H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories (Manga) Kindle & comiXology

First, some housekeeping. There are some other comic book adaptations of each of these stories. Some of them are quite good.Versions of the Hound:Jack Jackson (writing as ‘Jaxon’) 1972 - the oldest version here, but perhaps more a collector's itemStuart Gordon and Tula Lotay 2011Chad Fifer and Bryan Baugh 2012The TempleRoy Thomas 1994Calum Iain MacIver 2000 - this is so rare I have never seen a copyChris Lackey and Adrian Salmo 2012The Nameless CityEsteban Maroto and Roy Thomas 2000Tim Sparvero 2008Hernán Rodríguez 2008Pat Mills and Attila Futaki 2012Guo Tanabe is a highly respected manga artist in Japan. Like many Japanese authors he is a big fan of HPL. He has adapted multiple stories into manga-like versions for Japanese readers. This is the first time any of these adaptations have been re-translated and presented for an English speaking audience. They are read in the Japanese style, front to back, the left to right, top to bottom. Anyone into manga will be quite comfortable with it. FOr what you get, the price is a bargain.These are gorgeous renditions, each story given plenty of panel space to breathe and develop. This is very unlike many other comics where you get 4-8 pages maybe for stories this short. Often there are no words in the panel, with tension developing via facial expressions or action. My only wish is that this was an oversized book so the art was even more prominent. Tanabe-san stands proudly with the other best comic book versions of these HPL tales. You owe it to yourself to pick up this wonderful book. If it sells well, Dark Horse will produce more such versions of his HPL work. I can't wait!

As a big fan of HPL I've been eagerly awaiting this.I am not sure what I was expecting as far as the art, but it exceeded whatever those expectations are as when I first opened it I made an audible 'oh!' in surprise at how detailed and well rendered everything is. Tanabe's grasp of lighting in a scene makes everything extremely moody and shows tension in a successful way since many panels have no text and depend strongly on the visuals.The text itself is a great translation, reads really fluidly and had I not known this was a Japanese manga translated to English I would have presumed the original language was English itself. Great job to the translator Davisson, I hope he stays on for future books.My only disappointment was how short the book was. It was smaller overall in both book dimensions and pagecount, but for the price it works. Truthfully I wish it was ten times the current size. In the back of the book Dark Horse makes note that they hope to produce more translations of these HPL stories and I am right there with them hoping that is the case.

I like how he is very detailed and a fan of American horror fiction; I hope that he would also consider doing Hawthorne, Mary Shelley and Melville because they have a lot of novels and short stories. However, it could be a little difficult to understand the symbolism of those due to a lot of Christian symbology in their writings as someone from a different culture. However, if someone could give him some instruction on it, he could probably do those too. It's kind of necessary too, since most Russian writers incorporate this also in writing (Tolstoy, etc), but probably worth the struggle long term and Western readers would be appreciative for sure.

I haven’t been so thoroughly engrossed in something in a long time. The adapted prose from Lovecraft’s works is wonderfully done. And the ART!!!!OMG! The art is AMAZING! My eyeballs were ravenous with a hunger to devour page after page of these deliciously sweet eldritch delights. The way the artists in these books translate Lovecraft’s vision to the page is glorious in every detail. Strange and awe-inspiring without a doubt.I so wish Gou Tanabe would do a version of Call of Cthulhu, Pickman’s Model and The Rats in the Walls.Bottom line, if you love graphic novels, you should buy these. If you love H. P. Lovecraft, you should buy these. If you love both graphic novels and H. P. Lovecraft you are duty-bound to acquire every one of these and fill a void in your soul you only now have become aware of.

Decades long admirer of Lovecraft, and the works he has inspired in recent times. As well, I am very fond of manga as a medium (though I am extremely picky).These adaptations, The Temple in particular, are well beyond what I had been expecting. I will say that it would be a delight to have these works (and I imagine this goes for his Madness adaptations as well) in a larger format. That said I believe the quality of the Dark Horse printing is very good, and the design and layout etc. are beautiful.The work itself is absolutely haunting at times. Unexpectedly, the ennui and minutia of The Temple gave me very real nightmares. Something about the juxtaposition between the panels--many are stark black and singular in focus followed by smaller panels teeming with detail; and vice-versa--must have really wired deep into my subconscious because I haven't had nightmares in a very, very long time!

There are, in my opinion, few graphic novel adaptations that I consider a must have. Gou Tanabe's adaptation of three of HP Lovecraft stories presented in this first volume is one of them. The stories presented here are The Temple, The Hound and The Nameless City. At a total of 170 pages (not counting ads or the author's notes) every story let's you immerse yourself in the world presented here. The gorgeous artwork is a big reason why. It's richly detailed in black, white and grays. I have only two quibbles. Like the other reviews, I agree that the book should be larger. Formatted to a traditional manga size it's simply too small to accommodate all the texture the artwork has. The other issue is that like other manga I've read, the artist goes a little generic on facial features. Aside from that, I'm looking forward to more volumes. Hopefully The Shadow Over Innsmouth will be next.

Great artwork by the artist and while there is some small changes to the stories here and there (the temple is originally set during the first world war while here it's been moved to the second world war) they are otherwise as lovecraft himself wrote them. I'm hoping that there is still more to come from this artist as there is more stories calling out to be adapted.Stories included are:The TempleThe HoundThe Nameless City

I bought this because i was looking forward to the release of At the Mountains of Madness, also by Gou Tanabe, and i was not disappointed by the contents; the art and the adaptations were captivating. Dark Horse, however, should have considered that small size limits reader pleasure, and the drawings here are so detailed and intricate that they actually demand a more expansize page size to be enjoyed. I will hold off on further DH books until they bring a more suitable version.

The media could not be loaded.  Just beautifully adapted by Gou Tanabe and well translated by Dark Horse (imo), seller delivered on time and it arrived in perfect condition and the cost was reasonableWill buy the other two Lovecraft adaptations by Tanabe for sure| (• ◡•)|

Amazing. Great art the only issue I have is with how small everything is.

This is a thoughtful and spooky adaption of some of Lovecraft's lesser-known tails.Given that the lettering has been redone for the english market, would it have been a huge task for Dark Horse to mirror the plates and produce a left-to-right edition? I didn't see any roman text in the illustrations that would have given trouble.