Re-Animation Formula

[tealin]

Of all the Lovecraft stories I've listened to* I like the Herbert West ones the best. This is probably because instead of the main character having wacky things happen to him,** as in most of the stories, Dr West makes them happen, or is at least responsible for 90% of the plot. And, it must be said, I find myself identifying with his monomania and emotional detachment, for better or worse, though my interest lies more in imparting life to lifeless lines rather than dead boxers or decapitated Canadian officers...

Anyway, here's a mediocre artistic encapsulation of the formula to the stories (which you can read here if you're interested):












Apparently Dr West = Milo + Wiggins ... erm.

*Again thanks to my generous friend and his CD burner ... I haven't managed to actually read any yet, though considering I haven't been able to actually read anything for the last two months any such attempt would probably have failed anwyay.
**I wonder what Mr Lovecraft would think of me describing his horror as 'wacky'...

Comments

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

And HPL his ownself didn't care much for the "Herbert West" stories. I think he'd be mortified to find out that people are still reading them...

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

He did do it on small animals, and larger animals, but apparently the formula was dependent on species. It sounds like a construct to excuse rampant zombiefication across six stories, but it works well enough, I suppose...

I like lots of things HPL didn't like. I'm sure his horror at finding people still reading his disliked stories would be amplified by their being rendered into cartoony drawings. Oh well, he'll just have to climb out of his grave and give me a smack then, won't he?

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

Actually, he'd probably be amused by your drawings. He had a lot more of a sense of humour about his work than a lot of people (especially his more rabid fans) do. He just thought "Herbert West---Reanimator" was hackwork from his early period.

Kind of like how you may feel looking back at early drawings you did for assignments: "Was I ever THAT bad?"

He also didn't care for how he'd had to re-cap the earlier action at the start of each new part---the stories had been serialized somewhere.