''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

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