Propping Up the Mythos: What's New?

Propping Up the Mythos What's New?

[Recent Updates]-[A Biography]-[Older Updates]
Recent Updates

April 19, 2001= I've been busy finishing my short film H.P. Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep, so I aplogize for the delay in updates. I hope you like what's been added! I've Added a new section to the Gallery, new tips to Blasphemous Whispers and new links to Other Resources. I'm trying to track down a new copy of the Alchemist font. If you have one please let me know!
AUGUST 13, 2000= Added new tips to Blasphemous Whispers and an oil painting to the Gallery.

APRIL 8, 2000= Gave the page a face lift and added a statue of an Elder Thing to the Gallery.

FEBRUARY 16, 2000= Added three new Cthulhu statues, the King in Yellow, the Revelations of Glaaki and a tablet of Cthulhu to the Gallery. I am sorry that updates have not been made for the past eight months, my life has been quite busy. Expect more goodies in the future, though!

Go to older updates.

A Biography

Hello, my name is Christian Matzke, I am the web editor and creator of Propping up the Mythos. This section is an overview of me, this site, and what changes have been made to it recently.

I have been a Lovecraft fan since I was in High School. I remember the day Mike Parrotto (a long haired death metal fanatic with home-made tattoos) handed me a collection of Lovecraft's work. It was that old Del Rey edition with all the skulls and blood and insects on the cover. Very cheesy.

But after reading The Music of Erich Zann, The Whisperer in Darkness and just the first sentence of The Thing on the Doorstep I was hooked. I now own all four volumes of Arkham House's excellent collected works series, nearly all of Chaosium's Cycle Book series and half a dozen other collections of Mythos stories. Believe it or not, my prize possession is an identical copy of that Del Rey collection I read so long ago which I found for a dollar in a used book store.

I started this site because I wanted to share my enthusiasm for the Cthulhu Mythos with others. After making my own Cthulhu statues and Mythos tomes I realized how easy it was to do, and wanted to share my knowledge and experience with others. I hope you are inspired to create something of your own!

If you would like to link to this site, feel free to use either of these images!

Older Updates

OCTOBER 22= Added three new pages to my Necronomicon in the Gallery, and added a picture of the vinyl Cthulhu model to Other Resources.
dded a Bottled Deep One to the Gallery, and linked Bottling a Deep One to it.
OCTOBER 12= Added The Alchemist's Workshop. It is a growing collection of images and tools to help people in making Mythos props.
OCTOBER 8= Added a new photo to Making a Mythos Tome and a new Elder Sign to the Gallery, and also added a small page guide in the Gallery for entries with more than one page (some are as many as five to seven deep!).
OCTOBER 4= Added three pages of Chip Powell's arcane tome to the Gallery.
SEPTEMBER 22= Added four pages of a new arcane tome to the Gallery and two new tips to Blasphemous Whispers.
SEPTEMBER 13= Redesigned the Gallery. It is far more user friendly and asthetically pleasing.
SEPTEMBER 7= Added a sculpture of Great Cthulhu and another of a Shoggoth to the Gallery, both by David Carson.
AUGUST 25= Here is a great bit of news for fans of Cthulhu Live. Robert McLaughlin, author of Cthulhu Live emailed me to report that,

"Fantasy Flight Games has secured a license to produce Cthulhu Live 2d Edition. I'm speaking with them now about some changes. We'll have a few rules updates, some new templates, new skills, all new photos, and likely several new scripts. We are working on a better coordinated marketing effort, to try and build a stronger player base. I'll keep you posted as things develop."

JULY 27= Added two new suggestions to Blasphemous Whispers.
JULY 26= Added a Deep One mask to the Gallery. JULY 24= I just put all the images into a sub-directory. Whew! What a job! If there are any glitches please let me know.
JULY 22= Added a new sculpture to the Gallery.
JULY 21= Added a new pair of suggestions to Blasphemous Whispers, and plugged Return to Innsmouth.
JULY 2= Added instructional photos to Bottling a Deep One and Making an Elder Sign, and added a new Cthulhu statue, three Elder Signs, and a Tcho-Tcho carving to the Gallery.
JUNE 24= Joined the Cthulhu Web Ring.
JUNE 23= Added navigation buttons to the main page.
JUNE 22= The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets had this to say about the site:

"Leave it to a guy named Christian to instruct the legions of lethargy on how to go about creating your own Lovecraftian tomes, statues, and other props. Mr. Matzke does a wonderful job as he takes his readers on an illustrated, step-by-step journey on making cool, realistic Cthulhu statues, Necronomicons, and suchlike, including price and availability of materials, plus a gallery of finished products. Too bad it's only available online..."
Thanks guys! If someone wants to give me a book deal I wouldn't say no...
JUNE 18= Added a new letter to Blasphemous Whispers, and a photo of Robert M. Price dressed as the High Priest of Cthulhu at NecronomiCon 1997 to More Mythos Memorabilia.
JUNE 16= Added a new photo from Richard Longcoat's Miskatonic University of the Crypt of Cthulhu, and revamped this page.
JUNE 15= Changed the text of Making an Elder Sign to be more accurate and user-friendly.
JUNE 8= Added Making an Elder Sign.
JUNE 6= Added Bottling a Deep One and a new logo on the main page.
MAY 8= Added photos of the Fate of Silas Van Buren to the Gallery and images of my hollow book to More Mythos Memorabilia.
MAY 1= Added an Elder Sign to the Gallery and a photo from The Outsider to More Mythos Memorabilia.
APRIL 29= Added a new letter to Blasphemous Whispers.
APRIL 27= Added four images of a Cthulhu statue and thumbnails to the Gallery.
APRIL 26= Added a guestbook. Made the following additions to the Gallery: Added A new page of my Necronomicon, added side views of Flores' Cthulhu statue along with explanatory text, added the Cliff Notes to the Kitab Al Azif.
APRIL 19= Added two new letters to Blasphemous Whispers.
JUNE 18= Added a Cthulhu Pendant to the Gallery.
JUNE 11= Added a new Cthulhu bust by John Harding, a plaque of Cthulhu also by John Harding and a strange Cthulhuvian stone to the Gallery.
JUNE 4= Added two new sculptures of Cthulhu by John Harding to the Gallery.
MAY 22= Added two pages of a new Necronomicon by John Harding to the Gallery and a letter to Blasphemous Whispers. Revamped and added to Other Resources as well.
MAY 19= Added three new amulets to the Gallery including a new Yellow Sign.
MAY 1= Added three new Cthulhu statues, a Necronomicon and an Icon to the Gallery. Please go out and buy the new 2nd edition of Cthulhu Live, my Cthulhu statue and my Deep One in a bottle are both featured. Plus, my photo's on the cover. Cool!
MARCH 7= Hello! I have been through an interesting time with this site thanks to GeoCities and the Cliff Notes corporation. Suffice it to say GeoCities froze my old site for a copywrite infringement. But the site is back, infringement free and on a better server! Thank you to Richard Longcoat for offering me space on his miskatonic.net server, home of Miskatonic University. I have lots of new things for the site, so expect some updates in the weeks ahead. Finally, since I am having trouble getting GeoCities to delete my old site please help me spread the word about the new URL and change your bookmarks. Thanks!

NOVEMBER 17= Added a photo of the Colin Wilson Necronomicon and a garage kit Cthulhu to Other Resources.
NOVEMBER 9= My photographer friend Ian Perkins took some excellent photos of my Cthulhu Statue and my Bottled Deep One. I am very excited about this as I can finally show off these two props.

Have you seen the Yellow Sign?

