HPL
Publication date: March 28, 1972
Introduction
Published in October 1972 by Meade and Penny Frierson, the fanzine HPL is a comprehensive tribute to H. P. Lovecraft, featuring essays, stories, and artwork celebrating his legacy. Of particular interest to Robert E. Howard fans is the inclusion of an originally untitled poem by Howard, here titled "Who Is Grandpa Theobold?"
Notes
First printing limited to 1000 copies.
Second Printing limited to 500 copies.
The Associate Editor for articles was Stuart Schiff.
The Associate Editor for artwork was Herb Arnold.
Only one issue was ever published.
Two supplementary issues followed:
The HPL Supplement #1, released October 1972, and The HPL Supplement #2, released early 1973.
35 bound copies were numbered on a special page.
Price increased on this printing from $3 to $4.
Data from "The Illuminated Eye" bookstore, Springfield, IL. Contents from the verified 1st printing. Date of publication from Fanac.org. Presumably published with the first supplement, which is dated for the same month.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st - second printing 500 copies
- Edition format
- Magazine format (8.5 x 11, side stapled, #70 slick paper)
- Publication date
- March 28, 1972
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher / imprint
- Meade & Penny Frierson
- Cover art
- Front: Robert Kline Back: Herb Arnold
- Illustrations
- Robert Kline, Herb Arnold, Stephen Fabian, Richard Corben, Tim Kirk, Danny Frolich, Jim Garrison, Mike Scott, John Swanson, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, Denis Tiani, Gary Myers and Harry O. Morris
1 linked Howard work
- Who Is Grandpa Theobold? verse Poetry Publications
228 contents entries
- "Who Is Grandpa Theobold?" (poem)
- HPL: An Editorial • (1972) • essay by Meade Frierson, III and Penny Frierson [as by Meade Frierson and Penny Frierson] 2 · editorial
- Non-REH Contents
- Poeme en Prose • (1972) • poem by R. Alain Everts 4 · poem
- Poems by Everts & Frierson
- The Teller of Tales • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III 4 · poem
- "The Lovecraft Mythos" by Robert Bloch
- The Seeker - I • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III 4 · poem
- "A Haunter of the Night" by Joseph Payne Brennan
- The Seeker - II • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III 4 · poem
- "An Interview with Frank Belknap Long" by Stuart Schiff
- HPL • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy 4 · artwork
- "HPL: An Astrological Analysis" by E. Hoffman Price
- HPL [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 4 · artwork
- "Reminiscences of HPL" by E. Hoffmann Price
- The Lovecraft Mythos • (1972) • essay by Robert Bloch 5 · essay
- "Short Comments on the Writings of HPL" by Fritz Leiber
- Portrait of Lovecraft • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 5 · artwork
- "Ira A. Cole and HPL: A Brief Friendship" by R. Alain Everts
- A Haunter of the Night • (1972) • essay by Joseph Payne Brennan 6 · essay
- "An Early HPL Publisher" by William Crawford
- HPL (The Thing on the Doorstep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 6 · artwork
- "Biographic Notes on Lovecraft" by George T. Wetzel
- HPL (F. B. Long and Chaugnar Faugn) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 7 · artwork
- "HPL and Films" by J. Vernon Shea
- An Interview with Frank Belknap Long • (1972) • interview of Frank Belknap Long • interview by Stuart David Schiff 7
- "An Unknown HPL Artist" by Gerry de la Ree
- HPL (The White Ship) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson 9 · artwork
- "The Horror Theme After HPL" by William Scott Home
- HPL (Asenath Waite from The Thing on the Doorstep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 11 · artwork
- "The Cthulhu Mythos: A Study" by George T. Wetzel
- HPL: An Astrological Analysis • (1972) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price] 12 · essay
- "Notes on Collecting Lovecraftiana" by Stuart Schiff
- HPL (HPL's Astrological Chart) • (1972) • interior artwork by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price] 12 · artwork
- "Cthulhu in Mesoamerica" by Richard L. Tierney
- HPL (Edward Derby from The Thing on the Doorstep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 14 · artwork
- "The Derleth Mythos" by Richard L. Tierney
