Review: The Mountains Of Madness
From Blue Fox Comics
New from Blue Fox Comics, and taking in the writings of a classic Lovecraft story…
This is The Mountains Of Madness.
In 1932, two years after the initial Antarctic expedition, another sets off to try and discover exactly what happened on that fateful trip.
Before it leaves, a stranger gives a notebook to the expedition director, Howard Pym, and implores him to read it before they reach their destination.
Preoccupied with the voyage ahead, Howard forgets about it, and naively sails into the dangerous waters ahead.
So, first of all. I haven’t read any Lovecraft directly, I know, I know, but I am aware of the mythos and the stories around it. So this story wasn’t totally *ahem* alien to me. Nevertheless, it wasn’t a story I had read so there were no preconceptions1.
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