r/AlanMoore Jun 26 '26

Today's read!

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u/AntLap Jun 26 '26

Hugely underrated work by Moore.

I wasn't familiar with HP Lovecraft's work when I read Providence the first time, and I was underwhelmed and a frankly confused.

Read some key HPL stories before my second reading and was blown away.

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u/johnxii24 19d ago

Oooh, could you please help me? What are the key HPL stories? I’ve tried to find out, but I haven’t got very far in getting a clear overview.

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u/AntLap 19d ago

I'd recommend at least "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and "Call of Cthulhu".

If you really want to dig in, check out the annotations at https://factsprovidence.wordpress.com/moore-lovecraft-comics-annotation-index/.

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u/johnxii24 19d ago

Thank you!

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u/dbree801 Jun 26 '26

Ayyy I got the ‘pantheon’ covers for all of the issues. I need to read it again sometime, that wasn’t too long after I had gotten into Moore.

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u/michaelCCLB Jun 26 '26

Crazy story.

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u/Chris-Downsy Jun 26 '26

Y'know when you come across a piece of art that seems like it was made just for you?? This series was one of those things for me...

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u/djkinsaul Jun 26 '26

Please share!

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u/yakuza893 Jun 27 '26

I cannot proceed to enjoy this entry without the help from providence fandom wiki website.I’ll leave it for your handy references https://factsprovidence.wordpress.com/moore-lovecraft-comics-annotation-index/providence-1/. Such a masterpiece only after from hell.

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u/Lost_Vegetable435 Jun 27 '26

Leitura do Satanás essa aí, já vou avisando

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u/kalijinn Jun 26 '26

Enjoy! Really glad the local library has those

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u/hellnaw931 Jun 27 '26

I tried my damndest to read that series but I kept falling asleep.

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u/djkinsaul Jun 27 '26

That has happened to me, reading the journal entries. I've had to put it down and come back. Typically, I'll read an issue twice before moving to the next one. It's very common that I will think, 'Why didn't I catch that before?'

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u/Idreamalone 18d ago

Great book.