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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

It's amazing to me how popular Cthulhu has become in the last few years. I was introduced to Lovecraft's works back in the late 80's (as a kid) along with his close friend, Robert E Howard (Conan). I was in a dark place then. Brooding, melancholy, and a bit aggressive; all typical traits of a teen traversing puberty. I still have a fondness for Lovecraft's stuff, but I find it curious that the figurehead of his dark pantheon is gaining traction within pop-culture. I'm not sure at exactly what this says about the current climate of society, but it's quite interesting that more and more people are drawn to this literature and the concepts it revolves around. Maybe Lovecraft's dark god is calling out to his tractable souls..."buy my shit and together we will drag the world into darkness."

...anyway, very cool statue...wish it were a 20" fig though.

Funny bit, that's kind of how I got into it too with help from my dad. I was into Clive Barker in the late 80's myself and My dad suggested I read one of his favorites. What is odd about it all is how forward-thinking Lovecraft was in his pantheon (not in his social views/relations) and how rare it is that other people, "get it." Far too often his writings have been given over to the mass-accepted fear of Satanism or occultism which is faaaaar from what he was trying to convey.
I attend the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival practically every year just to see how many people have been influenced by his work and, yes, Cthulhu gets all the attention but there are so many other interesting writings he did.
As far as the sculpt, a very beautiful rendition of the old fellow. As my hobby I am always more inclined toward action figures rather then static statues but this has a very pleasing symmetry and I think one of the better renditions of Cthulhu I've seen in a while, the last one of note was Siderzero's rendition of the idol (enter: spiderzero cthulhu spawn" if you would like to see it.