{"product_id":"hp-lovecrafts-the-dunwich-horror-deluxe-edition-manga-isbn-9781506753485","title":"H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror Deluxe Edition (Manga)","description":"\u003cb\u003eNo one in the small town of Dunwich knew who young Wilbur Whateley’s father was—or that the hideous outcast boy was the most dangerous sorcerer alive! \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1929 in the legendary pulp magazine \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales,\u003c\/i\u003e this deluxe hardcover manga adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Dunwich Horror\u003c\/i\u003e is the complete story in one volume!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe horror was born before dawn on February 2, 1913—the feast of Candlemas, although the people of Dunwich call that ancient festival by a different name. Of unknown father, Wilbur Whateley was not christened—yet he descended still from a one-proud Puritan family that left Salem in 1692 to found Dunwich, Massachusetts. And the descent of the Whateleys and their old town has been deep indeed—its now crumbling houses overlooked by bare hills topped by stone circles, where unhallowed rituals were held before the first settlers ever came.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet it was none other than ten year old Wilbur Whateley that led Dr. Henry Armitage, head librarian at Miskatonic University, to drive the dusty, rutted roads out to Dunwich, and meet the child prodigy who had been corresponding with him on the most abstruse and disturbing lore. Dr. Armitage could hardly believe the sight of the priceless hoard of occult books rotting away in the Whateley farmhouse—nor that of the dark, goatish Wilbur, for whom those books had been his only education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut young Wilbur Whateley is not content with his homeschooling—to complete his studies, he needs something Miskatonic possesses, the Latin edition of the \u003ci\u003eNecronomicon. \u003c\/i\u003eAnd if they’re too snooty to lend their precious copy out to a country boy like him, Wilbur has other means to try to get it. The lad is no mere academic dilletante; he studies these things for a reason. Wilbur Whateley was born into this world with a great and horrific purpose—to open a doorway for those not of this world to return to Earth!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWraparound cover art by Gou Tanabe on silver foil paper with color overprinting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGilded edges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSewn binding \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRibbon bookmark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTip-in title page in metallic gold ink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve pages in color\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003e\u003cb\u003eUzumaki, Black Paradox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e) | \u003cb\u003ePraise for Gou Tanabe:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tanabe's approach is so spot-on, it makes every other attempt to draw Lovecraft (of which there have been no shortage over the years) seem ill-advised.”—Etelka Lehoczky, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Possibly the best adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft to the medium of comics.”—Tom Shapira, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e | \u003cb\u003eGou Tanabe\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1975 in Tokyo. As a child, he became a fan of \u003ci\u003eyokai \u003c\/i\u003e(supernatural creatures from Japanese tradition) when his father bought him Shigeru Mizuki’s classic manga \u003ci\u003eGeGeGe no Kitaro, \u003c\/i\u003eand by junior high he was already designing his own demons in sketchbooks. An encounter with the work of creature modeler Yasushi Nirasawa in \u003ci\u003eHobby Japan \u003c\/i\u003emagazine started Tanabe’s interest in horror movies and the special effects behind them as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTanabe began his professional manga career with a short stint working as an assistant, but made his solo debut in 2003 with \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunakichi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComic Beam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e magazine; the story won the magazine’s New Faces Award, and Tanabe would soon become associated with \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComic Beam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich began to regularly feature his Lovecraft manga staring in 2007 with an adaptation of the short story “The Outsider.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to receiving nominations for three Eisner Awards, two Harvey Awards, and one American Manga Award to date, Gou Tanabe has received critical acclaim in France, winning the prestigious Best Series award in 2020 at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, as well as in his native Japan with a Jury Selection Award at the 2018 Japan Media Arts Festival.","brand":"Dark Horse Manga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759466557669,"sku":"NP9781506753485","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506753485.jpg?v=1775598661","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/hp-lovecrafts-the-dunwich-horror-deluxe-edition-manga-isbn-9781506753485","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}