Alan Moore on Lovecraft and the 20th Century

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpajFQECzAk

The Wizard of Northampton in dialog with John Higgs, author of Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century, describing HP Lovecraft's curious, twisted grasp of the awful anxieties of 20th century America, and how this created the racist, horror-flecked prose that resonates even today. (via m1k3y) (more…)