Artist Tatsuya Morino puts a unique twist on the great monsters of Gothic literature in a series of illustrations featured in the book Kaibutsu Gensō Gashū.
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, 1818 [+]
The Fly - George Langelaan, 1957
Moxon's Master - Ambrose Bierce, 1919
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1901
The Voice in the Night - William Hope Hodgson, 1907
War with the Newts (Válka s mloky) - Karel Čapek, 1936
The Sea Raiders - H.G. Wells, 1896
Morlock (from The Time Machine) - H.G. Wells, 1895 [+]
Dracula - Bram Stoker, 1897
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid - H.G. Wells, 1894
The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe, 1841
Moby Dick - Herman Melville, 1851
La Vénus d'Ille - Prosper Mérimée, 1837
The Dunwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft, 1929 [+]
The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells, 1898
The Terror of Blue John Gap - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1912
The Hunting of the Snark - Lewis Carroll, 1874
Nyarlathotep - H.P. Lovecraft, 1920
Empire of the Ants - H.G. Wells, 1905
The Call of Cthulhu - H.P. Lovecraft, 1926
[Source: Kaibutsu Gensō Gashū (published by Fūjinsha, 1999)]
Will @ AJRMS
Killer, thank you.
[]Joel
Superb as always!
[]Boyo
Tatsuya Morino also did the illustrations for Yokai Attack!
http://www.yokaiattack.com/
[]Sergio Pessoa
Awesome works! Words are not enough!
[]Trilobite
Oh... my god... these are FANTASTIC. This post literally owns, thank you for sharing!
[]Matthew Meyer
These are great! Just in time for Halloween!
[]Walter
these are wonderful! The artist looks to be inspired somewhat by Erol Otus.
[]David LaSpina / JapanDave
Wow, those are some great images! Thanks for sharing.
[]unofficialdear
So awesome, they make me want to read the stories I haven't read yet. :D
[]David
Wonderful eye-candy. Tetsuya Moriono is truly a worthy succssor to the style of Shigeru Mizuki. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
[]Mizuki
Subarashi!
[]BalloonCat
Is it just me, or are some of these actually kind of cute?
[]anon
All good except Cthulhu. He's not a medusa at all. So that one was disappointing. The rest were neat though
[]ginger
Love it *_*
[]Zombie
This is so awsome!!!! reminds me a little bit of Justin Hillgrove...
[]dream killer
This is pointless art .....................
[]Eric McMahon
As was your comment...except that the latter wasn't art--just pointless.
[]Mischievous Echo
Woah...It's like his illustrations are having sex with my eyes....
[]Dumb Man
.... that's Awesome drawing art,...
[]Stumb it :)
Vv102
The SLIMY effect is strong! Good talent with even the detailed sketching.
[]Evangilene
Holy Cow... I Flippin' Love These!
[]Rosario
Estas ilustraciones son fantasticas!
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