Nyarlathotep Survives Another Day
At long last the next Fall of Cthulhu series has started!
One Ancient God seems to have survived the Godwar and already he is plotting the fall of humanity. The Fall of Cthulhu series is by far the best H. P. Lovecraft-ish comic out there today. It's been incredibly loyal to Lovecraft's mythos and seeing all the Gods and settings in each issue is a real treat for a huge Lovecraft fan such as myself.
While following the Lovecraftian settings and using his creations, that is not to say that this is not an entirely original story. I have no idea where this is going. I doubt anyone but the writer does. It's one messed up comic, just the way I like em!
Nemesis, or at least this issue, deals with human society on the island of Atlantis. We get a hint of what is to come by the Oracle who tells a priest that he is the last Atlantean. What else could that possibly mean? Now the fun is how is this series going to get there? I think Nyarlathotep will help us out with that!
If you haven't read this series, you'd do yourself a favour by picking up some of the old trades. By the looks of this first issue though, even though it has Sysyphyx in it from the previous issues, look like it can be read without being lost for new readers.
What I don't know and am really looking forward to is why the heck are we in Atlantis anyway? The story starts out with a cat whom I am guessing is Nyarlathotep but then we get shot back to 9,600 B.C. Interesting, but that's one of the things I love about this series... it goes through so many different times, worlds, dimensions however in the end it all gets wrapped up in some crazy creepy way.
Definitely in my top five comics to pull.