{"id":9156,"date":"2022-04-05T12:21:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=9156"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:13:10","slug":"graphic-novel-review-kadath-or-the-dream-quest-of-randolph-carter-by-charles-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/graphic-novel-review-kadath-or-the-dream-quest-of-randolph-carter-by-charles-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: Kadath, or the Dream Quest of Randolph Carter by Charles Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/51LcYwlzoXL._AC_SY1000_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/51LcYwlzoXL._AC_SY1000_-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/51LcYwlzoXL._AC_SY1000_-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/51LcYwlzoXL._AC_SY1000_.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kadath, or the Dream Quest of Randolph Carter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Charles Cutting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sloth Comics, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISBN-13: 9781908830074<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available: Paperback\u00a0<strong>( <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kadath-Dream-Quest-Randolph-Carter\/dp\/1908830077\/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1GBLKLCIGWZNC&amp;keywords=kadath+cutting&amp;qid=1649174540&amp;sprefix=kadath+cutting%2Caps%2C109&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.com<\/a> )<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Kadath, or the Dream Quest of Randolph Carter, <\/em>is based on H. P. Lovecraft&#8217;s 1943 novella, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cutting does not offer a straightforward retelling in his <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kadath,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0but rather a more entertaining and colourful version. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randolph Carter dreams of a mysterious sunset city on three different occasions. His obsession with this perfect city becomes dangerous as he ventures on a quest within the dream world to find the elusive place called Kadath. The further he goes, the closer he gets to a terrible secret. Carter faces Zoogs, the cats of Ulthar, and more in his journey. The main character is also, in short, a jerk and wholy unreliable as a narrator. Cutting also includes a Kadath gallery and humorous two-page comic titled &#8220;Did Lovecraft Die a Virgin?&#8221; at the end of this volume.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artwork in this graphic novel is notable in its detail and vibrant colours. There are times where Cutting&#8217;s artwork makes me think of Noel Fielding&#8217;s strange and psychedelic art pieces and character designs, which seems right at home in a dreamscape. This is an entertaining and well-illustrated graphic novel. I would encourage readers interested in retellings of Lovecraft to seek this out.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0 Kadath, or the Dream Quest of Randolph Carter by Charles Cutting Sloth Comics, 2015 ISBN-13: 9781908830074 Available: Paperback\u00a0( Amazon.com ) &nbsp; Kadath, or the Dream Quest of Randolph Carter, is based on H. P. Lovecraft&#8217;s 1943 novella, The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Cutting does not offer a straightforward retelling in his Kadath,\u00a0but rather<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/graphic-novel-review-kadath-or-the-dream-quest-of-randolph-carter-by-charles-cutting\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5143,2844,3361,890,83,181,5144,1072,5145,3320,2866],"class_list":["post-9156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-charles-cutting","tag-cosmic-horror","tag-graphic-novel-review","tag-h-p-lovecraft","tag-horror-fiction","tag-horror-genre","tag-kadath-or","tag-lovecraftian-horror","tag-the-dream-quest-of-randolph-carter","tag-the-dream-quest-of-unknown-kadath","tag-unreliable-narrators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9156"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9161,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156\/revisions\/9161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}