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'''''The Monument Mythos''''' is a [[YouTube]] [[analog horror]] webseries, set in different [[alternate history]] versions of the United States.<ref name="Heath-2024" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wehs |first1=Garet |title=Analog horror: The bizarre and the unsettling |url=https://georgiastatesignal.com/analog-horror-the-bizarre-and-the-unsettling/ |website=[[The Signal (college newspaper)|The Signal]] |access-date=April 13, 2024 |date=February 22, 2022 |type=Student newspaper}}</ref> The premises include [[James Dean]] serving as President and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] avoiding his assassination. The episodes are in the [[found footage (film technique)|found footage]] and [[mockumentary]] format and revolve around American national monuments being depicted in relation to unusual incidents, involving fictional conspiracy theory narratives, such as disappearances of immigrants near the [[Statue of Liberty]] and a mysterious infection affecting individuals near [[Mount Rushmore]].<ref name="Heath-2024">{{cite web |last=Heath |first=David |date=January 24, 2023 |title=12 Scariest Analog Horror Series |url=https://gamerant.com/best-analog-horror-series/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=[[Screen Rant|Game Rant]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="Saab-2024">{{Cite web |last1=Saab |first1=Hannah |last2=Cabezas |first2=Nikolas |date=October 24, 2022 |title=12 Creepiest Analog Horror Series on YouTube |url=https://collider.com/best-creepiest-analog-horror-youtube-series-channels/ |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Kok-2024">{{Cite web |last=Kok |first=Nestor |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Ghosts in the Machine: The Star-Spangled Monsters of Mister Manticore's "The Monument Mythos" |url=https://fnewsmagazine.com/2022/01/ghosts-in-the-machine-the-star-spangled-monsters-of-mister-manticores-the-monument-mythos/ |access-date=March 20, 2024 |website=F Newsmagazine |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Jenna Claire |title=What Is Monument Mythos? |url=https://dctribalmedia.com/5346/entertainment/what-is-monument-mythos/ |website=DC Tribal Media |access-date=April 13, 2024 |date=March 3, 2022 |type=Student newspaper}}</ref> [[Lovecraftian]] motifs are also present.<ref name="Heath-2024" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Szczesniak |first1=Alicia |title=A look into analog horror |url=https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2022/01/analog-horror-internet-reddit-series-episodes |website=[[The Post (Ohio student newspaper)|The Post]] |publisher=[[Ohio University]] |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=January 13, 2022 |type=Student newspaper}}</ref> Three seasons were produced, each consisting of 11 episodes.<ref name="Heath-2024" /> The series ran from August 26, 2020,<ref group="video" name="Casanas-2020a">{{cite AV media |people=Casanas, Alex |date=August 26, 2020 |title=CORNERFOLK {{!}} The Monument Mythos |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzSMHFFRi8I |access-date=April 14, 2024 |publisher=MISTER MANTICORE |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> to April 30, 2023.<ref group="video" name="Casanas-2023a">{{cite AV media |people=Casanas, Alex |date=April 30, 2023 |title=FREEDOMFOREVER {{!}} The Monument Mythos |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP4A4dIUJzo |access-date=April 14, 2024 |publisher=MISTER MANTICORE |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The storyline had been written in its entirety before the series' release, but the author began making changes to it starting with May 2021.<ref name="Kok-2024" /> The series' production included original music<ref name="Kok-2024" /> and [[voice acting]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Galante |first1=Gerardo |title=¿Qué es el Analog Horror? Descubre el nuevo terror de Internet |trans-title=What is analog horror? Discover the new terror of the Internet |url=https://elgeneracionalpost.com/cultura/cine/2022/0417/50125/que-es-el-analog-horror-descubre-el-nuevo-terror-de-internet.html |website=El Generacional |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=es |date=17 April 2022 |type=Student newspaper}}</ref><!--<ref>{{cite web |last1=Northerner |first1=Kenneth |title=FSU-based YouTuber ALEXKANSAS creates online content |url=https://www.fsunews.com/story/entertainment/2022/01/18/fsu-based-youtuber-alexkansas-creates-online-content/6548277001/ |website=[[FSView & Florida Flambeau]] |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706020525/https://www.fsunews.com/story/entertainment/2022/01/18/fsu-based-youtuber-alexkansas-creates-online-content/6548277001/ |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |date=January 18, 2022 |url-status=dead |type=Student newspaper}}</ref>-->

