The Strange Case of Eric Theodore Cartman
Bill Walsh ·
Oct 31, 2010 at 11:21am
Over at the Corner, John J. Miller notes that H.P. Lovecraft was rather explicitly drawn on for an episode of Scooby-Doo. Well, perhaps not to be outdone, last week the madmen at South Park not only had a cameo by the big Cth himself, but also scads of Elder Things, Shub-Niggurath, a shoggoth, and a couple other things I couldn't identify off the top of my head. Also, some pretty amusing media criticism.
The full episode is available here. As usual with South Park, there may be something tasteless lurking in there. I can't recall anything off the top of my head (in this particular show) other than some bleeped profanity, though.
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Oct '10
Re: The Strange Case of Eric Theodore Cartman
Perhaps less surprisingly, Stephen King, writing as "Richard Bachman," snuck a reference to Hastur into his novel "Thinner." Elsewhere—I can't recall offhand where—he refers to a local artist, "Pickman, I think it was." If you know your Lovecraft, King is often good for a wink like that.
May '10
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He also wrote a lengthy short story ("N") based on the story The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen. In his collection Just After Sunset.
Here are the Adventures of Lil' Cthulhu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOHJUrcVdJk (Their souls make his tummy happy).
I learned long ago never to put the Necronomicon on the same shelf as the Bibles. Hard to sleep with all that going on.
Ia! Kyle's Mom! Ia!
Aug '10
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There was a brilliant episode of The Real Ghostbusters (totally underrated cartoon, by the way...) entitled "The Collect Call of Cthulu".
It features the Big-C himself, plus the guys make a trip to Arkham to consult with a professor at Miskatonic University. In the episode they even name-drop H,P. Lovecraft, saying that his stories were actually based on true events. Heh heh heh...
It's available in its entirety at YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e24tkBx4mNQ
Edited on Nov 1, 2010 at 10:47amMay '10
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Interesting. While on topic, can anyone recommend an introduction to Lovecraft? I was looking across the web, but there doesn't seem to be a best start listed on any of the fan sites. Perhaps all of their brains have been melted...
May '10
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For an early work, I'd go to The Doom That Came to Sarnath. Capering under a gibbous moon features heavily. As do cubits. This is one of them pseodo-Biblical ur-works.
A Shadow Over Innsmouth is a good start as well. Creepy abandoned Massachusetts town mating with the Unspeakable for generations. Good for election reading.
The Thing on the Doorstep, for the title alone. Do you trust who you sleep with? I sure don't. 'Swhy I got a full crawlspace.
Jul '10
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Captain Hindsight? I can't imagine a better mascot for the Rally for Sanity.
My favorite (incredibly obvious) Cthulu siren song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt_ZE_ib9Wk
Edited on Oct 31, 2010 at 10:24pmAug '10
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Musically, I don't think you can beat an HP Lovecraft inspired punk band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_N73jTTpbE
I'm going down to Dunwich,..
Jun '10
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VOTE CTHULHU
Why choose the lesser of evils?
May '10
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For a start try out the podcasts at http://hppodcraft.com/
(No it is not a spelling error) These guys give you a great summary of old HP's works, with real wit and humour.
Perhaps you can just buy 2nd hand copy of an omnibus edition of HPs works for a few bucks and have a read. Try the list here http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/ for his works.
I suggest you look for work after about 1920 as his writing improved markedly after that time.
As for film adaptations of HPL, alas these tend to be like those of S. King's works. A few worthy attempts, but mostly a lot of poor quality films of little value.
Edited on Nov 1, 2010 at 9:07amRe: The Strange Case of Eric Theodore Cartman
I'll second David Kube's recommendation of starting with HPL's later, more famous works, as his style does improve fairly dramatically over his (relatively short) writing life. If you find an anthology of his stuff, it's likely got a lot of the greatest hits like The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Thing on the Doorstep, Pickman's Model, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Colour Out of Space, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Dreams in the Witch-House, The Shadow Out of Time, The Haunter of the Dark, etc.
Of those, I like Cthulhu, Dunwich, Whisperer, Doorstep, Pickman, Innsmouth, and Out of Time best.
If you like novella-length stories, The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward and At the Mountains of Madness are the way to go, especially the latter (get in on it now before the Del Toro movie comes out). Skip Herbert West, Re-Animator until you've read the better-written stuff…
For my money, there's only been one really faithful (and quite good) HPL movie, Dagon, which isn't actually based on Dagon, but Innsmouth, moved to Spain.
Jun '10
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DP? Thank Goodness for South Park.