- HPL (William Dyer from Mountains of Madness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 15 · artwork
- "My Life with the Greatest Old One" by James Wade
- Reminiscences of H. P. L. • (1971) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price] 16 · essay
- "The Terrible Parchment" by Manly Wade Wellman
- HPL (Wlater Gilman Through Hyperspace) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben 17 · artwork
- "The Burrowers Beneath" by Brian Lumley (1st Chapter)
- A Few Short Comments on the Writings of HPL • (1972) • essay by Fritz Leiber 18 · essay
- "Order of Assassins"by Colin Wilson (Excerpts from a working manuscript)
- HPL (The Festival) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 18 · artwork
- "Those Beneath the Waves" by Herb Arnold
- Atlantis • (1968) • poem by Ira A. Cole 19 · poem
- "A Madness from the Vaults" by J. Ramsey Campbell
- Ira A. Cole and Howard Phillips Lovecraft: A Brief Friendship • (1969) • essay by R. Alain Everts 19 · essay
- "Legends" by Darrell Schweitzer
- Order of Assassins (excerpts) • (1972) • short fiction by Colin Wilson 22 · story
- "The Elder Sign" by Al Attanasio"
- HPL (The Terrible Old Man) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 22 · artwork
- "The Weird Tale of Howard Philip" by Joseph F. Pumilia
- HPL (Wilber Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben 23 · artwork
- "Dark Providence" by Jerry Saunders
- An Early HPL Publisher • (1972) • essay by William L. Crawford [as by Wm. L. Crawford] 24 · essay
- "Others Who Are Not Men" by W. Paul Ganley
- HPL (At the Mountains of Madness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 24 · artwork
- "The Return of Zhosph" by Gary Myers
- Biographic Notes on Lovecraft • (1972) • essay by George T. Wetzel 25 · essay
- "The Drawings on the Desktops" by John Sellers
- HPL (Shantak Bird from Unknown Kadath) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 25 · artwork
- "Threshold to Doomcrack" by Robert C. Sudol
- Cromlech • (1972) • poem by Walter Shedlofsky 27 · poem
- "Planetfall on Yuggoth" by James Wade
- HPL (Cthulhu Rising) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 27 · artwork
- "Predator" by Walter C. DeBill
- HPL and Films • (1972) • essay by J. Vernon Shea 28 · essay
- "Dull Scavengers Wax Crafty" by William Scott Home
- HPL (Innsmouth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 28 · artwork
- "What the Moon Brings" by George T. Wetzel
- HPL [3] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 29 · artwork
- "Totem" by John Jacob
- HPL [44] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy 29 · artwork
- "Down to the Sea" by Bill Wallace
- An Unknown HPL Artist • (1972) • essay by Gerry de la Ree 30 · essay
- An Unknown HPL Artist (An Old One and a Shuggoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Ivan Funderburgh 31 · artwork
- The Horror Theme after HPL • (1972) • essay by William Scott Home 32 · essay
- HPL (The Dunwich Horror) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 32 · artwork
- HPL (Hastur, Carcosa and the King in Yellow) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 33 · artwork
- HPL [5] • (1972) • interior artwork by Mark Gelotte 34 · artwork
- The Cthulhu Mythos: A Study • (1955) • essay by George T. Wetzel 35 · essay
- HPL (Ghouls) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 35 · artwork
- HPL (An Innsmouth "Fishwife") • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben 36 · artwork
- A Clerihew • (1972) • poem by J. Vernon Shea 37 · poem
- HPL (Nyarlathotep) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 37 · artwork
- HPL [6] • (1972) • interior artwork by Ron Miller 38 · artwork
- HPL [7] • (1972) • interior artwork by Ron Miller 39 · artwork
- HPL (The Hound) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben 40 · artwork
- Stargazer 1937 & 1972 • (1972) • poem by Meade Frierson, III 41 · poem
- Stargazer 1937 & 1972 • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 41 · artwork
- Stalking the Elusive Necronomicon • (1972) • essay by Roger Bryant 42 · essay
- HPL [8] • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 43 · artwork
- Notes on Collecting Lovecraftiana • (1972) • essay by Stuart David Schiff [as by Stuart D. Schiff] 44 · essay