A spin-off show, ''The Nixonverse'', is set in the timeline in which [[Richard Nixon]] was elected as president instead. It ran from May 14<ref group="video" name="Casanas-2022a">{{cite AV media |people=Casanas, Alex |date=May 14, 2022 |title=THE LAST SON OF ALCATRAZ {{!}} The Nixonverse |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdcCQmMEKtk |access-date=April 14, 2024 |publisher=MISTER MANTICORE |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> to August 13, 2022.<ref group="video" name="Casanas-2022b">{{cite AV media |people=Casanas, Alex |date=August 14, 2022 |title=THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX {{!}} The Nixonverse |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmi3ENEOMXQ |access-date=April 14, 2024 |publisher=MISTER MANTICORE |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> A compilation film, ''The Absolute Nixonverse'', which added new sections and removed certain sections from the original series, was released on October 1, 2023, on the Dwight Comics YouTube channel.<ref group="video" name="Casanas-2023b">{{cite AV media |people=Casanas, Alex |date=October 1, 2023 |title=THE ABSOLUTE NIXONVERSE |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUbsgWa2CXY |access-date=April 14, 2024 |publisher=Dwight Comics |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

Nestor Kok of ''[[F Newsmagazine]]'' described the series in positive terms in 2022, writing: "There is nary an analog horror series, let alone a YouTube web series of any genre, that comes close to matching the scope and ambition of "The Monument Mythos"."<ref name="Kok-2024" /> According to Joe Hoeffner of ''[[Collider (website)|Collider]]'' in 2023, the series was among the most popular entries into the genre, alongside ''[[Local 58]]'', ''[[Gemini Home Entertainment]]'', and ''[[The Mandela Catalogue]]'', all of which have "increasingly elaborate backstories and mythologies, usually parceled out one cryptic piece at a time"; however, he singled out ''The Monument Mythos'' as being particularly engaging for its narrative puzzles. At the same time he commented that the approach risks becoming clichéd.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoeffner |first1=Joe |title=How 'Skinamarink' Uses - and Expands Upon - the Tropes of Analog Horror |url=https://collider.com/skinamarink-analog-horror/ |website=Collider |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=en |date=14 January 2023}}</ref> Tilly Lawton of ''Pocket Tactics'' classified the series as a type of an [[alternate reality game]], albeit one with a "[narrative] that [doesn't] alter regardless of player participation" (using the novel term "unfiction").<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lawton |first1=Tilly |title=A beginner's guide to the world of ARGs and Unfiction |url=https://www.pockettactics.com/args-for-beginners |website=Pocket Tactics |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=30 December 2022}}</ref> According to the author in 2022, a community of followers was gathering in the series' [[Discord]] server, where various thematic events were organized.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Northerner |first1=Kenneth |title=Catching up with student YouTuber Alex Casanas |url=https://www.fsunews.com/story/life/2022/02/13/catching-up-student-youtuber-alex-casanas/6766408001/ |website=[[FSView & Florida Flambeau]] |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517131953/https://www.fsunews.com/story/life/2022/02/13/catching-up-student-youtuber-alex-casanas/6766408001/ |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |date=February 13, 2022 |url-status=dead |type=Student newspaper}}</ref>

==References==
=== Works cited ===
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=== Video sources ===
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==External links==
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Revision as of 00:06, 20 April 2024

The Monument Mythos is a YouTube analog horror webseries, set in different alternate history versions of the United States.[1][2] The premises include James Dean serving as President and Martin Luther King Jr. avoiding his assassination. The episodes are in the found footage and mockumentary format and revolve around American national monuments being depicted in relation to unusual incidents, involving fictional conspiracy theory narratives, such as disappearances of immigrants near the Statue of Liberty and a mysterious infection affecting individuals near Mount Rushmore.[1][3][4][5] Lovecraftian motifs are also present.[1][6] Three seasons were produced, each consisting of 11 episodes.[1] The series ran from August 26, 2020,[video 1] to April 30, 2023.[video 2] The storyline had been written in its entirety before the series' release, but the author began making changes to it starting with May 2021.[4] The series' production included original music[4] and voice acting.[7]

