Neonomicon

Neonomicon
Neonomicon
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Publication information
Publisher Avatar Press
Format Limited series
Genre Horror
Publication date July 2010 – February 2011
Number of issues 4
Creative team
Writer(s) Alan Moore
Artist(s) Jacen Burrows
Colorist(s) Juanmar
Creator(s) Alan Moore
Jacen Burrows
Editor(s) William A. Christensen
Collected editions
Hardcover ISBN 1592911315

Neonomicon is a four-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows,[1][2] published by Avatar Press in 2010. The story is a sequel to Moore's previous story Alan Moore's The Courtyard and part of the HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.

Contents

Publication history

Moore talked about the genesis of the project in an interview with Wired Magazine: "It was just at the time when I finally parted company with DC Comics over something dreadful that happened around the Watchmen film [...] I had a tax bill coming up, and I needed some money quickly. So I happened to be talking to William [A. Christensen] from Avatar Press, and he suggested that he could provide some if I was up for doing a four-part series, so I did. So although I took it to pay off the tax bill, I’m always going to make sure I try and make it the best possible story I can." [3]

Moore wanted to elaborate on some of the ideas presented in The Courtyard while at the same time telling a modern story that didn't rely upon a 1930's atmosphere. Another idea was to use some of the elements he felt Lovecraft himself and pastiche writers censored or left out of the stories, such as the racism and sexual phobias. Moore explains: "Lovecraft was sexually squeamish; would only talk of ‘certain nameless rituals.’ Or he’d use some euphemism: ‘blasphemous rites.’ It was pretty obvious, given that a lot of his stories detailed the inhuman offspring of these ‘blasphemous rituals’ that sex was probably involved somewhere along the line. But that never used to feature in Lovecraft’s stories, except as a kind of suggested undercurrent. So I thought, let’s put all of the unpleasant racial stuff back in, let’s put sex back in. Let’s come up with some genuinely ‘nameless rituals’: let’s give them a name." [4]

Plot synopsis

Two FBI agents are investigating a series of identical but unrelated ritual murders. During the course of their investigation they discover a subculture of rock music, drugs and sex clubs built around the Cthulhu Mythos.

Collected editions

The series is being collected into a single volume:

Notes

  1. ^ "Jacen Burrows On Alan Moore’s Neonomicon – Avatar Interview Of The Week". Bleeding Cool. June 7, 2010. http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/07/jacen-burrow-on-alan-moores-neonomicon-puff-piece-interview-of-the-week/. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
  2. ^ Webb, Charles (July 1, 2010). "Jacen Burrows: Neonomicon Rises - A Lovecraftian Tale". Comics Bulletin. http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/127802307919546.htm. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
  3. ^ Thill, Scott (August 9, 2010). "Alan Moore Gets Psychogeographical With Unearthing". Wired. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/08/alan-moore/all/1. Retrieved March 24, 2011. 
  4. ^ Gieben, Bram (September 1, 2010). "Choose Your Reality: Alan Moore Unearthed". The Skinny. http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/100258-choose-your-reality-alan-moore-unearthed. Retrieved March 24, 2011. 

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v · d · eH. P. Lovecraft
Works
List of works · Dream Cycle
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Characters
Cthulhu Mythos deities
Great Old Ones
Outer Gods
Elder Gods
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Cthulhu Mythos species
Books about H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft: A Life · An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia · Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside · Lovecraft: a Biography · Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos · Lurker in the Lobby: The Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft
Legacy and influence
Film adaptations
The Haunted Palace (1963) · Die, Monster, Die! (1965) · The Dunwich Horror (1970) · Re-Animator (1985) · From Beyond (1986) · The Curse (1987)  · The Unnamable (1988) · Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) · The Resurrected (1992) · The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993)  · In the Mouth of Madness (1994) · Necronomicon (1994) · Witch Hunt (1994)  · Bleeders (1997) · Cthulhu (2000) · Dagon (2001) · Beyond Re-Animator (2003) · The Call of Cthulhu (2005) · H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) · Cthulhu (2007) · The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
Other adaptations
Call of Cthulhu RPG (1981) · Arkham Horror (1987) · Shadow of the Comet (1993) · Prisoner of Ice (1995) · Anchorhead (1998) · Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) (2003–present) · Call of Cthulhu Living Card Game (2004) · Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) · Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End (unreleased) · Trail of Cthulhu (2008)
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