Hey all,
I was hoping to send a call out to the writing community here on The Escapist forums and gauge your reactions to something, as I'm finding myself in something of a creative and (I suppose) ethical dilemma;
I've been developing a story for the last duple of months for a comic strip, it's a WW1-set horror story with something of a Lovecraftian bent to it. That "bent" has reached such a degree that I'm putting serious consideration to including elements of the Cthulhu mythos (obviously, the elements that are in the public domain), even going so far as to include references to Cthulhu himself (without necessarily mentioning him by name).
I guess what I'm wondering is this;
Is this okay? Is this something that people readily accept, or do folks turn their noses up when a schmuck like me comes along with what's tantamount to fan fiction? Do people view this as exploitative, or do they view the Cthulhu mythos on the same level of "fair game" as the Greek or Norse gods?
I guess that last question is the one that's playing on my mind more, as I don't want people to feel that I'd be doing this to exploit Lovecraft's name, but that I'd be genuinely doing it out of appreciation for his work. I don't know, I just wanted to throw the question out there, is this something that people are generally okay with, or would i just be opening myself up to a whole world of criticism for it?
I was hoping to send a call out to the writing community here on The Escapist forums and gauge your reactions to something, as I'm finding myself in something of a creative and (I suppose) ethical dilemma;
I've been developing a story for the last duple of months for a comic strip, it's a WW1-set horror story with something of a Lovecraftian bent to it. That "bent" has reached such a degree that I'm putting serious consideration to including elements of the Cthulhu mythos (obviously, the elements that are in the public domain), even going so far as to include references to Cthulhu himself (without necessarily mentioning him by name).
I guess what I'm wondering is this;
Is this okay? Is this something that people readily accept, or do folks turn their noses up when a schmuck like me comes along with what's tantamount to fan fiction? Do people view this as exploitative, or do they view the Cthulhu mythos on the same level of "fair game" as the Greek or Norse gods?
I guess that last question is the one that's playing on my mind more, as I don't want people to feel that I'd be doing this to exploit Lovecraft's name, but that I'd be genuinely doing it out of appreciation for his work. I don't know, I just wanted to throw the question out there, is this something that people are generally okay with, or would i just be opening myself up to a whole world of criticism for it?
