It’s new to me: The Adventures of Lil’ Cthulhu

I never thought I would say that H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu could be turned into a children’s video and that it would be cute. But it is. And if you’re unfamiliar with all things Lovecraftian, visit The H.P. Lovecraft Archive or the Wikipedia article. He was also mentioned in a recent episode of Supernatural, information about which can be found at The Lovecraftsman.


I know this video has been around a long time, but I only just encountered it. The story and animation are credited to Zachary Murray and narration by Erika Fontana. There are even Lil’ Cthulhu T-shirts and what not available at CafePress.

Tintin in the land of LovecraftAlso while trying to find more information about the creator of Lil’ Cthulhu, I stumbled across Murray “Muz” Groat’s charming covers of Tintin’s adventures in the land of Lovecraft. Groat is really talented, but I don’t know how he goes to sleep at night with all that prowling around in his brain.

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Jennifer Petkus divides her time between writing Jane Austen-themed mysteries, creating websites for the dead, woodworking, aikido and building model starships. She has few credentials, having failed to graduate from the University of Texas with a journalism degree, but did manage to find employment at the Colorado Springs Sun newspaper as a cop reporter, copy editor and night city editor before the paper died in 1986. She has done little since. Her husband is the night editor at The Denver Post. Her best friend is a cop. She watched Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon live. She is the author of, Good Cop, Dead Cop: A Novel about the AfterNet. She’s writing the sequel, The Background Noise of Souls, and another AfterNet related story, Jane Austen’s Book Tour.

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