I'm just getting into Hellboy. I'm curious though,

>>88859188
Two Batman Elseworlds (alt universe tales)

Some Conan stuff

he writes baltimore

He's a devout Catholic (that's why Hellboy is), he's married, has a daughter if I recall, friends with Steve Purcell and Art, worked on Atlantis, and he did The Amazing Screw On-Head. That was a one shot.

>>88859219
I totally spaced on the Batman crossover. It also had...oh, fuck me running, I can't remember. Someone else was there. Called Hell Comes To Gotham? I think?

Who's Steve Purcell?

>>88859300
I am trying to be nice but, come on. Sam and Max. A hilarious bastard who's Mignola's closest buddy?

This makes me want to dump Seed of Destruction. Except the computer with that is in the shop. Piece of junk.

>>88859270
The Doom That Came To Gotham and Gotham by Gaslight.

What's the current status of Hellboy? Is it still dragging on slowly? haven't checked in years

>>88859353
Of course, I'm sorry. It's been ages.

>>88859370
There's Hellboy In Hell, and BPRD, those are still going.

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>>88859188
He worked as an inker in Marvel and DC before starting Hellboy (if I recall correctly,he designed both Rocket Racoon and Mr. Freeze's characteristic chriogenic armour); he's also illustrated some books (the original Baltimore novel, a recent edition of The Heart of Darkness and also at least another book,but can't remember the name).

He drew Fafhrd and the grey mouser, and a comic written by him titled Ironwolf.

Also Mignola art dump,because why not.

>>88859420
You're a godsend.

>>88859411
hellboy in hell ended
hell on earth also ended

>>88859370

Hellboy died.
went to hell.
starred in a book called HELLBOY IN HELL.
thats done now, so Hellboy is done.

they're occasionally doing Hellboy and the BPRD which are set back when HB was a part of the team.

>>88859420
>Mr. Freeze's characteristic chriogenic armour

I think he just did the design for the cartoon, which everyone in the comics then copied.

>>88859370
Hellboy in Hell wrapped up his story, but theyre still putting out stories set in the past and Mignola has avoided saying In Hell is the final Hellboy story.

Currently Mignola's taking a break from comics to paint.

>>88859188
He also did the art for Aliens:Salvation

>>88859453
I'm just a neckbeard,but thanks for the compliment anon.

Just to be more specific; Mignola got to design Mr. Freeze's armour because he briefly worked as a character designer in the Batman animated series in the 90s. His design stuck and afterwards became the canon for the character's appereance.

>>88859463
Ah, they did? Suck. I haven't been to pick up comics in months cause of family stuff. I've been way out of the loop.

>>88859188
>I'm just getting into Hellboy
Congratulations, you have made the correct decision.
>other projects
Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom - Triumph & Torment had Mignola doing the art. It's great.

>>88859515
I actually just found a hardcover copy of that at a half price books, I wish Dave Stewart also did the colors instead of just the cover.

Is it okay if I start with Seed Of Destruction? Or should I go elsewhere? I'm really liking it.

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>>88859548
The things that are still going are
Lobster Johnson
Witchfinder
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
a mediocre mini about the black flame
and upcoming
A GN called hellboy and the silent sea
A mini about the alien from conqueror worm called the visitor with art by based paul grist
and a new B.P.R.D. cycle

>>88859606
>Is it okay if I start with the first story arc
Yes. Yes it is.

>>88859518
Fucking shave.

>>88859606
you should 100% start there but it's one of the weaker parts of the universe

>>88859616
>and a new B.P.R.D. cycle
Oh my!

>>88859592
Mignola's said his style of heavy shadows came from colourists messing up his work when he was starting out, as more black gave them less room to fuck up.

>>88859606
Definitely start there, but keep in mind it's a bit wordy. Mike didn't write it. His stuff is more visual. So when you move from there expect a bit of a change.

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Also set in the Hellboy universe are the Abe Sapien spinoffs, Witchfinder, Lobster Johnson (co-)written by Mignola.

Hellboy crossovers with Ghost and one with Batman

More artdump

>>88859667
Is this a promo for the new Toy Story?

>>88859644
I diffidently prefer Dave to James Sinclair

>>88859705
Sinclair isn't so bad. He just doesn't get the vibe of how gloomy it should look.

>>88859674

it was a little christmas special they did on ABC a couple years back.

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I love Mignola's covers

>>88859674
No, it's a promo to a short christmas story from 2014 , Toy Story that time forgot, with a new set of toys based on Dinosaurs, quite nice actually :)

>>88859616

is Abe Sapien done now? or in the process of concluding still?

