If anything, the issue feels like a good pilot episode of an American supernatural-thriller TV show, built around some compelling Lovecraftian lore. However, since Im not the biggest Lovecraft fan in the world (Im not intimately familiar with the Cthulhu mythos, and Ive also never read Moores The Courtyard, to which Neonomicon is apparently a sequel), I wonder if Im getting as much out of the book as other readers might. As Agent Brears rather clunkily remarks, Its almost like some big literary in-joke--and I wonder if I would enjoy it more if I was better acquainted with the source material that Moore is working from. Read Full Review

If you contain your expectations, this is a very good horror/crime comic. Just cover up the place where it says Alan Moore on the cover and you'll probably have lower expectations and enjoy it more. Read Full Review

However, Lovecraft didnt develop his Greek etymology correctly, and other subsequent nomicons have merely continued Lovecrafts error--such as the currently popular vegan cookbook titled The Veganomicon (the image of the law of the vegan?). Thus, Moores Neonomicon continues the error as it supposedly means the image of the law of the new. Read Full Review