Review: The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft & INJ Culbard

"When the young Charles Dexter Ward becomes fascinated by the history of his wizard ancestor Joseph Curwen, who gained notoriety for haunting graveyards, he attempts to duplicate Curwen's cabbalistic and alchemical feats. It is Ward's doctor who bears witness to the full horror of Ward's results as Lovecraft's psychological mystery unfolds before him."

After reading Culbard's adaptation of Lovecraft's 'At The Mountains Of Madness', 'Charles Dexter Ward' has a similar feel to it. The same superb artwork and narrative that kept me gripped throughout, not having read the original story before.

If you like reading graphic novels and like the works of HP Lovecraft, then you could do no wrong by picking this up.

**** out of 5

On a side note, I'm looking forward to INJ Culbard's artwork in Ian Edginton's graphic novel adaptation of 'A Princess Of Mars', out on May 28 here in the UK. And if these two HP Lovecraft adaptations are anything to go by, and because I love the original story by Edgar Rice Burroughs (from which the film 'John Carter' is based), then it's going to be another great addition to my library.