Are there any fans here of Mike Mignola's Hellboy? It hasn't been all that long since I got into them, but I've grown to be quite fond of them.
Yep. Been a huge fan since almost the very beginning. And of BPRD, and pretty much all of the side projects...
By crikey yes - BPRD is the only ongoing US comic whose characters I find myself as equally attached to as those from Tharg's stable. Absolutely superb series. Hellboy is likewise brilliant, though in my opinion suffers in comparison to its spin-off title. There are only so many times you can read about the big guy punching a mythological menace of the week to death or denying his fate before you begin to feel you're reading the same stories over and over again. Happily, I think Mignola realised this too in 2011 - lovely to see a US creator who isn't afraid to keep things fresh and ever-changing.
The other spin-off titles I've not warmed to as much - the Lobster Jonhson solo was really dissapointing and cursed with horrible art, Witchfinder was enjoyable enough but ultimately forgettable, likewise the Abe Sapien stuff - but BPRD keeps me commited.
I haven't read all that much Hellboy stuff apart from the earlier stories, which were decent if slight. I'd like to read some of the longer ongoing stories and see how they fare.
I thoroughly enjoyed most of the BPRD stuff I've read though. (Again, not a whole lot.) Of the two I think I preferred BPRD, but then again, I probably haven't read enough of each to judge properly.
Oh yes! Only got into it after enjoying the movie, and have been buying the odd book here and there when I've got the spare cash. Last one I picked up was Book 5, so I'm guessing I've got a ton to catch up on. The artwork just drips atmosphere, love it.
I do enjoy BPRD and Hellboy, but I must admit I am really missing Captain Daimio from the regular BPRD line-up - I thought he really added something vital to the cast and the character dynamics, and without him, it's not quite the same (though I was very happy to see his fairly recent resurfacing.) Still, Kraus is a lot of fun, particular his feud with Panya.
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never got into bprd as much but thats mainly due to the art of guy davis that never grabbed me .
it was actually the forbidden planet catalogue you used to get that had mezcos figures for the first film that peaked my interest i looked into it and found it was actually a cool comic as well!!! and it kind of snowballed...also wishing del toro and perlman would actally get together and admit they both want to do the third film....
Oh yes, I likes Hellboy as well as BPRD, and I'm also enjoying Mignola's Baltimore stories too.
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Yeah, love hellboy as much for mike mignola's art as the character. And the DarkHorse library editions are awesome. Reading volume 4 right now.
I got into Hellboy a year or so ago and I'm loving it (I often think it wouldn't be out of place in prog!), I've just read book 5, I'd love to give BPRD a go but I can't seem to find the 1st TPB anywhere!.
Quote from: djangoesque on 15 January, 2012, 10:33:41 AMI'd love to give BPRD a go but I can't seem to find the 1st TPB anywhere!.
I recently got the first one on Ebay and I believe Amazon have it. I'm up to book 7 of Hellboy now and intend to collect the BPRD trades too.
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I've seen the Baltimore comic, but I'm unsure. Is it set in the same universe as Hellboy and BPRD?
Quote from: ElliotJA on 15 January, 2012, 04:34:04 PM
I've seen the Baltimore comic, but I'm unsure. Is it set in the same universe as Hellboy and BPRD?
No, but don't let that stop you. It's perhaps a little less over the top than some of the Hellbooy/BPRD stuff, but the tone is fairly similar. Second mini series just finished up, and both are well worth your time. Also a must-own: The Amazing Screw On Head.
Quote from: djangoesque on 15 January, 2012, 10:33:41 AM
I got into Hellboy a year or so ago and I'm loving it (I often think it wouldn't be out of place in prog!), I've just read book 5, I'd love to give BPRD a go but I can't seem to find the 1st TPB anywhere!.
Well, the point at which BPRD spins off from the main Hellboy storyline is when HB quits the Bureau at the end of
Conqueror Worm, so you've picked the best place to do it!
Dark Horse have discontinued the original softcover BPRD trades - they're still bringing out new ones, but not reprinting the old once they're out of print, which is probably why you can't find the first trade. Instead, they've recently begun re-collecting BPRD from the beginning in a series of chunky hardcover omnibus editions - http://www.amazon.co.uk/B-P-R-D-Plague-Frogs-Hardcover-Collection/dp/1595826092/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326649066&sr=8-2 - which actually work out cheaper than buying the original trades seperately. If hardcover isn't your thing, the omnibus editions are also getting paperback versions later this year.
