The first thing I like about “Lovecraft is Missing” is the color. The very first page is awash in a lushness of layered colors and textures. Delicious to the eye and, luckily, not cluttered with a lot of exposition.
In fact, there is a delightful lack of written information which makes everything in every panel suddenly suspicious. There is a lot to notice if you have the time to look. Is this woman being watched? What book could be worth traveling in such a seedy place? And why the hell is no one going to mention the fact that the book shop owner keeps his father chained in a back room?
There’s an artist in the art, our protagonist is a struggling artist we get to read a page of what he’s done, a work of fiction within fiction and a lovely segue back to the ‘real’ world and the mystery lady. What is it that she’s collecting for? What is she looking to find?
I’d really like to know. Maybe you do too, give it a whirl!
Okay, at first I took one look at the strip and thought, this is an adult male nerd who has waaaaay too many toys; but now I’m bowing to the subtle genius of D.M. Jeftinija.
A Victorian era action adventure!
This Webcomic is such a successful combination of saccharine cuteness and diabolical crudeness that I am somehow glued to my computer screen, endlessly clicking ‘next’ until I thought that I should probably stop and write something so I could let you all know why you should be reading this.
The funny pages and I have had a falling out in recent years. Maybe not that recent. I had a paper in my hands every day the last week and there was only one (just ONE!) that could be counted as actually ‘funny.’ The rest were Hagar the Horrible. Emphasis on Horrible. So unfunny. That’s why I like the internet, it has funny comics!
