The exclusive Lovecraft bookplate for 'At the Mountains of Madness': Oh R'lyeh? Gosh!

The exclusive Gosh! bookplate, for the eldritch comics fan

Gosh! Favourite Ian Culbard (The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Study in Scarlet) is no stranger to the bookplate edition. You’ll no doubt remember his last one from the Hound of the Baskervilles by Ian Edginton, a sell-out success and not just because of the Gosh! Comics cameo on said bookplate.

The sold out bookplate for Hound of the Baskervilles

This time ‘round Culbard steps out on his own in a new adaptation from SelfMadeHero. At the Mountains of Madness is a tale of Antarctic terror by the master of unspeakable horrors, H.P. Lovecraft. First published in 1936 and now in graphic novel form some 74 years later, this is one Lovecraftian horror worth seeking out.

The barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found strange fossils of unheard-of creatures, carved stones tens of millions of years old and, finally, the unspeakable, mind-twisting terror of the City of the Old Ones.

I could tell you a vigintillion times over that Culbard’s work is remarkable but instead I’ll point you at several early reviews lavishing praise on his latest effort:

“There's been a lot of Lovecraftian work over the past few years, but [this] may be the best of them all.”
– Pornokitsch

"Culbard has had conversations with dead men. There are more things to the visual representation of the macabre than black and white... Behind the light of his colour scheme cosmic horror oozes out, and stays with you."
– Ernesto Priego

"At the Mountains of Madness is Scott of the Antarctic meets The Thing by way of Lost Horizon. So if you have a love of horror with a little pulp adventure set in an age of discovery and wonder that has long gone then I would give this graphic novel a try."
– Geek Syndicate

At the Mountains of Madness: Gosh! Exclusive Bookplate Edition boasts a signed and numbered print featuring all-new art by Ian Culbard for the standard cover price of £14.99. As a gentle nod of respect he’s done a portrait of Lovecraft himself, in blues and blacks and probably colours out of space too.

To reserve a copy or arrange a mail order, drop Gosh! Comics a line at info@goshlondon.com.

This post is adapted from a suspiciously similar one on the Gosh! blog [ahem!]. I think they'll forgive us ; )