Webcomic Wonder - Those Unknowable: The Shadows Over Innsmouth

Subject: Those Unknowable: The Shadows Over Innsmouth

"Lovecraft differently"


Who makes this?

Seth Witfoth (aka "MistakeNPotatoes")

What does the creator say about their comic?

(from the comic's profile on Comic Fury)

A story that takes place in Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos - it will also incorporate many more stories and worlds that Lovecraft wrote about."

The first impression you might get is that this comic centers on monsters.  It does, mostly.

It also goes into the humans involved in the goings on, but it is largely about the horrors (who are strangely sympathetic).

As usual, I'm not going to go into some "rating" system, but let's delve into some forbidden eldritch lore.

Art:
Wow.

Seth's art is TOP NOTCH.  The creator has a very clean, technical linework and amazing colors and shading.  He has a wonderful grasp of angles.  All told, a quality package.

Characters:
There are two sides to the characters.  On the one hand, you have the hapless humans, caught up in the machinations of things elder and eldritch.

The other, and argubly more iconic side, is a cadre of elder thingies, including a dimensional shambler, a bykakhee, and a group of deep ones.

I hate to say it, but the creator seems to have a "favorite" side, and it's not the humans.  Though he takes great care with them, they seem to lose out on face time and development when compared to the monsters.


The Writey Bits:
This is a long-form comic, with a clear narrative.  It is slow-moving, but this only helps to build tension.


Update Schedule:
In general, Those Unknowable: The Shadows Over Innsmouth updates twice a week, typically on Wednesday and Friday.  This helps to alleviate some of the slow pacing and makes it easy to follow week-to-week


The Verdict:
If you're not reading, then why not?  It is an entertaining (and occasionally horror-tinted) tale, long in shadows and short in flaws.