I'm enjoying 'providence' by Alan Moore, as a distraction from the hawk book. Very good, way better story already (I'm 1/3 of way thru) than Promethea (I skipped all the story elements of that, couldn't get it at all). Much more like from hell or even Watchmen, as it's got a few different devices going on to keep it interesting (straight comic, text diaries and bits of ephemera). I don't know too much about Lovecraft, I read the houellebecq essay on him and enjoyed, but didn't like the actual story I read ('call of cthulu' I think) so much.