Cliffourd the Big Red God (Mini Mythos) [Hardcover]

Kenneth Hite (Author), Andy Hopp (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2011

Little Wilbur Whateley has a god.
It's a big red god.
Other folks have gods, too ...
but Wilbur has the biggest, reddest god in Dunwich.<.i>

Renowned Cthulhu Mythos aficionado Kenneth Hite retells H P Lovecraft's classic "The Dunwich Horror" in this story of childhood terror, with adorable* illustrations by Andy Hopp.

Cliffourd the Big Red God features 32 pages of full-color illustration, and is sure to be a hit with the newest generation of Lovecraft fans and their parents. The third in the Mini Mythos series (after Where the Deep Ones Are and The Antarctic Express).

* May not be adorable to all earthly species.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Atlas Games (July 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589781252
• ISBN-13: 978-1589781252
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good for tots November 23, 2011

By Cherissa F. Crossland

Format:Hardcover

My husband and I got this book as a gift for the 2-year-old child of friends; the boy now asks for it nightly and tries to "read" along. It has helped improve his enunciation as well as his love for books in general. His parents have approved purchase of the other Mini Mythos books.

Like another reviewer, I had misgivings that this book would be more a gift to delight the child's parents (rather than the child), but the art and prose style successfully emulate the Big Red Dog books - there's some time-tested kid appeal right there. As a result, the images are fun and non-threatening; the read-aloud patter is engaging to children.

This book is also entirely appropriate for grown geeks.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars More of the same from the Mini-Mythos series August 1, 2011

By Matthew T. Carpenter

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Atlas Games must have had some success with their two previous issues, Where the Deep Ones Are and The Antarctic Express, because Kenneth Hite has come up with another mash up of a children's classic and an HPL mythos story. This time it's Norman Bridwell's series, Clifford the Big Red Dog that gets the tentacle treatment. Most kids end up reading one or a dozen of Bridwell's books about Emily Elizabeth and her beloved pet. Mr. Hite has taken this series and superimposed it on Wilbur Whateley and the Dunwich Horror.

Art is by Andy Hopp, who produced the monsters in Where the Deep Ones Are. Once again he has done a superb job, consciously mimicking the style of Clifford while making the creature delightfully his own. CLiffourd is creepy and cute at the same time. As for the story, well, there's not much of one, just like there is never much of a story in the Clifford books. Actually compared to the first two in the Mini-Mythos series, Cliffourd has text that is even more thin. On the other hand anyone inclined at all to buy Cliffourd won't give a rip about that.

My misgivings are pretty much the same as for all of these. This is not a book for children, it's a book for mythos geeks and collectors, or fanciers of Lovecraftian art. The cost for a book with about 30 pages of pictures and text seems pretty extreme. As long as they sell well I'm sure Atlas Games will continue making these books and I will continue to collect them. They can keep using Andy Hopp all the time as far as I'm concerned. I idly wonder if they used the name Cliffourd to avoid pesky legal proceedings.