zuulish's review
3.0
it’s interesting and engaging but ultimately makes you feel like a bit of a dumbass if you don’t have the literary knowledge of a 1910s journalist. my library only has the first act so i’m a bit up shit creek when it comes to finishing this, tho i’d like to. oh well
ramonnogueras's review against another edition
4.0
Alan Moore homenajea aquí de forma directa 4 historias esenciales de Lovecraft, en un estilo tan denso y cargado de referencias que es una delicia y un desafío, literalmente, seguirlas todas. Si ya me gustó Neonomicon[b:Neonomicon|11036352|Neonomicon|Alan Moore|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347512252l/11036352._SY75_.jpg|15956441] este me parece incluso superior. Muy recomendable para fans de Lovecraft, de Moore y del cómic de horror.
mcnevinh's review
4.0
Very interesting and compelling. Moore explores the world of Lovecraft in his own way. A slow build; I look forward to getting my hands on more!
arthurbdd's review against another edition
3.0
Probably the best of Moore's Cthulhu Mythos comics, though this is setting up a lot of threads which I don't think resolve very satisfyingly by the end of the series. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/alan-moores-yuggoth-pastiches/
lbrex's review against another edition
5.0
I had too much coffee a few hours before going to bed last night, so of course, awake at 2, I turned to reading this. It seemed more focused than some of Alan Moore's previous work, and the blend between comics and written narrative was fascinating. It does have a mood and menace that reminds me of Lovecraft, with only occasional scenes of horror displayed in relation to the narrator's bisexual exploits and his attempts to write a novel about underground occultism in New England. The visit to the farm towards the end of this volume was especially strange and unsettling (when you're reading it at 3 am), and I liked the way that Moore included the bizarre crayon drawings made by Leticia Wheatley. Fans of Lovecraft, Moore, horror, and graphic novels more generally should find this interesting. I'm looking forward to reading the next "act."
Update in December 2018: read this again so that I could finish the second act. Most of what I said in the above review still stands, though I would say that the handwritten journal sections felt more tedious this time around. That said, I noticed more details, such as Black's continued use of the pronoun "they" to hide the gender of his love interests.
Update in December 2018: read this again so that I could finish the second act. Most of what I said in the above review still stands, though I would say that the handwritten journal sections felt more tedious this time around. That said, I noticed more details, such as Black's continued use of the pronoun "they" to hide the gender of his love interests.
nycterisberna's review against another edition
4.0
Obviando la parte de fan absoluta de Moore, esta es una obra maestra. No sólo por cómo integra Moore la mitología lovecraftiana (personajes, historias, situaciones) a una historia mayor, el cuidado que pone en ir construyendo una historia de iniciación que no sea un mero pastiche para fans de Lovecraft, sino también en el esmerado arte que ocupa Burrows para representar un horror que siempre en las historias fue velado y que ahora despliega a toda página (ojo en especial con la maravillosa forma que tiene de representar a los Profundos y el descenso a los infiernos del protagonista, de apellido sencillo, pero evidente: Black). Es una historia que todo fan de Lovecraft y del horror debería leer.
rachatkin's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. A really intriguing start to a graphic novel series, and though I felt this one was really just setting up the story, I know I’m going to like it and I’m pumped for the next one!
nwhyte's review
4.0
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2961592.html
Collecting the first four issues of Alan Moore's Providence series, itself apparently both prequel and sequel to his Neonomicon (which I haven't read) and very much tied in to the Lovecraft mythos (with which I am familiar but not expert). It's the story of Robert Black, a young New York journalist in 1919, Jewish and gay and hiding both, who travels to Rhode Island to investigate a mysterious cult. (But this is not our 1919, exactly.) Each of these four issues ties to a specific Lovecraft story - "Cool Air", "The Horror at Red Hook", "The Shadow over Innsmouth" and "The Dunwich Horror"; I knew the last two but not the first two.
As you expect with Moore, it's a layered text with many knowing references to 1919, 2015, Lovecraft and occultism in general, not to mention sexuality and race. I don't think I had come across Jacen Burrows before, but he successfully conveys 1919 both in our reality and when the moments of Lovecraftian horror come. I enjoyed it but did not really get into it enough to feel that I want to get into the rest of the series.
Collecting the first four issues of Alan Moore's Providence series, itself apparently both prequel and sequel to his Neonomicon (which I haven't read) and very much tied in to the Lovecraft mythos (with which I am familiar but not expert). It's the story of Robert Black, a young New York journalist in 1919, Jewish and gay and hiding both, who travels to Rhode Island to investigate a mysterious cult. (But this is not our 1919, exactly.) Each of these four issues ties to a specific Lovecraft story - "Cool Air", "The Horror at Red Hook", "The Shadow over Innsmouth" and "The Dunwich Horror"; I knew the last two but not the first two.
As you expect with Moore, it's a layered text with many knowing references to 1919, 2015, Lovecraft and occultism in general, not to mention sexuality and race. I don't think I had come across Jacen Burrows before, but he successfully conveys 1919 both in our reality and when the moments of Lovecraftian horror come. I enjoyed it but did not really get into it enough to feel that I want to get into the rest of the series.