Timothy Finney wrote:
" Neil Gaiman once noted how difficult it is to draw Cthulhu as, per Lovecraft, seeing it induces madness. I think it possible Mr. Comolo could have driven himself insane trying to fill in all the little details that pop up on my cursory viewing of this fine piece as might I were I to spend the hours it would take to give this piece the full viewing it deserves. Close enough.
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Lovecraft's pioneering literary horror technique was to describe a normal setting in very journalistic detail, then introduce something otherworldly to the situation. Rather than describe the otherworldly thing, however, he would describe the reactions of the characters. This leaves room for the reader to insert the scariest thing he or she could imagine in the place of the undescribed entity. Lovecraftian horror works most horrifically on readers with good imaginations. . .
I think Neil Gaiman was trying to say that without concrete textual descriptions or visual reference, an artist has to rely upon his or her imagination to draw Cthulu. I want to thank you for sharing this masterpiece, for Mr. Comolo has used his incredible imagination to map out those uncharted nether regions for us!
