Its time again for another Weekly Comics Hype. Im doing these alphabetically, but skipping around a bit, and we close out the month of November by switching from green to red maybe I should have done these for Christmas and the crimson-colored star of Mike Mignolas Hellboy.
Hellboy is the worlds premier occult invesitgator, the secret weapon in the arsenal of the BPRD, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, a shadowy agency which protects society from various Lovecraftian nasties and ancient demonic threats. Since, in this series, central Europe is basically stacked with countless castles where crazed Nazi cultists have moved in to arrange the destruction of humanity, the BPRD has their hands full.
The series is written and illustrated by Mike Mignola, whose palette of solid colors and blacks is very unusual and brings a stark, fantastic sheen to the stories. For the first volume, hes assisted on script duties by veteran John Byrne, whom Mignola asked to contribute as he wasnt confident in his scripting abilities. Byrnes work is, unsurprisingly, a little overwrought compared to the more streamlined, minimalist approach Mignola takes in the subsequent volumes, but the plot, concerning family secrets, frogs and immortal Russians, is solid enough that you wont even notice the occasionally purple prose.
The character of Hellboy himself is incredibly entertaining, and it leads the storylines into occasionally surreal and witty directions. Sardonic and bad-tempered, Hellboy genuinely doesnt enjoy his job very much. A memorable incident involving a jet pack in volume 2 will have you in stitches. While most of the storylines are incredibly heavy in their destruction-of-humanity weight, Hellboy and his associates bring just enough lightness to the proceedings to make them engaging. The protagonists are just so interesting you cant wait to see what happens to them next. Viewers who enjoyed 2004s Hellboy feature film are aware of Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien; the comics have even more unusual allies, including Roger the Golem and the ghost of the 1940s adventurer Lobster Johnson.
Hellboy has never been published as a regular monthly comic, but as periodic specials and miniseries. A new miniseries entitled Darkness Calls, to be illustrated by Duncan Fegredo, will begin in February. The complete run apart from this is available in five collected editions. A companion series of BPRD volumes is also in print.
Hellboy is available from your local comic shop, who would enjoy your custom; new books ship each Wednesday, so why not stop in after work tonight?
Hellboy is the worlds premier occult invesitgator, the secret weapon in the arsenal of the BPRD, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, a shadowy agency which protects society from various Lovecraftian nasties and ancient demonic threats. Since, in this series, central Europe is basically stacked with countless castles where crazed Nazi cultists have moved in to arrange the destruction of humanity, the BPRD has their hands full.
The series is written and illustrated by Mike Mignola, whose palette of solid colors and blacks is very unusual and brings a stark, fantastic sheen to the stories. For the first volume, hes assisted on script duties by veteran John Byrne, whom Mignola asked to contribute as he wasnt confident in his scripting abilities. Byrnes work is, unsurprisingly, a little overwrought compared to the more streamlined, minimalist approach Mignola takes in the subsequent volumes, but the plot, concerning family secrets, frogs and immortal Russians, is solid enough that you wont even notice the occasionally purple prose.
The character of Hellboy himself is incredibly entertaining, and it leads the storylines into occasionally surreal and witty directions. Sardonic and bad-tempered, Hellboy genuinely doesnt enjoy his job very much. A memorable incident involving a jet pack in volume 2 will have you in stitches. While most of the storylines are incredibly heavy in their destruction-of-humanity weight, Hellboy and his associates bring just enough lightness to the proceedings to make them engaging. The protagonists are just so interesting you cant wait to see what happens to them next. Viewers who enjoyed 2004s Hellboy feature film are aware of Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien; the comics have even more unusual allies, including Roger the Golem and the ghost of the 1940s adventurer Lobster Johnson.
Hellboy has never been published as a regular monthly comic, but as periodic specials and miniseries. A new miniseries entitled Darkness Calls, to be illustrated by Duncan Fegredo, will begin in February. The complete run apart from this is available in five collected editions. A companion series of BPRD volumes is also in print.
Hellboy is available from your local comic shop, who would enjoy your custom; new books ship each Wednesday, so why not stop in after work tonight?
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