Providence (Avatar Press)
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Providence #1 cover, by Jacen Burrows
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Avatar Press |
| Format | Limited series |
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| Publication date | May 2015 – present |
| Number of issues | 8 (of 12) |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Alan Moore |
| Artist(s) | Jacen Burrows |
| Letterer(s) | Kurt Hathaway |
| Colorist(s) | Juan Rodriguez |
| Creator(s) | Alan Moore Jacen Burrows |
| Editor(s) | Jim Kuhoric William A. Christensen |
| Collected editions | |
| Act 1 Limited Edition | ISBN 1592912818 |
Providence is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows,[1] published by American company Avatar Press from 2015 to 2016. The story is both a prequel and sequel to Moore's previous story Neonomicon and part of HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.[2][3]
Contents
Publication history
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But what Providence is, is an attempt to write – at least, my attempt to write what I would consider to be a piece of ultimate Lovecraft fiction, in that it will be fiction, it will be a continuation of Neonomicon, it will in a sense be a prequel to that book, but it will also – slightly – be a sequel as well. It will be dealing with the world of Lovecraft’s American-based fiction[2]
Plot
The series is set in 1919 and centres on Robert Black, a Jewish writer initially working in New York as a reporter for the New York Herald. Black takes a leave of absence from his journalism career, with the intention of writing a Great American Novel using "the “Outsiders”, perhaps “occult Outsiders”—whom he is on the trail of across New England—as a metaphor for social outsiders".[4]
Reception
The series has met with critical acclaim, holding an average score of 9.1 out of 10 at review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup.[5]
Collected editions
The series is being collected into individual volumes:
- Providence Act 1 Limited Edition Hardcover (collects Providence #1-4, Avatar Press, 160 pages, May 2016, 978-1592912810)
References
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External links
- Providence at Avatar Press
- Providence at the Grand Comics Database
- Providence at the Comic Book DB
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