All Text and Images Copyright Christian Matzke, 1999

		What's New? [Recent Updates]-[A Biography]-[Older Updates] Recent Updates April 19, 2001= I've been busy finishing my short film H.P. Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep, so I aplogize for the delay in updates. I hope you like what's been added! I've Added a new section to the Gallery, new tips to Blasphemous Whispers and new links to Other Resources. I'm trying to track down a new copy of the Alchemist font. If you have one please let me know! AUGUST 13, 2000= Added new tips to Blasphemous Whispers and an oil painting to the Gallery. APRIL 8, 2000= Gave the page a face lift and added a statue of an Elder Thing to the Gallery. FEBRUARY 16, 2000= Added three new Cthulhu statues, the King in Yellow, the Revelations of Glaaki and a tablet of Cthulhu to the Gallery. I am sorry that updates have not been made for the past eight months, my life has been quite busy. Expect more goodies in the future, though! Go to older updates. A Biography Hello, my name is Christian Matzke, I am the web editor and creator of Propping up the Mythos. This section is an overview of me, this site, and what changes have been made to it recently. I have been a Lovecraft fan since I was in High School. I remember the day Mike Parrotto (a long haired death metal fanatic with home-made tattoos) handed me a collection of Lovecraft's work. It was that old Del Rey edition with all the skulls and blood and insects on the cover. Very cheesy. But after reading The Music of Erich Zann, The Whisperer in Darkness and just the first sentence of The Thing on the Doorstep I was hooked. I now own all four volumes of Arkham House's excellent collected works series, nearly all of Chaosium's Cycle Book series and half a dozen other collections of Mythos stories. Believe it or not, my prize possession is an identical copy of that Del Rey collection I read so long ago which I found for a dollar in a used book store. I started this site because I wanted to share my enthusiasm for the Cthulhu Mythos with others. After making my own Cthulhu statues and Mythos tomes I realized how easy it was to do, and wanted to share my knowledge and experience with others. I hope you are inspired to create something of your own! If you would like to link to this site, feel free to use either of these images! Older Updates OCTOBER 22= Added three new pages to my Necronomicon in the Gallery, and added a picture of the vinyl Cthulhu model to Other Resources. dded a Bottled Deep One to the Gallery, and linked Bottling a Deep One to it. OCTOBER 12= Added The Alchemist's Workshop. It is a growing collection of images and tools to help people in making Mythos props. OCTOBER 8= Added a new photo to Making a Mythos Tome and a new Elder Sign to the Gallery, and also added a small page guide in the Gallery for entries with more than one page (some are as many as five to seven deep!). OCTOBER 4= Added three pages of Chip Powell's arcane tome to the Gallery. SEPTEMBER 22= Added four pages of a new arcane tome to the Gallery and two new tips to Blasphemous Whispers. SEPTEMBER 13= Redesigned the Gallery. It is far more user friendly and asthetically pleasing. SEPTEMBER 7= Added a sculpture of Great Cthulhu and another of a Shoggoth to the Gallery, both by David Carson. AUGUST 25= Here is a great bit of news for fans of Cthulhu Live. Robert McLaughlin, author of Cthulhu Live emailed me to report that, "Fantasy Flight Games has secured a license to produce Cthulhu Live 2d Edition. I'm speaking with them now about some changes. We'll have a few rules updates, some new templates, new skills, all new photos, and likely several new scripts. We are working on a better coordinated marketing effort, to try and build a stronger player base. I'll keep you posted as things develop." JULY 27= Added two new suggestions to Blasphemous Whispers. JULY 26= Added a Deep One mask to the Gallery. JULY 24= I just put all the images into a sub-directory. Whew! What a job! If there are any glitches please let me know. JULY 22= Added a new sculpture to the Gallery. JULY 21= Added a new pair of suggestions to Blasphemous Whispers, and plugged Return to Innsmouth. JULY 2= Added instructional photos to Bottling a Deep One and Making an Elder Sign, and added a new Cthulhu statue, three Elder Signs, and a Tcho-Tcho carving to the Gallery. JUNE 24= Joined the Cthulhu Web Ring. JUNE 23= Added navigation buttons to the main page. JUNE 22= The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets had this to say about the site: "Leave it to a guy named Christian to instruct the legions of lethargy on how to go about creating your own Lovecraftian tomes, statues, and other props. Mr. Matzke does a wonderful job as he takes his readers on an illustrated, step-by-step journey on making cool, realistic Cthulhu statues, Necronomicons, and suchlike, including price and availability of materials, plus a gallery of finished products. Too bad it's only available online..." Thanks guys! If someone wants to give me a book deal I wouldn't say no... JUNE 18= Added a new letter to Blasphemous Whispers, and a photo of Robert M. Price dressed as the High Priest of Cthulhu at NecronomiCon 1997 to More Mythos Memorabilia. JUNE 16= Added a new photo from Richard Longcoat's Miskatonic University of the Crypt of Cthulhu, and revamped this page. JUNE 15= Changed the text of Making an Elder Sign to be more accurate and user-friendly. JUNE 8= Added Making an Elder Sign. JUNE 6= Added Bottling a Deep One and a new logo on the main page. MAY 8= Added photos of the Fate of Silas Van Buren to the Gallery and images of my hollow book to More Mythos Memorabilia. MAY 1= Added an Elder Sign to the Gallery and a photo from The Outsider to More Mythos Memorabilia. APRIL 29= Added a new letter to Blasphemous Whispers. APRIL 27= Added four images of a Cthulhu statue and thumbnails to the Gallery. APRIL 26= Added a guestbook. Made the following additions to the Gallery: Added A new page of my Necronomicon, added side views of Flores' Cthulhu statue along with explanatory text, added the Cliff Notes to the Kitab Al Azif. APRIL 19= Added two new letters to Blasphemous Whispers. JUNE 18= Added a Cthulhu Pendant to the Gallery. JUNE 11= Added a new Cthulhu bust by John Harding, a plaque of Cthulhu also by John Harding and a strange Cthulhuvian stone to the Gallery. JUNE 4= Added two new sculptures of Cthulhu by John Harding to the Gallery. MAY 22= Added two pages of a new Necronomicon by John Harding to the Gallery and a letter to Blasphemous Whispers. Revamped and added to Other Resources as well. MAY 19= Added three new amulets to the Gallery including a new Yellow Sign. MAY 1= Added three new Cthulhu statues, a Necronomicon and an Icon to the Gallery. Please go out and buy the new 2nd edition of Cthulhu Live, my Cthulhu statue and my Deep One in a bottle are both featured. Plus, my photo's on the cover. Cool! MARCH 7= Hello! I have been through an interesting time with this site thanks to GeoCities and the Cliff Notes corporation. Suffice it to say GeoCities froze my old site for a copywrite infringement. But the site is back, infringement free and on a better server! Thank you to Richard Longcoat for offering me space on his miskatonic.net server, home of Miskatonic University. I have lots of new things for the site, so expect some updates in the weeks ahead. Finally, since I am having trouble getting GeoCities to delete my old site please help me spread the word about the new URL and change your bookmarks. Thanks! NOVEMBER 17= Added a photo of the Colin Wilson Necronomicon and a garage kit Cthulhu to Other Resources. NOVEMBER 9= My photographer friend Ian Perkins took some excellent photos of my Cthulhu Statue and my Bottled Deep One. I am very excited about this as I can finally show off these two props.
		All Text and Images Copyright Christian Matzke, 1999