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This article is about the comics series. For the Marvel location, see Providence (Marvel Comics).

Providence
Providence #1 cover, by Jacen Burrows
Publication information
PublisherAvatar Press
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateMay 2015 – present
No. of issues10 (of 12)
Creative team
Created byAlan Moore
Jacen Burrows
Written byAlan Moore
Artist(s)Jacen Burrows
Letterer(s)Kurt Hathaway
Colorist(s)Juan Rodriguez
Editor(s)Jim Kuhoric
William A. Christensen
Collected editions
Act 1 Limited EditionISBN 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]

Publication history

Alan Moore heavily researched the series - in a six-month period he acquired "nearly every book of [Lovecraft] criticism that’s been written".[2]

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 homosexual 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

  1. ^ "Alan Moore's Providence Revealed". Avatar Press. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Ó Méalóid, Pádraig (April 16, 2013). "Interview: Alan Moore on Providence, Jerusalem, League and more – Part 1". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Talbot, Nick (31 August 2014). "All About Alienation: Alan Moore On Lovecraft And Providence". The Quietus. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Alan Moore Writes A Gay, Jewish Protagonist For Providence To Address Lovecraft's Prejudices". Bleeding Cool. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Providence". Comic Book Roundup. Retrieved February 22, 2016.

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