Now this was good fun.
This is a throwback to all the old 80s horror movies, with some lovecraftian demons and the fate of the world at stake thrown in for good measure.
Mining ship The Derleth (see what he did there) vanishes in the early 80s. Decades later the distress beacon starts sending out flares and salvage ship the McReady (See what he did there? if not, go watch The Thing) is on the case.
When they get there, they find the derleth has run aground and the crew may or may not be dead. Whatever they are, they're still up and about and talking to, and killing, the McReady's crew.
The artwork is amazingly good. The script is as god as anything else Joe Hill has written. The aple certainly didn't fall far from the tree in this family.
There are a whole bunch of throwbacks to 80s horror, the names of the ships, various crew member names etc. It's going to be wortth a second read to pick up on more easter eggs.
It's surreal, it's gory, it's completely bonkers and a great little cheat read. There's not much else to say about it. There's no deep hidden meanings or messages - unless try not to let Cthulu out is enough - and I wuldn't call that a particularly hidden message.
But let's go with that - DON'T LET CTHULU GO FREE! BAD IDEA.
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