- Notes on Collecting Lovecraftiana • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 44 · artwork
- HPL (Cthulhu Idol) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 45 · artwork
- Notes on Researching Lovecraftiana • (1972) • essay by John L. McInnis, III 46 · essay
- HPL (Albert Wilmarth from The Whisperer in Darkness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 46 · artwork
- Mountains of Madness • (1963) • poem by Richard L. Tierney 47 · poem
- To Mount Sinai • (1972) • poem by Richard L. Tierney 47 · poem
- HPL [9] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 47 · artwork
- Many-Columned Iram • (1972) • poem by Walter Shedlofsky 47 · poem
- Cthulhu in Mesoamerica • (1972) • essay by Richard L. Tierney 48 · essay
- Pickman's Passing • (1972) • poem by Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge 49 · poem
- HPL (Wilbur Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 49 · artwork
- HPL (Tsathaggua) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 49 · artwork
- HPL on NIght Gallery: A Review • (1972) • essay by Bill Wallace 50 · review
- HPL [10] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy 50 · artwork
- HPL (Strange High House in the Mist) • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 51 · artwork
- Lovecraft's Follies: A Review • (1972) • essay by J. Vernon Shea 51 · review
- HPL (Gug) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 52 · artwork
- Review: Selected Letters: 1929—1931 by H. P. Lovecraft • (1972) • review by James Wade 52 · review
- The Derleth Mythos • (1972) • essay by Richard L. Tierney 53 · essay
- The Derleth Mythos (The Return of Hastur) • (1939) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 53 · artwork
- My Life with the Greatest Old One • (1972) • essay by James Wade 54 · essay
- HPL [11] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 54 · artwork
- Gruden Itza: The Evolution of a Sub-Mythos • (1972) • essay by Donald J. Walsh [as by Don Walsh, Jr.] 55 · essay
- HPL (He) • (1972) • short fiction by Mike Scott 55 · story
- Final Call • (1972) • poem by John Jacob 56 · poem
- Crescendoes for the Wind Walker • (1972) • poem by Richard Heffern 56 · poem
- HPL (Robert Blake from The Haunter of the Dark) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 56 · artwork
- HPL (Ithaqua) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 56 · artwork
- The Weird Tale of Phillip Love • (1972) • short story by Joseph F. Pumilia 57 · story
- HPL [12] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 57 · artwork
- HPL [13] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 59 · artwork
- HPL (The Horror in the Burying Ground) • (1937) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of The Horror in the Burying-Ground) 61 · artwork
- Some Unpublished HPL Correspondence • (1972) • short fiction by uncredited 62 · story
- HPL (Coming Home from the Dunwich Bookstore) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 62 · artwork
- HPL [14] • (1972) • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris [as by Harry Morris] 63 · artwork
- Found in a Storm-Destroyed Lighthouse • (1972) • poem by Richard L. Tierney 64 · poem
- Psyche • (1972) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp 64 · poem
- The Book of Madness • (1972) • poem by Edward S. Lauterbach 64 · poem
- The Book and the Horror • (1972) • poem by Richard L. Tierney 64 · poem
- The Book of Madness • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 64 · artwork
- The Quarry • (1972) • poem by W. Paul Ganley 64 · poem
- HPL [15] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 64 · artwork
- HPL [16] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 64 · artwork
- HPL (The Outsider) • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 65 · artwork
- HPL (Arkham) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 66 · artwork
- HPL (R'lyeh) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Adkins Richardson 67 · artwork
- HPL (Wilbur Whateley's Death) • (1972) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 68 · artwork
- HPL (Wilbur Whateley's Death) [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 69 · artwork
- HPL (The Dunwich Horror) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 70 · artwork
- HPL (The Dunwich Horror) [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by John Adkins Richardson 71 · artwork