>>88859784
no it ended some time ago, it got kinda interesting but the ending was bad

>>88859756
>>88859782
Well it SHOULD be the new Toy Story.

>>88859757
He always has this noir sense in his art. Works great for the material given.

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Does anyone know how to put to words what makes the Mignolaverse so enticing?

>>88859881
I don't know if it can be put easily. It's fascinating, beautiful, frightening. It's something else, to say the least.

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>>88859881
I was once told 'a picture says more than a thousand words'

I really liked Ron Perlman as Hellboy. Am I alone there?

>>88859188
Just google his name

>>88859240
>He's a devout Catholic
He is? I've always wondered.

>>88859947
We're having fun. Don't be a chode.

>>88859938
Of course not

>>88859933
>Don't mind me, I'm just straightening my tie
>>88859938
No, but it's sad he got old and there won't be a proper Mignola Cinematic Universe like there's with Marvel and DC.

>>88859964
You didn't know that? Mike Mignola goes to mass every Wednesday and Sunday. I met him at a convention and he left because it was afternoon mass. He also does confession once a month.

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Lead art director or something

>>88859881
Two words:
Creator owned.

>>88859989
...and he made a character called Hellboy

>>88860062
Fiction and reality are not the same? Who'd have thunk it!

>>88860062

I do believe that's the joke.

>>88859989
I always wondered cause his comics interpretation seemed so liberal. Like, if you're going to say "that's the way it happened" with the bible but then go and draw something else for fun, how do you fit that in your head? It seems kind of contradictory.

>>88860180
How do you write things that never happened and make it fit with the fact that they never did happen? It's just fiction.

I THINK he did the art for Darkest Dungeon?

>>88860180
It's not so odd, in a theological sense. Technically Catholicsm doesn't say other gods don't exist. They're just spirits and not worth worship. Comes from the Ten Commandments. "You will have no gods before me." As in, they can all go fuck themselves, but Yahweh is the big boss. I studied theology in university.

I once dreamed Hellboy and Abe fought Darth Vader. Best dream ever.

>>88860231
Its definitley heavily inspired by him, but its done by a guy called Chris Bourassa.

>>88860300
How did they counter the Force?

>>88860309

Abe got his ass kicked. Hellboy is technically divine and just beat the shit out of him. The hand of doom smacks your melon, you go down and be thankful your cranium isn't pudding.

>>88860364
I would like to see that fight one day.

>>88860180
He came up with Hellboy while coming out of church after mass. Seriously. He said to his friend how funny it'd be of there was a Catholic demon. That's how Hellnoy began.

>>88859188

The old rocket raccoon series.

>>88860364
I need to see Hellboy with a lightsaber now. The thought of that made my brain jizz nerdy geek juice.

>>88860616
>new B.P.R.D. cycle will be about an alien invasion
>Hellboy makes a glorious comeback with a lightsaber

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I never could understand why he didn't draw all of Hellboy himself.

Also I find Richard Corben the weakest artist in the series. I think the Crooked Man story suffered because of it.

>>88860647
Why does this movie not yet exist? I blame all of you.

>>88860647
I want to see HB in Jedi garb now.

>>88859370
Hellboy is done. He found the only peace he was ever gonna find.

>>88860737
Mignola has a lot of engagements, he couldn't keep it up on his own. Logically he'd need others. Plus he felt it was a good way to help get their art out there. Resume building. He's nice that way.

>>88860616
Keep the religious theme.and make it a flaming sword.

>>88860737
if he'd do it all himself we'd still be on darkness calls

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>>88860850

>>88860737
Wait a minute, Ludvig?

>>88859616
>BPRD is still ongoing
YES
That ending was terribly forced.

Why are you guys so nice?

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>>88861167
Pancakes make a man mellow out. They're delicious!

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>>88861167

>>88861185
still my favorite hellboy story. it's CANON DON'T YOU DARE SAY OTHERWISE

>>88861311
I would never claim anything else.

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The BPRD logo is a great symbol I love it.

>>88861167
Everyone likes Hellboy, so no reasons to argue, only discussion.

>>88861380
I should ask my mom to make me a patch with this on it and have it sown into my jacket sleeve for my birthday.

>>88861380
>>88861463
what about that modified BPRD Insignia with the hand holding the Hyperborean Sword?

>>88860737
>Richard Corben the weakest artist in the series

Dude,Richard Corben is a god of darkness and grit. His work in The Crooked Man gave everything an atmosphere of dread; quite different from what Mignola delivers (I'd love if he redrew the tale himself),but not worse.