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Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 15 January, 2012, 05:40:26 PM
Quote from: djangoesque on 15 January, 2012, 10:33:41 AM
I got into Hellboy a year or so ago and I'm loving it (I often think it wouldn't be out of place in prog!), I've just read book 5, I'd love to give BPRD a go but I can't seem to find the 1st TPB anywhere!.
Well, the point at which BPRD spins off from the main Hellboy storyline is when HB quits the Bureau at the end of Conqueror Worm, so you've picked the best place to do it!
Dark Horse have discontinued the original softcover BPRD trades - they're still bringing out new ones, but not reprinting the old once they're out of print, which is probably why you can't find the first trade. Instead, they've recently begun re-collecting BPRD from the beginning in a series of chunky hardcover omnibus editions - http://www.amazon.co.uk/B-P-R-D-Plague-Frogs-Hardcover-Collection/dp/1595826092/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326649066&sr=8-2 - which actually work out cheaper than buying the original trades seperately. If hardcover isn't your thing, the omnibus editions are also getting paperback versions later this year.
Oh!, now I see, I'd seen that book in the shops and I assumed it was a later story, I shall order it next pay day, thanks for clearing that up for me.
Yeah I'm a fan. Have picked up most of the books in the Mignolaverse and, though sometimes I think Mignola makes a mistake trying to tie things together or wrap up plot points that would have felt more realistic being left open, I usually feel it was money well spent. Mignola has IMO next to Tharg one of the best stable of artists out there.
Has anyone here read those crossover stories where Hellboy meets DC's Batman and Starman, and Dark Horse's Ghost? They're some of my favourite Hellboy tales.
i prefer the single "day in the life" tales rather than the overall arc simply for the variety and the whole folklore thang ... try the odd jobs short stories as well (about three collections) theyre very good.
Quote from: mogzilla on 17 January, 2012, 08:51:13 PM
... try the odd jobs short stories as well (about three collections) theyre very good.
I bought the third volume in that series,
Oddest Jobs, a couple days ago. Just ordered the first volume, looking forward to it very much!
Quote from: ElliotJA on 17 January, 2012, 03:40:11 PM
Has anyone here read those crossover stories where Hellboy meets DC's Batman and Starman, and Dark Horse's Ghost? They're some of my favourite Hellboy tales.
I wasn't too keen, myself - not least because I'd never heard of bloody Starman or Ghost! I thought the best crossover was HB in The Goon's world - if only because because the big red trenchcoated demon plays the straight guy to a cast of lunatics that proves too weird even for him to cope with. Absolutely hilarious stuff.
HB In Goon,s World,
Omniverse Map Is All Ways Enlightening On The Crossover Front,
You,ll find it here.
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/o/omnimap.htm
Quote from: MARVELMAGPIE on 18 January, 2012, 12:16:46 AM
HB In Goon,s World,
Omniverse Map Is All Ways Enlightening On The Crossover Front,
You,ll find it here.
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/o/omnimap.htm
Absolutely brilliant. I already knew of this, but thanks for sharing it on this forum anyway,
Anyone read The Island, collected in the TPB Strange Places? It's a good story and I like it, but part of me can't help wishing Mignola had stuck to his original idea of the story being a pastiche of William Hope Hodgson's grisly sea tales. The unfinished version of the original, with Hellboy fighting shipwrecked sailors mutated into fungus monsters, can be seen in the same TPB.
Perhaps some Hellboy/Mignola fans will be interested by this information; after The third Wish, there will be a second B&W special (probably limited) edition of an Hellboy story to be published exclusively in France, "Hellboy en Enfer" (Hellboy in hell).
Here is the cover from the Facebook page of the editor (Delcourt): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=182071738626658&set=a.142442055922960.1073741825.141498786017287&type=1&theater (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=182071738626658&set=a.142442055922960.1073741825.141498786017287&type=1&theater).
To be published November the 20th.
Yup! Hellboy is what got me into collecting comics! Though it's probably already been said, they recently released a hard cover of The Amazing Screw on Head and other Curious Objects, which I thoroughly recommend, as well as the animated adaptation of The Amazing Screw on Head that was a pilot for sci-fi, how it didn't get picked up I'll never know!
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