I’m about 24 hours late, but here it is, with only a few missing nails and screws. Thanks for your patience as I return to something like a regular schedule. The next page will go up as soon as possible.
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Marvelous. As always your depiction of detail is on point, something a person could read a great deal of times and never grasp entirely. I especially like the contrast of panel three; The strength of the shadow and the seeming slitted eyes of the Host.
Thanks for the experience.
Thank you, I hope you like the rest of the comic (just four more pages!) I actually like Lovecraft stories like this one, “The Green Meadow” and “The Transition of Juan Romero” where the weirdness is never fully explained, where the mysteries seem to be like pieces of an unsolvable puzzle. I’d like to think that Lovecraft himself had an idea of what was going on in these stories (rather than just copping out with vagueness), for I, in the process of drawing them, certainly have come up with my own theories. in this way, “Strange High House” reminds me a bit of Lord Dunsany… I’d say Jorge Luis Borges too, but I might be kidding myself.
Jason,
Came here as a result of your post on the Eldritch Dark. Of HPL’s stories, “Dream Quest of Unkown Kadath” and “Strange High House” are my favorites. I’m also a fan of manga, so when I saw you were doing a comic on “Strange High House,” I just had to check it out. This type of story is tough to do in sequential art, but you’re pulling it off magnificently. The artwork, level of detail, character designs, perspective, use of light and shadow—all top notch. And Olney seems to me to bear a strong resemblance to HPL himself. Was that your intention, or am I just reading too much into it?
Keep up the great work; looking forward to the next installments.
Thanks Affrit! Yes, Olney is supposed to have a resemblance to HPL — I think most of HPL’s protagonists were proxies for him. In Strange High House, the most unusual thing is that the main character has a wife and a job, and it’s worth noting that the story was written not long after Lovecraft left Sonia Greene and moved back home to Providence from New York.
Unfortunately I’m running late on the next page, but it should be up by the end of the weekend!
youre artwork matches the tome of the story perfectly, i eagerly awit more.
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish the page before I left town for Thanksgiving, hence the delay. But I’ll have a new page up by Thursday, December 3rd.
Jason, I’m already picturing the completed story in a slim, hardbound volume (with a gold-stamped spine), complete with a Ramsey Campbell introduction and HPL’s prose version in the appendix, along with your comments and preliminary sketches. This adaptation deserves a lavish presentation!
‘appy Chris’mas, mate, and I hope the strain of keeping up all this artwork isn’t finally getting to you, (and as a fellow artist I know whereof I speak!) – thanks!
Thanks Alan and Ken! Sorry I’ve fallen victim to delays again. I’ve had a busy last couple of weeks.
Jason, please take all the time you need to do HPL’s story justice–I’m sure he would understand! And if any new readers are that anxious to find out the ending they can always check out the prose version. In fact, I think I’ll re-read it myself…
You continue to impress me, Jason. One of my favorites in my collection is your Hyperborea. The artwork is simply breathtaking in its detail. When I look at art like that, I feel completely sucked into the world it depicts. It’s as if it’s “more real than reality”, if you know what I’m saying.
I’m really enjoying this project and thing you’ve been doing a terrific job. I’ll also say don’t sweat the delays. This kind of thing looks quite labor intensive and it would be a shame to rush it.
Really looking forward to your Kadath collection – again, when it’s ready. Though at least you don’t have to redraw it or anything! BTW, this might interest you:
http://www.librarything.com/author/thompsonjason
I see that someone made a nice Wikipedia article recently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Thompson_%28writer%29
Two of my favourite webcomics that I follow (this one and One Swoop Fell) stopped updating in November. :( Anyway, I’ll be waiting anxiously for your return (and for that Kadath collection).