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>>88861463
There are people out there that make them. I got one in a comic festival some years ago and it looked great on my jacket.

>>88859881
Well it's best heard than read. Best description of the mignola verse would be from the first Hellboy movie where he gets his name

"The boys gave him a name that very night... In retrospect, perhaps not the most fortunate."

"But nevertheless a name we all came to use."

"We called him..."

>"Hellboy"

>>88861720
meh... Looks better in white.

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>>88859667
>and one with Batman
Forgetting someone?

My friend saw him at a con recently and took my incredibly well read copy of Seed of Destruction for him to sign.
Next time I see her, it turned out while she was there she bought and framed a signed print for me too. Shit's awesome.

>>88862670
Could licencing issues with Dark Horse be whats making DC not publish the Starman Onimbuses?

>>88860180
Well, Catholic interpretations of the bible are much less literal than many Protestant sects, and also I'm pretty sure he's writing from a "what would be cool in a fictional setting" viewpoint.

>>88861760
It's sure there are in white. I just got the one they were selling.

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When does the new spin-off start? Paul Grist seems like a nice additon to the stable of Mignolaverse artists...

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>>88861380

>>88863531
I like Gist. He has his own style but seems to involve Mignola's and kind of makes it his own.

>>88861311
According to Mignola that is canon. Hellboy loves pancakes. It was actually a joke from Purcell that led to that, and he thought it was funny and cute and worked well for Hellboy.

>>88863531
Will We ever getting a alien invasion arc with them dig extremely tired of all the apocalyptic destruction they keep unleashing?

>>88863531

1st issue in february

>>88860206
Yes, but if you're a devout catholic, isn't it kinda obligatory to actually believe it?
Sorry, I just associate "hardcore catholic" with "blind faith and fanaticism", so I have trouble wrapping my head around someone believing, like, really believing, but then fucking around with the same thing.
>>88860464
I guess that makes sense. It just seems so odd to me, hardcore catholic having a sense of humor about his own beliefs. It's like, believing and non-believing at the same time. Maybe it's just my own preconceived notions about hardcore believers being humorless cunts, but I still can't believe it's an often-found combination.

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Hey, I didn't even know we're getting a new special later this month!

>>88862784
That's some Frazetta influence if I ever saw one. Ha!
>>88860737
Nah. I'm not too big a fan of Corben, but he knows how to lay on the nasty. For that story, it was perfect(ly disgusting).
>>88863919
It makes for a fun inversion of the fall of man, plus the whole fairy thing of "eat from their food, obligated to stay in their realm".

>>88864301
Consider what God he talks about. The big man can probably take a joke. Creator of all things, that includes humour. I don't think He would be too upset. Catholics have a saint for clowns and comics. Genesius. He's also saint of the tortured and, for some nebulous reason, stenograpers.

>>88864309
Tits! I am jazzed as fuck!

>>88864301
Most of the hardcore Catholics I know have a sense of humor, and that includes some clergy.

>>88860206

Not him but it's not the strangest thing. Tolkien struggled for years over the idea of orcs because as a devout Catholic that believes in the idea of spiritual redemption, the concept of an all-evil irredeemable race runs counter to that.

>>88864402
An uncle of mine has one of Frazettas' paintings and it's amazing to look at in real life.

Hellboy, actually has decent discourse.

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also the current huge reading order for those who want it

>>88864872
Groovy, thanks. This is a massive help. I'm the OP.

>>88864872
>mfw I got Hellboy in Hell for Christmas
Everything on that list needs to be seen in person to fully appreciate and someday I will.

>>88864657
>The big man can probably take a joke
His followers can't though. But perhaps I'm thinking too much in Southern Baptist stereotypes.

>>88859977
Pretty sure he's pulling a gun out his jacket.

>>88864872
Where the hell is "Sir Edward Grey - Witchfinder"?

>>88864872

Is Frankenstein Underground going to be continued?
I really liked that little book.

>>88861720

I got a metal belt buckle one that came with the Hellboy dvd.

>>88866136
it's on there

>>88865152
As someone from a very Catholic family, you are really off in your assumptions. Hellboy works within the faith for two reasons. The first is that it is agreed that an unexamined faith is absolute trash. If you don't question your own morals and beliefs you are a blind fool. So suggesting an alternative to God is actually just goodmental exercise. The second is that Hellboy is a fantastic example of Christian redemption. In Christianity every single person is born a sinful and flawed creature who is inherently evil. A Christian is someone who recognises their flaws and strives to be something better than what they are. Just like Hellboy who is a monster from Hell ordained to bring about the destruction of the world, but he does everything in his power to save it.

