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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: The Doom That Came to Gotham

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Young Zach, knows very little about Batman, and even less about the Cthulhu Mythos, so why not blow his mind by combing the two properties into one – written by Mike Mignola!

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a limited series published by DC’s Elseworlds and created by Mike Mignola. The story places Batman as a pulp hero adventurer in the 1920s where he battle against H.P. Lovecraft-inspired monsters.

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SOLICITATION: IDW Publishing announces Lovecraft series

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In anticipation of Comic-Con International: San Diego 2011, IDW Publishing today announced H.P. LOVECRAFT’S THE DUNWICH HORROR, a comic series with a modern take on Lovecraft’s timeless short story of terror The Dunwich Horror. Starting in October, author Joe R. Lansdale and artist Peter Bergting bring to the 21st century audience classic horrors that influenced many prominent authors, most notably Stephen King, who cites Lovecraft as the largest influence on his own writing.

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MOVIE: At the Mountains of Madness is dead

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Sad news for Lovecraft fans who were anticipating an awesome take on H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness by Guillermo del Toro.  Sadly, the movie will not be, as Universal passed on the project.  GdT cites the hard R rating for the canceling of the project.   What is really surprising is that Universal thought they could do an adaptation of Lovecraft’s work that is clearly in the hard horror genre.

Del Toro is now moving on to Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim “a PG-13 movie, involving monsters and the creation of a new world.”

“We started developing PAC RIM a while ago with the mad passion and enthusiasm of a project unwatched and unchecked by politics or comparisons. We designed and shepherded the movie we want to make. We start shooting in September and we hit the ground running because we are so in sync. My partnership with Legendary represents, both in scale and creative demands, a huge step forward for me.”

Boo.  Boo, I say.

via Deadline

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Review: Atomic Robo #3.3

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When Atomic Robo creators Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener appeared on the Major Spoilers Podcast, they mentioned this story arc, Shadow From Beyond Time, wouldn’t be set exclusively during the 1920’s.  Issue #3, in this five issue arc, finds Atomic Robo’s adventures once again entering into H.P. Lovecraft territory.

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MSP#103: The Dark Victory Podcast

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The Dark Victory Podcast

In this issue: The Major Spoilers crew chat up Dark Victory, ponder the position of EIC, and give a average rating to a bunch of comics. All this, plus the Major Spoilers Poll of the Week.

 

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Review: Atomic Robo #3.2

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The Doom that Came to Robo

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So here we go with the second installment of the Shadow from Beyond Time story line.  If you thought the first issue didn’t have enough of the fighty-fighty, and the laughy-laughy, then you’re going to be pleased as Punch (although without the murder and infanticide), as Robo and Charles Fort attempt to bring down the monster Lovecraft with a roadster and a couple of lightning guns.

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Review: Atomic Robo: Shadow Beyond Time #1

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“Should an intense young man, or a wild-eyed gentleman ever approach you and mention the word “Tunguska”, I want you to shoot them.”

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I didn’t realize my birthday and Christmas arrived on the same day this year, and I was even more surprised to discover that both of these major holidays fell in the last week of April.  Someone must not have told Hallmark about the change, but at least Red 5 remembered to send a gift in the form of Atomic Robo: Shadow Beyond TIme #1.

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Review: The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft

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My first thought when I heard H’wood had picked up The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft to be turned into a motion picture even before the first issue had hit the stands was, “They’re going to make a movie of this?”  Now, after finally getting my hands on the first is thought is, “They’re going to make a movie of this!”

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Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft Coming to Theaters

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Image Entertainment and Universal Pictures are teaming up to bring The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft to the big screen.  I’m a huge fan of H.P. Lovecraft, and while I’m excited about this news, it is more interesting that Universal made the announcement two weeks before the comic book hits the shelves.

Created by Mac Carter and Jeff Blitz, book borrows elements from Lovecraft’s life, such as his family’s struggle with mental illness and his own bouts with writer’s block, and transforms the young writer’s darkest nightmares into reality when he comes across a book that puts a curse on him and lets the evils he conjures up loose on the world.

The movie could be directed by Ron Howard, with the script being written by Carter.

No word on release date, but it can’t come soon enough.

via Variety

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Review: Cthulhu Tales #8

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Believe it or not, I’m not a huge horror fan.  Sure I like the occasional tale told to terrorize tikes, but most of the horror comics I’ve seen over the last 15 years seem to revel in the gore and violence associated with Halloween and Friday the 13th, but kicked up a notch for shock value alone.  I discovered the brilliance of H.P. Lovecraft about 8 years ago and have been hooked on his tales ever since.

When Boom! Studios unveiled its Cthulhu line I snagged as many issues of the various titles as I could, but by far my favorite series has been Cthulhu Tales.  These stories are told in the same vein as Lovecraft, full of suspense and terror, and as one might expect, present stories based on the original tales.

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