What if Dr. Seuss wrote *The Call of Cthulhu*?

io9 ^ | Nov 27, 2011 | Cyriaque Lamar

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Sanity-destroying cosmic horror can be hard to wrap your head around, so Deviant Artist DrFaustusAu has begun rejiggering H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story as Dr. Seuss book. Now, children of all ages can learn about he who slumbers in his house at R'lyeh.

It's kookily impressive, and we're jazzed to see the artist's further work on it. Hat tip to Exploriens!

Update 11/27: DrFaustusAu has been plenty busy adding pages, and it looks like he's almost done. Check it out! Hat tip to Morris.

[Via Dr. FaustusAu]

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Book can be read online at link. Read it to your kids!

[Thanks to Harmless Teddy Bear for the link!]

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[Liberty Valance]

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

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Does it matter if I mind? ;^)

[Army Air Corps]

Plain ol’ awesomeness.

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I will forever imagine Cthulhu cultists as having bones in their hair.

[Boogieman]

Thanks, I’ll check it out.

There used to be a similar webcomic called “Hello Cthulhu” that dumped Cthulhu in the world of “Hello Kitty”, with hilarious results. The domain is defunct now, but it looks like you can download the series as a torrent if you are interested.

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I remember that one. Dagon had a fish shop.

[vbmoneyspender]

Don’t need Viking Kitties when you have Hastur, Hastur, Hastur.

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...that’s gotta hurt.

[agere_contra]

Here is a good place to find Faust's other works.

Superb!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You want a true horror... the Hello-Cthulhu website is now selling Viagra.

Another piece of my childhood destroyed.

(I was a seriously disturbed child but I got better or worse or something)

[ApplegateRanch]

Thanks! I love a good bed time story.

Somewhere in the dusty corners of our dimly lit basement, ‘neath the cobwebs drear, there lies upon a dusty shelf a sealed carton...one among many such...in which is safely laid up my copy of the Necronomicon.

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Wow - thanks!

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Sleep well.

[shibumi]

Well there's "The Call of Cthulhu" -

And then there's .....

Calls for Cthulhu!

[ApplegateRanch]

PLEASE! For The Love Of Nhl'Lopeolo'oleo'o Don't Take This Book Lightly!

Click and read at your own (sanity's) risk!

[shibumi]

If the kids won't sit still for the book, you can just read them this poem, preferably at bedtime:

That is not dead
(Tra-la-la!)
Which can eternal lie
(Hie-Dee-Hoe!)
And with strange aeons
(Fa-la-la-la-lee!)
Even death may die.

And what did you see on Mulberry Street?
(I saw Cthulhu, Last of the Old Ones, Rising From His Death-like Sleep in the Sunken City of R'Lyeh to Feast Upon the Souls of Men.)

[wastedyears]

Ping for non-tired reading. This sounds interesting.

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I’ve got to get a copy of that - my TV reception sucks.

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Don't forget the holiday music.

[JoeProBono]

[HangnJudge]

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...E-I-E-I-O.

[verga]

I am sad to say I hav never read "The call of Cthulhu" or any of Lovecraft's works. It now looks like I have more books to add to the reading pile.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[HangnJudge]

I have a collection of Lovecraft books

Wife sez wierdness occurs when they are opened
or is it the Cyclopean Geometry

The Necronomicon is calling...

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You’re very welcome.

Most or all of his works can be found as free ebooks - don’t remember the URL; but Google should find ‘em.

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Tell Nyarlathotep I said hi.

[verga]

I found a complete works set on "Amazon" for 99 cents for my kindle.

Pretty cheap and it puts some money in the collators hands for doing the work.

[HangnJudge]

Tell Nyarlathotep I said hi.

[RepRivFarm]

H.P. Lovecraft ping!!!

[stylecouncilor]

Ping

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***The Necronomicon is calling... ***

AL ZIFF! In arabic! BY Abdul Alhazred?

How much!

[BenLurkin]

[CatherineofAragon]

I always wanted to read Lovecraft, and then a few months ago I stumbled upon a 600-page compilation of 20 stories in Barnes and Noble-—for under eight bucks. I STILL haven’t finished the book because it’s so good I don’t want it to end.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/h-p-lovecraft-h-p-lovecraft/1100240763

[Conservaliberty]

this was one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. I hope this guy actually gets this published. I would buy it.

[Conservaliberty]

I knew that there was somethin fishy about Hilary.

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Totally.

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I might have to get that one myself.

[Darksheare]

NOT my fault.

[Army Air Corps]

Hello-Cthulhu? Hello Kitty meets Cthulhu?

[HangnJudge]

Hello Kitty meets Cthulhu?

or

[HangnJudge]

Hello Kitty meets Cthulhu?

or

[Tax-chick]

Good gravy. Rhyming “society” with “Missouri” didn’t exactly fly, did it?

[Darksheare]

No, it didn’t.
But, there can be only one Seuss.

[Tax-chick]

Dr. Seuss always had perfect scansion, too.

Oh, well, this is a good effort, at least. Covers the basic plot, and the illustrations are clever.