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>>88859420
he also did a lot of the concept and character designs for Atlantis: The Lost Empire

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>>88859616
>a mediocre mini about the black flame
>he doesn't enjoy early 20th century occult investigating adventurers
wat a fag

>>88866149
I don't think so. Unfortunate. That was fun.

>>88864720
Tolkien did half clarify that in his letters. Orcs aren't inescapbly evil. They're more cowed into their role because of Morgoth and Sauron. Some in the Silmarrilion sided with dwarves.

>>88863174
They released that and DC vs Aliens and Predators trades in the last few months. Poor sales is what's stopping the Starman omnis.

>>88869028
Well that just chaps my ass.

>>88859188
The Amazing Screw On Head is my favorite he did.

>>88864309
the last winter special was dope. Hellboy's best stories are the short ones. It makes the universe feel alive in ways DC and Marvel can't accomplish.

>>88865152
They're not really a great basis. Mignola is Catholic. That means everyone is a sinner. We are all faulty in the eyes of God. However, if we do our best, we are saved. >>88866737
Said it better. Hellboy is an overblown example of what our beliefs are. He's literally a demon, and he just wants to protect people. That is the base essence of being Christian. You're evil but do everything to not be.

>>88860737
Whenever Corben's been used it's been thematically a great success imho

>>88869275
Is his religion really that big an influence?

>>88866737
>born sinful and flawed
But I thought Jesus absolved everyone by dying?

>>88861380
>>88861720
>>88861545
Can anybody throw some light on the meaning of the BPRD logo?
I don't know much about Hellboy (planning to remedy that really soon). Is it displaying a specific sword? Is it this "Hyperborean Sword" that this anon >>88861545 mentioned? Since he says it's "modified", I'm not sure and wikis don't really help me.

>>88869591
You haven't read the bible have you? He dies, comes back to life, and ascends into Heaven.

>>88864872
is this the chronologically-ordered Mignolaverse or is it ordered according to publication dates?

also, what reading order do you recommend for a first-time reader?

>>88869835
I haven't, but who doesn't know that bit?
But wasn't that the whole point of him dying? "He died for our sins"?

>>88869913

Died via torture and complete agony.

>>88869982
...Yes, and? That doesn't answer the question.

>>88869591
>>88869913
His death forgives and absolves the sins but doesn't remove them, it makes it possible to move past them. People are still flawed and can commit further sin in life, but that's not the last word anymore.
(Take this with a grain of salt, I am no theologian, but this is my understanding.)

>>88871008
You may be missing the point. It's God, willingly suffering because we all suck.

>>88869275
>You're evil but do everything to not be.
>>88871381
>God, willingly suffering because we all suck.
Well that's just stupid.

Anyway, back to Hellboy.

>>88864872
>How Koshchei became deathless is in the Weird Tales omnibus.

I must get it!

I think you guys are getting rused or memed or somethinged because I'm pretty sure Mignola is an atheist.

I did some some googling and I've found some catholitic oriented sites stating that Hellboy is catholitic comic/hero but I haven't come across any sources from an interview where Mignola states he's a catholic.

I could've swore years ago i read that Mignola considered himself an atheist but I can't find anything on that now either. It's odd desu.

>>88872158
Aside from him clearly stating he isn't? Many times?

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>>88864872
Though it's not technically part of the Mignolaverse you should also add The Amazing Screw on Head. There's a short story included there, The Magician and the Snake, that will really help you understand the ending of Hellboy in Hell. Or at the very least make more sense of it.

>>88863001
Marry that ho.

>>88864301
Being a Catholic and believing in God and all that stuff doesn't mean you believe comic books are real, especially if you're the one making the damn thing.

>>88868926
Also in the Lord of the Rings some of them did want to desert from Sauron's army but didn't have anywhere they could go without getting killed on sight so they didn't.

>>88869850
That image is the recommended reading order.

>>88859784
It's done but it was a terrible series.

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>>88859881
It's Jack Kirby vs H.P. Lovecraft.

>>88872158
>>88874307
S O U R C E S

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>>88876039
the simplest way to put it

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>>88866970
>he doesn't enjoy early 20th century occult investigating adventurers
Not him but I would if that's what it was about, so far it's been a very bland series that's killed the few interesting characters it introduced and works more as a hook for the next BPRD cycle (because you just know we haven't seen the last of the Flame) and maybe a Sarah Jewell spinoff.

