Johannes Cabal

A fan-operated Tumblr dedicated to Johannes Cabal (a necromancer of some little infamy) and his general mischief. Welcome.

[thistlebeetle]

Been watching a lot of Blackadder II and reading a lot of Jonathan L. Howard, so here’s a character design for a 16th Century Johannes Cabal. And his birb. Johannes is possibly my favorite literary character of all time, so it was past time to make some related art.

Looked at some medieval occult philosophers as well as 16th century costumes for reference. And Peter Cushing for bone structure, of course.

Also got to give a shout out to http://www.esotericarchives.com/ which was a wonderful research tool for gathering info to design my own summoning circle feat. the spirits of the planets.

[eviltwin76]

I am just a human trying to avoid my certain doom

[the-infamous-padfoot]

needs a lot of work, and more outfits, but It’s been ages since i posted any art, so here’s the start of dress up Leonie Barrow! 

[sator-the-wanderer]

Time of the year to re-read Exeunt Demon King

“Christmas comes around but once a year. To Johannes Cabal, this showed shocking over-familiarity and ill-breeding.

 Still, Christmas Eve, Cabal thought as he looked at the calendar on the parlour mantelpiece. A family time. Usually, his solitary lifestyle was not only necessary to his researches, but very much his preference. Sometimes, though, just sometimes…“

[sator-the-wanderer]

All the Cabals from “Ouroboros Ouzo” (tag yourself I’m zombie Cabal)

In order of appearence (from left to right):

• Johannes Cabal - a necromancer of some little infamy

• Old Cabal - he’s sarcastic

• Tough Cabal - lost an eye and swears a lot

• Ghoul Cabal - “No Pope?”

• Zombie Cabal - meh

• College Cabal - graduated at the Miskatonic University, right?

• Morphine Addict Cabal - poor boy

• Semi-mechanical Butler Cabal - probably Monsieur Samhet‘s fault

• Lady Cabal - complicated darling

[thistlebeetle]

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer inspired book cover illustration! I really enjoyed working on this one, I looked at a bunch of old circus posters for inspiration. I’ve been working on my illustrated typography and I’m really happy with how this one turned out. 

[thefaustaesthetic]

The hypothetical high-fashion shoot in Necromancers Monthly, featuring bonus!Zarenyia

[indubitablyjohannescabal]

“As we turn the dark and slippery corner to 2017, here’s a sweet Leonie & Cabal short.”

Since tumblr did not alert me to this submission, here we have a chilly little fic for the end of summer instead. Enjoy!

[magpiemalarkey]

Finally sat down and did some fanart of Johannes Cabal. This series (by Jonathan L. Howard) is such fun. In a weird, dark, bitingly sarcastic sorta way…  

[incognitopi]

[shadowpeople]

y’all ever think about how Ned the pie-maker is technically a better necromancer than johannes cabal? well I do and it fucking haunts me.

[brutalfish]

Pssst I just got some Johannes Cabal books out of the library and I started treading the one I know is the first one (Johannes Cabal the Necromancer), but I have no idea what the order is for the rest of the books lol. What order should I read them in? It's as good as you say btw I kinda love it lol

AW HECK FRICKIN YES, WELCOME TO THE CABAL CREW!!!!!!!!!!!

The order for reading the main books is: The Necromancer > The Detective > The Fear Institute >The Brothers Cabal > The Fall of the House of Cabal

There are also a few short stories that you can read that are equally as good (I bought them on Amazon Kindle and read them on my phone, haha). They add extra information/flavor and the events in them are sometimes referenced in the main books, so if you’d want to read ALL of the Johannes Cabal material in chronological order, it would be:

Johannes Cabal and the Blustery DayExeunt Demon KingThe NecromancerThe DetectiveThe Fear InstituteThe Death of MeOuroboros OuzoThe Brothers CabalA Long SpoonThe Fall of the House of Cabal

They’re all great stories, and I’d recommend reading A Long Spoon before you read The Fall because tbh it just makes the last book that much more enjoyable <3

I’m so glad you’re reading this series these are my favorite books of all time and I hope you have a wonderful time following this morally corrupt necromancer around! <3

[p-cinereus]

“Madam,” he said, knowing enough to be embarrassed by the asking, “forgive me for being so forward, but might I enquire—and you must feel in no way constrained to answer if you do not wish to do so—might I enquire, are you exothermic or endothermic? Your metabolism, that is?”

was experimenting with some different drawing/coloring techniques and somehow johannes and zarenyia appeared

[p-cinereus]

horst cabal: a monster by some authorities, a good chap by all the rest

[p-cinereus]

the fall of the house of cabal

[p-cinereus]

so johannes cabal has a twitter & can confirm he often gets frustrated with dumb people on it

[p-cinereus]

continuing my descent into Johannes Cabal hell, have a horst and more johannes