048. Providence

Few people cast as unlikely a literary shadow over pop culture as H.P. Lovecraft, the New England resident and author of weird fiction who has since inspired video games, plushies, key chains and innumerable books, short stories and comic books. Providence is acclaimed comics author Alan Moore's entry into the ever-expanding cosmos of Lovecraft stories and Moore endeavors to leave no stone unturned. This is not only a sort of pastiche of Lovecraftian stories, but a story about Lovecraft himself as well as a running commentary on weird fiction as a genre and the time/place that created it. Strap yourself in for a scenic tour of haunted and macabre New England! 

 

Music is by Free Rap Beats.

 

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Topic for this episode is Providence by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows.

 

PROGRAMMING NOTE: This will be the last episode of Season 2. We will back with Season 3 in the near future.