>>88863174
No, they recently reprinted that crossover in a new trade.

>>88866970
it's 4 issues of talking by characters you barely care about

>>88875464
I read that actually. poor snek. such a loving friend. complete reversal of the whole "sneks are symbol of evil and sin" thing. I love it.

>>88875982
>>88859784
>>88859797
Fucking hated how that one girl who was fishing for pokemon fucking died. C'mon abe, what the hell man...

>>88860737
You are very much in the minority with that shit Richard Corben opinion

>>88859989
mad props

>>88860737
Crooked Man was great. Richard was on form there.

>>88864872
B.P.R.D. vampire arc went to nowhere or did i miss something.
i do wish we get more named B.P.R.D agents in the future a lot of named one died in in hell on earth.

>>88879585
Eh, different strokes I guess. It really didn't do much for me. I was impressed by the knowledge of southern US folklore, given that's what it's based on. It's Cajun. My grandmama used to tell a story about a man who was warped, and was a demon. I like the story, but I think the art was a bit weak. That's me though. If you like it, God bless.

>>88869773
It's nothing specific. It's a logo like any other.
>>88879639
Vampire arc showed us more of the vampire conspiracy and how it will get destroyed.
So, nobody else disappointed with the past few years of Mignolaverse? HoE's ending was disappointing, Abe Sapien was shit.
The only great was the HiH, and the rest was just average-good.

Why is Hellboy so much an equializer? Everyone loves Hellboy.

>>88879936
Easy.
He's cool, funny, sardonic, beats up the baddies, and he was played by Ron Perlman, who I feel was a perfect choice.

>>88879933

kinda, they can do better, i feel they rush stuff or drag stuff and then end it rushing according to the paperback collections. Even hellboy in hell was smaller so it can be 2 trades, no more no less.
I liked abe tho, only the ending was shit for me, o liked ao it feel like a true jorney.
But the ending of hell on earth was really dragging, but the last issue was fun

>>88879936
after all his been threw every paranormal creature his encountered telling him to fuck man he still fucking choose to side with man.

>>88880228
I'm a little ambivalent on the end with Hell On Earth. It was alright, but I guess I was hoping for more. Does that make sense?

>>88880393

it makes sense, since they promised a real end to the cicle, wich they didnt deliver. I like the possibilities of the end we got tho, johan going infinite is pretty cool

>>88879936
Hellboy is consistently well written and the story arc makes sense every across multiple titles.
The characters are well written and fleshed out and again consistent, having a single writer the entire run might have a lot to do with this.

i know everyone and their mother has the library editions, but what is your favourite hellboy trade? Wich one has your favourite short story or favourite part of the main story?
I really like strange places, you get overwhelmed by new information and background story

>>88864301
>Sorry, I just associate "hardcore catholic" with "blind faith and fanaticism"

well friend, you know fuck-all about catholicism

>>88878750
Just re-read it. My heart...

>>88880393
I'm always kinda left with that feeling in regards to Hellboy. Being the protag of the story doesn't mean you get to live, being the bad guy doesn't mean you have to die, important actions don't necessarily have a big buildup...It's kinda true to life in that regard, stuff just...happens. (bit reminded of George R.R. Martin too)

Lobster Johnson

>>88879936
He's basically the ultimate drinking buddy especially if you're a skeleton

>>88879933
I don't think they're perfect endings, but they have their moments. I think people were expecting more definitive endings but if you view at just another endnote for a particular arc, they're pretty good. I really like Johann's sacrifice in Hell On Earth since it feels like a logical end to his arc about struggling with his own morality. I also really like the symbolism in Hellboy in Hell's ending even if it may have been a bit abrupt.

>>88882629
> a logical end to his arc about struggling with his own morality

Morality or mortality? Because I thought it was the perfect ending due to how he's struggled with his mortality. Sort off. Like, he's been clinging on to whatever bit of life he had left for quite some time now, getting a new body and everything. Then in the end he chose to completely annihilate himself and even give up any chance of an afterlife, good or bad, just to give humanity a few more seconds. Meanwhile Iosif has not been clinging to life but he ended up annihilated as well in the end.

>>88882730
Both. Throughout Hell on Earth, Johann's been struggling with what he sees as his increasing coldness/detachment towards people due to his ghostly state and in the end he sacrifices his very existence and being one with the universe just so he can give humanity more time. He knows that on a cosmic scale his sacrifice is pointless but he is willing to do it no matter how little it helps.

