I have all the trades. Any time I'm in a book store or comic store I have to check if there is a new one which I don't have yet. I'd never give up my Hellboy and BPRD trades.
I just wish Mike Mignola would art more. It's not that I don't love Duncan Fegredo, John Arcudi, et al., but the guy is just such a good artist.
I believe Mignola is going back to being the full time interior artist on post-"Storm" Hellboy projects (while still doing side Hellboy projects with Corban and Fegredo).
Really? That's cool, I really missed his stuff after reading the Chapel of Moloch. The Knights of Saint Hagan are the bomb.
I really like the way Mike potrays "good" supernatural forces. It'd be easy to have the forces of heaven, angels, God, etc jump in and shut down the bad guy's plan from a Deus Ex perspective. But that's weak story telling and would destroy the 'horror' aspect of mankind facing this crap on its own. Instead, good and saintly people, sometimes not so saintly (like Elihu Cavendish and Lobster J), reach out from beyond the grave and combat forces far more impressive than themselves. The good in the universe speaks through those who fought for it in life, which gives it a lot more impact.
The best example I can think of are the dead Inquisition soldiers in Strange Places. The villian is ranting on and on about how the Church is narrow minded and how his god (Urgo-Hem) lives within him and only he can save the world. Then, after the priest 'dies', the head Bishop verbally bitch slaps him to hell.
Plus skeleton knights are cool, just read Berserk.
Love Duncan Fegredo's art on the main Hellboy book, a little more ambivalent about the art in BPRD, but I'm all caught up on Hellboy and working my way through BPRD. Man the last Hellboy trade was awesome. Wild Hunt really advanced the story and mythology. And I'm loving the big bad thus far.
I just finished the 'Black Goddess' trade and have 'War on Frogs' sat waiting for me on my shelf. However the increasing Lobster Johnson presence and the comments made by the artists at the back of the book make me fear I should have read the Lobster Johnson trade before I move on.
The Ogdru Jahad have posessed Nimue, the seven are now one. Hellboy has decided not to lead either Arthur's army or the army of Hell just yet. That's good, but man, I can't imagine a grander climax to Hellboy than armageddon with undead knights, flying aircraft carriers, lovecraftian horrors and insane magical beings.
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It's kind of hard to say. We are talking about a guy who gets impaled on a weekly basis and has had his horns grow back/get snapped off half a dozen times.
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I wonder if this means HB and the Baba Yaga will have connected vision or anything. I mean, you can't really pass up on that sort of idea, can you?
Issue 3 of the Storm: Weird seeing so. damn. many people showing up in the woods trying to curry favor with Hellboy. Those are some heavy hitters. Somehow I knew it was Asmodeus as soon as HB hit him. Dunno about Nimue, though. How come Ogru Jahad can just decide to spawn into our world all of a sudden? I don't care how much the Chaos likes you, I thought there were, like, rules. And the Right Hand of Doom owns the doorway, Hecate herself said that. Are we to believe if Hellboy simply got lost and confused enough, the mere absence of resolve in his heart would enable the Seven to climb into the material plane?
I wonder if this means HB and the Baba Yaga will have connected vision or anything. I mean, you can't really pass up on that sort of idea, can you?
Issue 3 of the Storm: Weird seeing so. damn. many people showing up in the woods trying to curry favor with Hellboy. Those are some heavy hitters. Somehow I knew it was Asmodeus as soon as HB hit him. Dunno about Nimue, though. How come Ogru Jahad can just decide to spawn into our world all of a sudden? I don't care how much the Chaos likes you, I thought there were, like, rules. And the Right Hand of Doom owns the doorway, Hecate herself said that. Are we to believe if Hellboy simply got lost and confused enough, the mere absence of resolve in his heart would enable the Seven to climb into the material plane?
Well...
They're still stuck in their crystal prisons, so no burning the Earth to ash... yet. However, they seemed to have posessed Nimue with a measure of their power, and that's very not good.
With the end of the visions in King of Fear, I'm really pumped up to see a G.I. Joe like BPRD fighting mankind's last stand against a legion of cosmic horrors. Though we'll probably see the end of the world at some point, I'm betting the "new Eden' constantly hinted won't be for the legions of monsters that sought all this carnage.
Whether it's the book of Revealations or the story of Lif and Lifthrasir hidden in the world tree, there's always some bit of hope, even after the world ends. And Mike knows his stories...
I saw Mike Mignola at DragonCon this year, but sadly I never got into Hellboy so I didn't appreciate it as much as I should have. He seemed like a pretty cool guy too.
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I don't know. It seemed awfully anticlimactic to me. Maybe it's paced better when read as a collected trade. And likely, when it does come out in trade, there will be a Mignola epilogue added in that gives it better context in one way or another.
If this was supposed to be the final battle, they did a better version of it back in Hellboy: Makoma.
From what I've seen of the final battle, it seemed pretty impressive to me.
I did like the monologue about how the world is ending, period, but HB and friends are fighting that the spirit of man may endure past the apocalypse. That's cool.
I like that they continue to provide some fleshing out ho HO of Kraus, pointing out how he relates to other people and their issues. I like that vanity is kind of a driving force for him.
Also! That little kid Russian vampire? Kept in a frigging bottle on the desk of the Russian chief science dude. Surrounded by crosses/etc.
This issue is really more of an epilogue/wrapup, but I like that. Short stories shouldn't end at the climax.
The main thing I'm gonna miss from now on is Guy Davis' art. I mean, he practically defined the series. The new guy is okay, but it's like getting a good hamberger after eating filet mignon for ten years.