- HPL (Pickman's Model) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 72 · artwork
- HPL (The Whisperer in the Dark) • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Steve Fabian] 73 · artwork
- HPL (Cthulhu) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 74 · artwork
- HPL (The Hound) • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 75 · artwork
- HPL (The Elder Ones) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 76 · artwork
- HPL (Priest of Dagon from the Shadow Over Innsmouth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 77 · artwork
- HPL (The Rats in the Walls) • (1972) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Steve Fabian] 78 · artwork
- HPL (The Rats in the Walls) [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 79 · artwork
- HPL (Halloween in the Suburbs) • (1972) • interior artwork by Jim Garrison 80 · artwork
- The Terrible Parchment • (1937) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman 81 · story
- HPL (Cthulhu) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson 82 · artwork
- The Burrowers Beneath • (1972) • short story by Brian Lumley 83 · story
- The Burrowers Beneath • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 83 · artwork
- HPL (One of the Great Race) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 84 · artwork
- HPL (The Festival) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson 85 · artwork
- HPL (An Inhabitant of the Nameless City) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 87 · artwork
- Others Who Are Not Men • (1972) • novelette by W. Paul Ganley 89 · novelette
- HPL [17] • (1972) • interior artwork by Clay Fourrier 89 · artwork
- HPL (Dunwich's Round Mtn.) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 90 · artwork
- HPL [18] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy 91 · artwork
- HPL [19] • (1972) • interior artwork by Mark Gelotte 93 · artwork
- HPL (The Evil Clergyman) • (1972) • interior artwork by John Swanson 94 · artwork
- HPL [20] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 95 · artwork
- HPL (Night Gaunts) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 96 · artwork
- HPL [21] • (1972) • interior artwork by Mike Scott 97 · artwork
- The Return of Zhosph • (1972) • short story by Gary Myers 98 · story
- The Return of Zhosph • (1972) • interior artwork by Gary Myers 98 · artwork
- The Drawings on the Desktops • (1972) • short story by John P. Sellers, III 99 · story
- HPL [22] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 99 · artwork
- Threshold to Doomcrack • (1972) • short story by Robert C. Sudol 102 · story
- HPL (Azathoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Richard Corben 102 · artwork
- The Temple • (1972) • poem by John P. Sellers, III 103 · poem
- Planetfall on Yuggoth • (1972) • short story by James Wade 104 · story
- Planetfall on Yuggoth (Yuggoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 104 · artwork
- HPL (Mi-Go) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 105 · artwork
- HPL (Henry Akeley from the Whisperer in the Darkness) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 105 · artwork
- Predator • (1972) • short story by Walter C. DeBill, Jr. [as by Walter C. DeBill] 106 · story
- They Wake Off Innsmouth • (1972) • poem by Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge 107 · poem
- HPL [23] • (1972) • interior artwork by Ron Miller 107 · artwork
- HPL [24] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy 107 · artwork
- Those Beneath the Waves • (1972) • short story by Herb Arnold 108 · story
- Those Beneath the Waves • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 108 · artwork
- Those Beneath the Waves [2] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 109 · artwork
- HPL (Yog-Sothoth) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 111 · artwork
- HPL [25] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 112 · artwork
- A Madness from the Vaults • (1972) • short story by Ramsey Campbell [as by J. Ramsey Campbell] 113 · story
- HPL [26] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 113 · artwork
- HPL (Shub-Niggurath) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 114 · artwork
- Legends • (1972) • short story by Darrell Schweitzer 115 · story