>>88879933
It really isnt the same without Mignola's writing and Art.

>>88860062
Hellboy is Catholic, though. One of the main themes of Hellboy is that free will conquers destiny and anyone can choose to be good.

>>88860180
Think of I as Catholic fanfiction, like Dante's Divine Comedy. Christian fiction writers generally take the Bible pretty seriously, since their fiction is basically a love letter to religion.

>>88879639
it's supposed to continue once those brazilians stop taking on too many projects at the same time

>>88879585
I liked the story, but I would rather have had it set to Mignola art.

>>88883792
Yeah, I can see that, but I think Richard was okay. Mike would've been better, but no use crying over spilt milk.

>>88883060
Dante was such a fanboy of Virgil. I like the Comedy but it gets a bit annoying.

A friend is looking to get into bprd but I lost the mega. Anyone got it?

>>88885018
https://mega.nz/#F!fNZmmC4D!HyV78B7Y0MV-jz2xbFaNfA
This might be it.

>>88885626
Thanks a lot!

>>88876076

Bump because I want sources as well.

>>88887994

http://www.cbr.com/cbr-saturday-conversation-mike-mignola/

Found something:

>No, I don’t believe in anything, really. Not on a conscious level. That is the beauty of it. I was raised Catholic. I was taught a bunch of stuff. I find religion fascinating, but at no time does any of that tie my hands. I get to play with stuff without getting to reverential.

I think some posters/people think if he was raised Catholic therefore he still is a Catholic as an adult. This thread is pretty dead but the next time someone says Mignola is a catholic, now there's a source on the matter.

>>88860300
Actually that makes me who'd win in a fight. Hellboy is literally divine. Anakin has the Force. In a straight brawl I'd give it to Hellboy. Vader's body is so destroyed, he couldn't possibly stand against the sheer power Hellboy can throw down.

>>88888400
Ah, good clarification. Thanks.

>>88888400

Helpful. Good knowledge.

>>88888518

Hellboy would win. He can resist pretty much anything. He shrugs off assbeatings by demons. He only died cause Hecate ripped his heart out and pulled him into Hell.

>>88889480
>Hecate
It wasn't Hecate, it was Nimue the Blood Queen...
jeez, did you even read that story?

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>>88880439

>>88892084

>>88875464
I still don't get what the hellboy in hell Ending meant

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>>88861185
>A United States General cooked and served pancakes to a demonchild bearing the right hand of angel and told him to not be so picky
It's like British humor

>>88861311
You have no idea how canon it is. There is a distinct divide in the Mignolaverse where before that story takes place Hellboy is never shown eating pancakes and afterwards he is shown multiple times on panel eating them.

>>88863919
Who's Purcell?

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this cover is beyond glorious

>>88898631
One month and 25 days to go.

>>88875464
I don't get the Hellboy in Hell ending either. Did he get reincarnated? Was it a cyclical loop in time? What were the three gold shapes, and why were they in that specific, random house in Hell?

>>88861185
Was this the first reveal of Pandemonium?

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>>88898857
>What were the three gold shapes

read the Wizard and the Snake, short answer is they're a visual representation of the end of Hellboy's journey.

>>88898892
yep and Astraoth

>>88888400
I've met him before. He does consider himself Catholic, kind of. He does go to church but that's more his wife and his kid want him there. He said he goes to confession once a year. I suppose it's complicated.

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>>88898243
Sam and Max. Steve Purcell, a very close friend of Mike Mignola. In art school in California they were roomies.

>>88900096

That's why my mom goes to church. Dad wants her there.

>>88859616
So stoked for the alien mini, that was the plot thread I was most excited to see tied back in or explained.

>>88900391
They never did finish that up did they? I'm curious to see where that goes.
>>88900161
Really? I didn't know they went to school together. I know they're friends, but didn't know why.

>>88860737
I don't like his art either, so don't worry. You're not alone.

>>88901124
Be fair. Mike had a ton on his plate, naturally he would need help. Richard wasn't great but he gave it the old college try.

>>88869113
>>88875464
May as well link it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbsDvGtTRWU

I've got a question as well, please save the spoilers buy do things get shaken up in this series or is it very status quo?

>>88897507
Doom is looking really fabulous here.

>>88898856
Okay then.

>>88903363
Shit happens, boy. Shit happens world-wide and personally.

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Gentlemen.

Does anybody else get overwhelmed with the amount of material the magnolia-verse has? I'm very on-again off-again with the series, as it's hard to keep track of everything (the release schedule being inconsistent doesn't help). I finished hellbound goes to hell, and I think the last BPRD issue I read was 141.

Also, what do people think about the animated movies? I've seen the first, but haven't gotten around to the second one.

>>88904055
It was overwhelming when I first started getting into it.
Now I'm sad there isn't enough. Never enough.
>animated movies
They're okay-ish, but not really on the level of the comics. Didn't one of them just take plot elements from Wake the Devil and stuff it into a story about a haunted house?

>>88904102
Funny, it was at about the twenty year mark that things started to get overwhelming for me.

That might be the second one. The first one is pretty much "Hellboy in Japan".

>>88904516
Yeah, the one I'm talking about had them investigating a haunted house some billionaire wanted to buy and the Hellboy fights Iron Maiden Hecate there.

>>88860737
I have to disagree, while there were a couple screwy panels, I feel Crooked Man was one of the most effective stories outside of the "main" narrative and the art was definitely part of what made it work so well

>>88862670
honestly that crossover was kinda weak

>>88860814
seriously? I guess i got to read it again, because it seemed pretty open ended to me, I mean, ok he died, stabbed to death old Devil himself and carried on with his hobby of solving supernatural crimes, something of abundance in hell.

>>88864301
Catholics actually pretty rarely act like that, probably helps with how old and thus how well established our doctrine is, heck we actually have some basic doctrine set up for when we make contact with Alien life

most Christian fanaticism in the US involves much younger and unstable sects, who take the Bible much more literally than Catholicism does(for example standard Catholic doctrine is that Revelations is merely allegory, not something destined to happen, we don't believe in either the Rapture or in a literal Apocalypse happening any time soon)

>>88864720
exactly

>>88859188
Batman - Sanctum. Hellboyish, lovecrafian and very good. Kinda short though.

>>88905090
I didn't know who starman was before reading the comic, so I felt like I didn't "get" the issue with him and Hellboy. Would it have been more enjoyable if I knew who he was beforehand?

>>88864657
please give me a source on the saint for comics

>>88905524
>not reading the entire thread
Why the hell are you reposting something someone else already posted here:

>>88861185

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I'm not really a fan of Corben's style, but he is undeniably amazingly talented. I'd obviously prefer Mignola art, but Corben nails the grotesque even if personally it's not my thing.

>>88863597
I love how goggles and tank tops are a fad at the BPRD thanks to Howards

>>88864309
I know Chelsea Cain isn't really liked in these parts but her Liz story in the last winter special was great

Huh, I'm an Anglican-raised agnostic and my favourite works of fiction, Middle-Earth and Hellboy, are both heavily rooted in catholicism. Interesting.

>>88905548
I don't think Saint Genesius is a canon saint so much as a folk saint. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=185 This is the Catholic Online about him. He's patron of actors it says, but in the calendar of saints he's also the patron of comedians.

>>88905346
Oh that was a good one.

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/annotations/hellboy-reading-order-2016/

Best reading order for Mignolaverse, which for some reason does not include Jenny Finn, a predecessor of Witchfinder IMO and The Amazing Screw-on Head anthology which is pretty much in the same style as other Mignolaverse titles.

>>88906949
I'm Orthodox. We also count him as the saint of clowns. Why we have a saint for clowns confuses me, but I've found them creepy since I saw IT as a kid. Still like Tim Curry though.

>>88907088
Are you saying clowns don't need protection or whatever it is saints do?

>>88907063
Already posted.>>88864872

>>88907102
Saints give protection. We believe they're close to God. So when you offer them prayers they can transmit them to the Lord, and being closer than sinners, they have more influence. Technically a saint is anyone in Heaven. Saint just means 'holy'.

>>88888400
Thanks man!
I don't wanna say I feel validated about it feeling off otherwise (because the conversation was still nice and civilized), but I do.
I was surprised how thick he laid it on in Aliens: Salvation, but then that's the point of the story, I suppose.

>>88898698
This makes me smile unreasonably much.
When you know it's by him, it's so obvious, but it's still so cool because it's so iconic.

>>88903363
Things get so shaken up you'll be shaken up.

>>88905237
Thanks for the clarification.

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What happened to the jet packs?

>>88907631
R&D is working on it. Any day now.

>>88901246
That is so goddamn arrogant, it insults me.
Corben's style is perfect for the eerie story that it portrayed with that story.

I'm okay with not liking his art, but calling his wondrous work a "college try" is just bloody baffling.

>>88898631
Is this an illustrated novel or what?

