Gallery: 101 images of the great Cthulhu

It's well known that the great Cthulhu has a particular bond with artists of all sorts. In H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu" it's documented thusly:

"It was from the artists and poets that the pertinent answers came ... a large proportion of them had dreamed very bizarre things, the intensity of the dreams being immeasurably the stronger during the period of the sculptor's delirium. Over a fourth of those who reported anything, reported scenes and half-sounds not unlike those which Wilcox had described; and some of the dreamers confessed acute fear of the gigantic nameless thing visible toward the last."

Even today hundreds of artists are moved by Cthulhu's dreams that emanate from the corpse city of R'Lyeh where he slumbers. Here are 100 of the works these febrile minds have produced in recent years,  plus Lovecraft's original drawing of the great elder god, making it an uneven 101. Enjoy!

(Note: If an image has no link or credit and you know the source, please let me know -- via the contact link at the right or in the comments -- so I can add it.)

(from MyConfinedSpace)

(from South Park)

(via MyConfinedSpace)

(via CGSociety.org)

(by Korintic)

(from CGHub)

(via Surrealismnow)

(from Florian Bertmer)

(from Steve Somers)

(from BattleDuck)

(from Drab Future)

(from Absynthe88)

(from Eddie Sharm)

(from Serrifth)

(from Mscorley)

(from Cariman) 

(by Don Kenn)

This last one is Lovecraft's own sketch of Cthulhu