''Neil Gaiman's Only The End of the World Again'' is a 2000 collection of a serialized fantasy story published by
Oni Press and originally appearing in ''Oni Double Feature'' #6–8 during 1998. The title ''Only the End of the World Again'' comes from the ''
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' franchise.
Overview
The story was created and written by
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...
, and adapted into comic by
P. Craig Russell, illustrated by
Troy Nixey and was colored for the collection by Matthew Hollingsworth.
Premise
The story concerns the character of
Lawrence Talbot, a claims adjustor and
werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (from Ancient Greek ), is an individual who can shapeshifting, shapeshift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a Shapeshifting, therianthropic Hybrid beasts in folklore, hybrid wol ...
who finds himself in
Innsmouth on a cold winter's night with the townspeople trying to bring about the return of the
Elder Gods. It was written as a tribute to
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for '' The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominatio ...
, and inspired by his novel ''
A Night in the Lonesome October''.
[Greenberg, Martin H., ed. ''Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny''. Avon Eos, 1998]
References
1994 short stories
1998 comics debuts
Comics by Neil Gaiman
Short stories by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy short stories
Oni Press titles
Cthulhu Mythos short stories
Cthulhu Mythos comics
British short stories
Works originally published in American magazines
Works originally published in fantasy fiction magazines
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