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So, there's a BPRD summer camp now. This seems the place to post that.
Ages 9-17. Want to bet on a lot of nightmares for all involved?
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Well, I'm too old and live too far away to ever attend it, but, then again, maybe it wouldn't be entertaining enough for 30 year old me. I'll just enjoy the concept and think up what it might be without reality horning in on the premise.
If Dark Horse decides to make their own BPRD Scouts, though, then I'll start to weep for a childhood I never had.
"And so, the burried bones of the alien star god were lost to time, their spectral essence oozing from the rotten ground to pollute the living wherever they may be!"
I'm completely caught up on my Hellboy trades and only one Christmas wish list behind catching up on BPRD. After getting The Storm and The Fury I set aside a few evenings to marathon my way through the entire Trade catalogue in one go.
So. Awesome.
Will be painful waiting, but my single issue aversion will force me to wait a while for HB in Hell.
A question I asked in the comic book questions thread and got no reply (presumably due to lack of capes on any characters involved )
Hellboy/BPRD question:
Sir Edward Grey has two kinds of appearance in Hellboy comics. In the past as a paranormal invesigator to Queen Elizabeth, and in the present as a mysterious masked figure often seen hanging out at the base of the World Tree with the court of fairies and witches.
Have any of the comics yet covered how this transition came to be? Is the answer contained in the Witchfinder series or is it one of the Hellboy world's many mysteries still unresolved?
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The whole Edward Grey stuff, I'm pretty sure, Mignola is intentionally leaving unresolved for the purposes of future BPRD/Hellboy stuff. There's actually not that many mysteries left at this point, so it makes sense keeping Grey as the sort of Dweller on the Threshold of future developments.
Even though Hellboy fizzled out for me (all the setup didn't really pay off IMO - especially since it seems rather random that Big Red can walk away from some kinds of damage but apparently not others, even though it isn't clear what the difference should be), I'm interested in Hellboy in Hell, not least because I've missed Mignola doing the art.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
The main difference here is that Nimue was able to grab hold of Hellboy's soul as she was dying and drag him down to Hell with her. Hellboy's been able to walk away from literally everything else by sheer force of will because he's the Devil's son. I think in the past he assumed that he was mortal because of his whole denial thing, but after the encounter with the Ogdru Hem in The Island, he realized that he could take pretty much any damage and live.
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I believe Mignola is going back to being the full time interior artist on post-"Storm" Hellboy projects (while still doing side Hellboy projects with Corban and Fegredo).
I really like the way Mike potrays "good" supernatural forces. It'd be easy to have the forces of heaven, angels, God, etc jump in and shut down the bad guy's plan from a Deus Ex perspective. But that's weak story telling and would destroy the 'horror' aspect of mankind facing this crap on its own. Instead, good and saintly people, sometimes not so saintly (like Elihu Cavendish and Lobster J), reach out from beyond the grave and combat forces far more impressive than themselves. The good in the universe speaks through those who fought for it in life, which gives it a lot more impact.
The best example I can think of are the dead Inquisition soldiers in Strange Places. The villian is ranting on and on about how the Church is narrow minded and how his god (Urgo-Hem) lives within him and only he can save the world. Then, after the priest 'dies', the head Bishop verbally bitch slaps him to hell.
Plus skeleton knights are cool, just read Berserk.
Never heard of beasts of burden before, but that cover alone is great.
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I just finished the 'Black Goddess' trade and have 'War on Frogs' sat waiting for me on my shelf. However the increasing Lobster Johnson presence and the comments made by the artists at the back of the book make me fear I should have read the Lobster Johnson trade before I move on.
Are my fears founded or false?
Here's a couple of good interviews with Mike about the future of Hellboy.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25351
All I can say is, BPRD Helicarriers? *drool*
Major spoilers guys for "The Storm #3" Don't look unless you want to.
Shit just got real.
An actual injury that counts?
what are the latest trades by the way
i have all of them up to Wyld Hunt (#9) I believe but I don't know what has come out since then.
Well...
With the end of the visions in King of Fear, I'm really pumped up to see a G.I. Joe like BPRD fighting mankind's last stand against a legion of cosmic horrors. Though we'll probably see the end of the world at some point, I'm betting the "new Eden' constantly hinted won't be for the legions of monsters that sought all this carnage.
Whether it's the book of Revealations or the story of Lif and Lifthrasir hidden in the world tree, there's always some bit of hope, even after the world ends. And Mike knows his stories...
the latest one is The Crooked Man and Other Stories
http://www.amazon.com/Hellboy-10-Crooked-Others-Graphic/dp/1595824774/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283761525&sr=1-3
(Fury Spoilers)
This happened apparently.
Hellboy is in for some interesting times.
If this was supposed to be the final battle, they did a better version of it back in Hellboy: Makoma.
I did like the monologue about how the world is ending, period, but HB and friends are fighting that the spirit of man may endure past the apocalypse. That's cool.
Any spoilers for Russia #5?
Also! That little kid Russian vampire? Kept in a frigging bottle on the desk of the Russian chief science dude. Surrounded by crosses/etc.
This issue is really more of an epilogue/wrapup, but I like that. Short stories shouldn't end at the climax.
Ages 9-17. Want to bet on a lot of nightmares for all involved?
Why I fear the ocean.
If Dark Horse decides to make their own BPRD Scouts, though, then I'll start to weep for a childhood I never had.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=40900
So. Awesome.
Will be painful waiting, but my single issue aversion will force me to wait a while for HB in Hell.
A question I asked in the comic book questions thread and got no reply (presumably due to lack of capes on any characters involved
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods