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PRESS RELEASE SOURCE: FREE LEAGUE PUBLISHING
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Enter the desolate, decrepit Massachusetts village of Dunwich. A village lost in the depths of the inhospitable countryside with its dark, bramble-covered valleys, ancient witch stories live on, and strange underground noises sometimes echo beneath the hills topped by mysterious stone circles.
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Brace thyself, for a tale of dark rituals, witchcraft and the looming shadow of the Old Ones awaits. Free League Publishing and Design Studio Press today revealed that the illustrated edition of H.P. Lovecraft’s iconic story The Dunwich Horror, by acclaimed artist François Baranger, is set to arrive close to Halloween on October 26.
The Dunwich Horror is a true classic of American horror and a dark tale of powers from beyond our world.
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Read more about The Dunwich Horror
H.P. Lovecraft is a giant of horror literature and popular culture. Since the 1920s his short stories and novels has spellbound generations and influenced countless games, comics, novels, records and films. His novella The Dunwich Horror, written in 1928 and first published in Weird Tales in 1929, is an absolute classic. Now, François Baranger presents the epic illustrated version of the story.
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Baranger’s The Dunwich Horror is a beautifully produced hardback book in the huge 262 X 350mm folio format, bringing Lovecraft’s horror to life with lavish, full-spread images.
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The critically acclaimed artist François Baranger was fascinated early on by Lovecrafts works that explore the darkest corners of human imagination. After dreaming about illustrated versions of Lovecraft’s works for years, Baranger finally began to create his own vision of the Lovcraftian horror. He has previously interpreted the classics The Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness, published by Free League in collaboration with Design Studio Press which received international praise.
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About The Dunwich Horror by Lovecraft/Baranger
In the remote Massachusetts village of Dunwich, lost in the depths of the inhospitable countryside with its dark, bramble-covered valleys, ancient witch stories live on, and strange underground noises sometimes echo beneath the hills topped by mysterious stone circles.
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On an isolated farm in the area, the simple-minded Lavinia Whateley gives birth to a child, Wilbur, whose father is unknown. Old Whateley, Lavinia’s father, raises Wilbur with the distrust of the locals, who are frightened by the child’s rapid growth and repulsive face. Rumors of witchcraft have always circulated about old Whateley, and after his death, Wilbur, as an adult, seems determined to increase the ungodly knowledge that was passed to him.
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To this end, he travels to Miskatonic University in Arkham to borrow the copy of the sinister Necronomicon that resides in its famous library. Professor Armitage, understanding the malicious intentions of his visitor, refuses to grant his request. Determined to get the book, Wilbur tries to break into the library at night, triggering a series of tragic events…
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The book is available for pre-order at the Free League webstore. A full retail release by Design Studio Press will follow.
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| About François BarangerFrançois Baranger is a multi-faceted artist and illustrator. He works primarily as a concept illustrator for films (Harry Potter, The Clash of the Titans, Beauty and the Beast) and computer games (Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls). He has illustrated a number of book covers and written the two novels Dominium Mundi and The Domino Effect. Baranger has previously interpreted the Lovecraft classic The Call of Cthulhuand At the Mountains of Madness.www.francois-baranger.com |
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| About Howard Philips LovecraftH.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is one of American literature’s most influential authors, a giant of horror literature and popular culture. Since the 1920s, his short stories and novels has spellbound generations and influenced countless games, comics, novels, records, and films. His reputation has grown over the years, and he has been praised by among others Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror touched on themes such as humanity’s inadequacy and the horror of the incomprehensible and indifferent universe surrounding us. His characteristic prose, heavy on adjectives, grand imagination, and his frantic storytelling technique have formed a school, and his legacy in popular culture is unprecedented. Along with Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft is one of the greatest horror writers of his time. |
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