H.P. Lovecraft's the call of Cthulhu

Francis Thurston has just received all of his beloved great-uncle's possessions following his mysterious and tragic death. In trying to piece together what happened, Francis finds copious notes on a cult dedicated to a creature named Cthulhu that his uncle, a professor of archaeology, was investigating. Professor Angell discovered that nightmares plague creatives: a sculptor brought an eerie clay tablet to him to decipher, which looked disturbingly similar to a stone statue a detective from Louisiana brought to an archaeology conference years before. Francis feels himself being pulled further into the entrancing and horrifying world of ancient monsters as he uncovers more of his uncle's records. Tanabe is a master illustrator in conveying appalling yet complexly detailed atmospheres and bone-chilling monsters that captivate readers and transport us into the otherworldly scenarios of Lovecraftian horror. Though Lovecraft's racist detractions remain, Tanabe's adaptation is one of the better iterations of this story to exist today.