A spin-off show, The Nixonverse, is set in the timeline in which Richard Nixon was elected as president instead. It ran from May 14[video 3] to August 13, 2022.[video 4] A compilation film, The Absolute Nixonverse, which added new sections and removed certain sections from the original series, was released on October 1, 2023, on the Dwight Comics YouTube channel.[video 5]

Nestor Kok of F Newsmagazine described the series in positive terms in 2022, writing: "There is nary an analog horror series, let alone a YouTube web series of any genre, that comes close to matching the scope and ambition of "The Monument Mythos"."[4] According to Joe Hoeffner of Collider in 2023, the series was among the most popular entries into the genre, alongside Local 58, Gemini Home Entertainment, and The Mandela Catalogue, all of which have "increasingly elaborate backstories and mythologies, usually parceled out one cryptic piece at a time"; however, he singled out The Monument Mythos as being particularly engaging for its narrative puzzles. At the same time he commented that the approach risks becoming clichéd.[8] Tilly Lawton of Pocket Tactics classified the series as a type of an alternate reality game, albeit one with a "[narrative] that [doesn't] alter regardless of player participation" (using the novel term "unfiction").[9] According to the author in 2022, a community of followers was gathering in the series' Discord server, where various thematic events were organized.[10]

References

Works cited

  1. ^ a b c d Heath, David (January 24, 2023). "12 Scariest Analog Horror Series". Game Rant. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Wehs, Garet (February 22, 2022). "Analog horror: The bizarre and the unsettling". The Signal (Student newspaper). Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Saab, Hannah; Cabezas, Nikolas (October 24, 2022). "12 Creepiest Analog Horror Series on YouTube". Collider. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Kok, Nestor (January 21, 2022). "Ghosts in the Machine: The Star-Spangled Monsters of Mister Manticore's "The Monument Mythos"". F Newsmagazine. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  5. ^ Armstrong, Jenna Claire (March 3, 2022). "What Is Monument Mythos?". DC Tribal Media (Student newspaper). Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  6. ^ Szczesniak, Alicia (January 13, 2022). "A look into analog horror". The Post (Student newspaper). Ohio University. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  7. ^ Galante, Gerardo (April 17, 2022). "¿Qué es el Analog Horror? Descubre el nuevo terror de Internet" [What is analog horror? Discover the new terror of the Internet]. El Generacional (Student newspaper) (in Spanish). Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  8. ^ Hoeffner, Joe (January 14, 2023). "How 'Skinamarink' Uses - and Expands Upon - the Tropes of Analog Horror". Collider. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  9. ^ Lawton, Tilly (December 30, 2022). "A beginner's guide to the world of ARGs and Unfiction". Pocket Tactics. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  10. ^ Northerner, Kenneth (February 13, 2022). "Catching up with student YouTuber Alex Casanas". FSView & Florida Flambeau (Student newspaper). Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

Video sources

  1. ^ Casanas, Alex (August 26, 2020). CORNERFOLK | The Monument Mythos (Video). MISTER MANTICORE. Retrieved April 14, 2024 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Casanas, Alex (April 30, 2023). FREEDOMFOREVER | The Monument Mythos (Video). MISTER MANTICORE. Retrieved April 14, 2024 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Casanas, Alex (May 14, 2022). THE LAST SON OF ALCATRAZ | The Nixonverse (Video). MISTER MANTICORE. Retrieved April 14, 2024 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Casanas, Alex (August 14, 2022). THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX | The Nixonverse (Video). MISTER MANTICORE. Retrieved April 14, 2024 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Casanas, Alex (October 1, 2023). THE ABSOLUTE NIXONVERSE (Video). Dwight Comics. Retrieved April 14, 2024 – via YouTube.

External links

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