Radisshu said:
It kind of feels like Moore only wrote this to annoy Lovecraft, even though Lovecraft is dead.
EDIT: Isn't the serial killer supposed to be a commentary on Lovecraft? With the swastika on his forehead symbolizing his racism
He likely IS Lovecraft. In one story, IIRC, Lovecraft writes of a necromancer living in a house on top of an (yet another motherfucking) ancient tomb where he conducts unholy experiments seeking the secret of eternal life, eventually managing to replace his aged body with the body of another before finally being confronted and destroyed by the main character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_o ... exter_Ward
This comic is not especially Lovecraftian - the reason I like Lovecraft is that he's usually pretty subtle, building up a creey atmosphere of ANCIENT ARCANE HORRORS OH MY FTAGHN FTAGHN without actually showing any baddies, and then suddenly, BAM! Shoggoth in yo face, bitch.
This has prolonged rape sequences with a Deep One and is not especially sinister or creepy - just kind of icky. Lovecraft didn't write in detail about throbbing Elder phalluses for a reason, Moore.