- The Elder Sign • (1972) • short story by A. A. Attanasio [as by Al Attanasio] 116 · story
- HPL [27] • (1972) • interior artwork by Bill Guy 117 · artwork
- Dull Scavengers Wax Crafty • (1972) • short story by William Scott Home [as by Wm. Scott Home] 118 · story
- HPL [28] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 119 · artwork
- HPL [29] • (1972) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 120 · artwork
- HPL [30] • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 121 · artwork
- HPL [31] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dave Studzinski 122 · artwork
- HPL [32] • (1972) • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 123 · artwork
- The Eater of the Dead • (1972) • short story by George T. Wetzel 124 · story
- HPL (Chaugnar Faugh) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 125 · artwork
- What the Moon Brings • (1972) • short story by George T. Wetzel 126 · story
- HPL (Ambrose deWart's House from Lurker at the Threshold) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 127 · artwork
- Totem • (1972) • short story by John Jacob 128 · story
- Down to the Sea • (1972) • short story by Bill Wallace 131 · story
- HPL [33] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dave Studzinski 132 · artwork
- HPL (Deep Ones) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 133 · artwork
- Who Is Grandpa Theobold? • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 134 · poem
- The Dreamer's Knell • (1972) • poem by Walter Shedlofsky 134 · poem
- Notes to "Who Is Grandpa Theobold?" • (1965) • essay by Glenn Lord 134 · essay
- HPL [34] • (1972) • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 134 · artwork
- Contributor's Notes (HPL)? • (1972) • essay by uncredited 135 · essay
- HPL (Wilbur Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 136 · artwork
- HPL (The Dunwich Horror) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 137 · artwork
- HPL [35] • (1972) • interior artwork by Harry O. Morris [as by Harry Morris] 139 · artwork
- HPL [36] • (1972) • interior artwork by Dany Frolich 140 · artwork
- HPL (Death of Wizard Whateley) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 140 · artwork
- Hannes Bok and HPL • (1972) • essay by Emil Petaja 141 · essay
- Hannes Bok and HPL • (1972) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok 141 · artwork
- Arkham Episode • (1972) • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan 141 · poem
- Special Announcements • (1972) • essay by uncredited 141 · essay
- Gallery • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold and Tim Kirk and Ron Miller and Mike Scott 142 · artwork
- Survey of Current Publications in the Field of the Macabre with Special Emphasis on H. P. Lovecraft • (1972) • essay by uncredited 143 · essay
- HPL (The Haunter of the Dark) • (1972) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold 144 · artwork
Contributors
- George T. Wetzel
- Essayist
- Stuart Schiff
- Essayist
- Robert Kline
- Cover artist, Illustrator
- Herb Arnold
- Cover artist, Illustrator
- Stephen Fabian
- Illustrator
- Richard Corben
- Illustrator
- Tim Kirk
- Illustrator, Essayist
- Danny Frolich
- Illustrator
- Jim Garrison
- Illustrator
- Mike Scott
- Illustrator
- John Swanson
- Illustrator
- Virgil Finlay
- Illustrator
- Lee Brown Coye
- Illustrator
- Denis Tiani
- Illustrator
- Gary Myers
- Illustrator
- Harry O. Morris
- Illustrator
- Meade Frierson , III
- Editor
- Penny Frierson
- Editor
- Joseph Payne Brennan
- Essayist
- E. Hoffmann Price
- Essayist
- Glenn Lord
- Essayist
- Emil Petaja
- Essayist
- Fritz Leiber
- Essayist
- R. Alain Everts
- Essayist
- William L. Crawford
- Essayist
- J. Vernon Shea
- Essayist
- Gerry de la Ree
- Essayist
- William Scott Home
- Essayist
- Roger Bryant
- Essayist
- Stuart David Schiff
- Essayist
- John L. McInnis , III
- Essayist
- Richard L. Tierney
- Essayist
- Bill Wallace
- Essayist
- James Wade
- Essayist
- Robert Bloch
- Essayist
- Donald J. Walsh
- Essayist
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- HPL
- Publisher
- Meade & Penny Frierson
- Date
- March 28, 1972
- Source file
- HPL-TributetoLovecraft.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- HPL
- Publisher
- Meade & Penny Frierson
- Date
- March 28, 1972