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This subject is written on a topic in the real world and reflects factual information. This subject contains information from the "Lovecraft Circle" Myth Cycles, and while guided by HPL are not based on his work alone. H. P. Lovecraft's Dagon for Beginning Readers is a children's book, written and illustrated by R. J. Ivankovic. It was originally posted on Ivankovic's DeviantArt account, as a serialized story from 2012 to 2013.[1] In 2017, Ivankovic began working on a revision for Chaosium, which was published as a hardcover book in 2019. The revised version features new art, with both versions being faithful adaptations of H. P. Lovecraft's "Dagon", done in the style of a Dr. Seuss book.

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"So a warning to all,
for what it is worth:
when the monsters arise
they will conquer the earth."

The famous H. P. Lovecraft story "Dagon" is gracefully retold in anapestic tetrameter and illustrated in a darkly whimsical style by genius poet-artist R.J. Ivankovic.

A sailor escapes in a lifeboat after his ship is attacked by a German raider during World War I. He soon finds himself in more bizarre peril, stranded in a dark, stinking mire on the edge of a mammoth pit. Venturing into the pit, he discovers a monolith covered in weird hieroglyphics and something stranger still that crawls from the slime a creature that may be the vanguard of a vast and monstrous invading army from the depths of the sea.

This glorious full-color adaptation is R. J. Ivankovic's follow-up to the popular H. P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers, also available from Chaosium.
~ Publishers description



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