With his comic the twilight bestiary », Daria Schmitt invites herself in a singular and precise way into the abundant universe of HP Lovecraft. An exciting graphic and literary exploration into the surrealist imagination of one of the popes of science fiction.
When you receive an album that has received the anointing of the Pope of science fiction comics, you can’t wait to open it and devour it. On the cover band: “HP Lovecraft whispered in Daria’s ear, she knew how to hear it”, a compliment signed Philippe Druillet.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft is one of the founders of contemporary fantasy, in the wake of Edgar Allan Poe and Abraham Merritt. He is a creator of hallucinated universes, of monstrous or horrific creatures, who have influenced a whole host of writers like Stephen King and Michel Houellebecq, video games, board games, and a lot of manga too.
But Daria Schmitt is a Parisian comic book author who is not at her first attempt. But this time, she signs a master stroke.
His album ” the twilight bestiary is an exciting, impressive, jubilant tribute to HP Lovecraft. It is published by Aire Libre, the prestigious collection of Dupuis editions.
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