The Case of Charles Dexter Ward #[nn]

H. P. Lovecraft's celebrated tale of obsession, identity, and creeping dread gets the graphic novel treatment in this 2012 SelfMadeHero adaptation, with I. N. J. Culbard handling every creative role — writing, art, inking, coloring, and lettering. The cover sets the mood beautifully: a dark silhouette of a man rendered against weathered teal wood, a jigsaw puzzle piece conspicuously missing from his head, while a faint image of clasped hands glows at his center — a quietly unsettling image that speaks to fractured identity and hidden depths. Culbard's design sensibility turns Lovecraft's psychological horror into something visually elegant and thoroughly absorbing.