At the Mountains of Madness: A Graphic Novel/by H. P. Lovecraft

At the Mountains of Madness: A Graphic Novel by H. P. Lovecraft and I. N. J. Culbard; graphic novel, horror; 128 pages

I admit (with shame) that I've never read Lovecraft's horror classic, even though it's the basis for some of the best horror of my time (The Thing and a few episodes of the X-Files spring to mind). So while this graphic novel doesn't *really* count, it was a good way for me to get the story without wading through too much of Lovecraft's overwrought prose.

This volume tells the story of an early expedition to the South Pole. What starts out as a simple geological survey soon becomes something much more exciting when researchers unearth the frozen remains of strange creatures previously unknown on earth. As the team begins to delve further into these mysteries, one member starts to see shocking similarities between these events and those laid out in the legendary Necronomicon...

Of course the story here was awesome, but the art was also a really good fit. Culbard's style is vaguely reminiscent of Herge's work on Tintin, which fits well with the 1930s setting.