{"id":1978,"date":"2016-08-19T14:55:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T20:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2016-08-26T08:29:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:29:17","slug":"mythos-in-the-media-cthulhu-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2016\/08\/mythos-in-the-media-cthulhu-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythos in the Media: Cthulhu for&#8230;.Kids?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a little longer than anticipated, but we&#8217;re back with another installment of Mythos in the Media! This time we&#8217;ll be taking a look at an unusual intersection of normally unrelated items: Cthulhu and children.<\/p>\n<p>The strange fiction that Lovecraft and his contemporaries were\u00a0writing was definitely aimed at adults and the fragile mind of a child would snap even more quickly than normal under the weight of the truths of the universe, so how did we get here? Maybe it&#8217;s the normal human reaction to turn <a href=\"http:\/\/images-cdn.moviepilot.com\/images\/c_fill,h_1080,w_1920\/t_mp_quality\/d2z9afumccmca6ffe2zi\/walking-dead-zombie-themed-cruise-liner-sets-sail-this-january-are-you-brave-enough-to-s-480294.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">horrific <\/a>into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alwayspoem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/19969-3.png\" target=\"_blank\">cute<\/a>\u00a0as a way to deal with the inhumanness of a thing, maybe it&#8217;s because cute things sell better, or maybe it&#8217;s because Japan gave us chibi. Then again, this could all be a secretly organized plot to make us comfortable with Cthulhu before sending us all straight to R&#8217;lyeh.<\/p>\n<p>Find something amazing we haven&#8217;t posted? Drop a line to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:simeon.cogswell@gmail.com\">Simeon<\/a>\u00a0and put Unspeakable! in the title.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, lets see what we&#8217;ve found this week.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1981\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1981\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Providence\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence-560x560.jpg 560w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence-260x260.jpg 260w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence-160x160.jpg 160w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our first item on the list is aimed at our youngest;\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.cisforcthulhu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>C is for Cthulhu<\/strong><\/a><\/em> and is one of two alphabet books we&#8217;ll be featuring today. Not only is it beautifully illustrated by artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregmurphyillustration.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Murphy<\/a>, but like many classic children&#8217;s books it is a &#8220;board book&#8221; which makes it very sturdy. There is also an entire package that includes a t-shirt and plushie for those who want to cuddle the cosmic terror (Cthulhu plushies could take up their own MitM post).<\/li>\n<li>Next up is our other ABC book entitled\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mythosabc.dk\/about-the-book\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mythos ABC &#8211; A Lovecraftian Alphabet Book<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> The printed book was the result of a successful IndieGoGo campaign that ended in 2015 and can still be purchased from their website. Recently, the author\u00a0Mads Brynnum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollespilsakademiet.dk\/mythos\/mythosabc_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">released the PDF for free<\/a>, for those of you not interested in print material.<\/li>\n<li>Deviant artist <a href=\"http:\/\/drfaustusau.deviantart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard John Ivankovic<\/a>\u00a0is obviously a fan of Dr. Seuss, because he has been created <a href=\"http:\/\/drfaustusau.deviantart.com\/art\/The-Call-of-Cthulhu-Cover-260811086\" target=\"_blank\">Seuss inspired versions of H.P. Lovecraft stories<\/a> for five years. The most famous of course being\u00a0<em>The Call of Cthulhu<\/em>, but there are others including\u00a0<em>The Tomb<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Dagon<\/em>. Definitely worth checking out his work, though as of now it doesn&#8217;t seem like these books are in print.<\/li>\n<li>From the publisher that brought us\u00a0<em>Mouse Guard<\/em> comes <a href=\"http:\/\/wingedmonkeys.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Tomas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adambolton.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Bolton&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/wheresmyshoggoth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Where&#8217;s My Shoggoth?<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>A story about budding investigators looking for their missing Shoggoth. There is a free audio version of the book as well as free coloring pages, the book even comes with a family-style board game on the inside cover! Definitely something here for the whole family.<\/li>\n<li>Finally today comes not just a book, but an entire publisher dedicated to creating kid-friendly Cthulhian horror; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlestlovecraft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Littlest Lovecraft<\/a>. This company has already released three\u00a0books and their fourth was recently successfully funded on Kickstarter. Their books come full color and are written in verse. Additionally their website <em>also\u00a0<\/em>offers free coloring books based on Lovecraft&#8217;s stories! There plan is to offer a set of five books, and it seems like they&#8217;re well on their way to that goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s it for this edition. Until next time, stay sane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a little longer than anticipated, but we&#8217;re back with another installment of Mythos in the Media! This time we&#8217;ll be taking a look at an unusual intersection of normally unrelated items: Cthulhu and children. 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