform to shame. They put Republicans and Democrats fighting about gay marriage to shame. They put sports fans to shame. So, I will candidly say that when I open Creepy #10 and see that it is an all-Lovecraft issue, my brain says, “SHIELDS UP! ARM PHOTON TORPEDOES AND READY THE PHASER BANKS!”
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