>>88901056
>Dream of the Endless

Why didn't a Neil Gaiman/Mignola collaboration ever happen?

>>88905496
Yes. Starman was an amazing book.

>>88909574
Mignola was supposed to do the art for The Kindly Ones but couldn't handle working on a monthly serialization's schedule.

>>88909611
That's too bad. Even though I really dug Mark Hampel's style on that arc.

>>88909649
I felt it lacked the gravitas fitting of the circumstances in that arc.

>>88909223
I apologize. I think I worded myself poorly. English isn't my first language. Funny, Hellboy helped me learn English. Again I'm sorry if I misspoke.

>>88909818
What's your first language? Your English seems pretty good. I think you maybe don't get the idioms though.

>>88909890
Breton. I'm from Brittany. My parents didn't even let me speak French until I was twelve. I only learned English by fifteen. Some cousins in the US gave me Seed of Destruction and a bunch of tapes of Mystery Science Theater. I liked that stuff so much I kept studying until I could fully understand it. I attended a Catholic boarding school and all my classes were in Breton until I took an English elective.

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>tfw mignola's making a series on Koschei the Deathless

feels good man

>>88910471
Koschei is an actual myth isn't he?

>>88910492
Yeah, Russian lich, afaik

>>88910492
Indeed he is.

>>88910492
Yeah. Koschei took away the first sister of Ivan Tsarevitch, Marya Morvena. Ivan goes after him, but Koschei kills him, puts his body in a barrel and throws him into the sea. However, he he is returned to life by the magic of his sisters and powerful wizards and priests. He is told by them Koschei has a magical horse, and to go to Baba Yaga to get one of his own. He passes her tests, gets the horse, then kills Koschei and burns his body, destroying him.

>>88910613
...Not so deathless then.

>>88910656
Well, the story is called "The Death of Koschei The Deathless".

>>88910656
Even immortals don't manage to stick around forever. And you know why? Because there can be only one

>>88910613
>>88910656
iirc that's just one story he's in, he's like a boogeyman, from what I understand

>>88910700
Oh yeah, there's many stories. That's the primary one though. He's used to scare kids into being good. During Russian Orthodox Christmas season he takes the role of anti-Santa essentially, kind of like the Germanic Krampus. Punishes bad kids.

>>88910471
he is??

>>88911110
I remember seeing news like that, lemme see if I can find a link

>>88911110
>>88911444
http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?65268-Mike-Mignola-is-working-on-Koshchei-the-Deathless-mini-series

>>88911444
>>88911557

oh yeah man thats great! i want a heliopic brotherhood series now damit

>>88905150
Basically anyone who could hold his supposed fate over his head who isn't God Himself is dead and he gets to retire to a replica of Brutenholms' house. Those shapes are a symbolic depiction of the end of a life, a journey, taken from one of Mignolias' other stories.

>>88861041
jup but it's not stealing if you don't mention it...Wait.

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>>88898957

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>>88859188
Did some of the pre-production artwork on Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Some of the elements then carried over onto the film.

Guys, where can I find Hellboy comics from 2013 onward? The last I have is B.P.R.D The Abyss of Time and I can't find anything newer to download.

>>88913217
>that poor snek.
so loving and loyal. His cinnamon wizard was too good, too pure for this world.

>>88876142
>http://libgen.io/comics/seriestable.php?series_hash=e61f8fbffbc9a01d4c3469d6f590ee7b

>>88907887
After two apocalypses wouldn't BPRD R&D basically be an understaffed tool shed

>>88913328
I read them online, myself. readcomicsonline.to seems to be up to date with Hell on Earth.

Is it too late to ask about Pluto? He's still down in the Stygian sea, waiting.

>>88917514
No he's dea, Loli demon released Pluto and his crew to help take down the dragon topside

>>88917646
Oh. I'll be honest, I've only read Hellboy, I've never read B.P.R.D.

>>88913328
go to the win-o thread

>>88916769
>>88917803
Thanks a lot

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>>88859188
my favorite one is the Lankhmar series with pencils by him

HELLBOY LIBRARY 7 WHEN

>>88909426
yeah

>>88910492
Yep. I had an illustrated Russian fairytale book as a kid so I recognized most of the Russian folklore that popped up in the book.

Mignola announced on this podcast that he's drawing his first post-Hellboy comic and writing a separate series that I think is Hellboy related (not Silent Sea).

http://www.multiversitycomics.com/podcasts/rft-361-mike-mignola/

also he has a lot of variant covers in the works in the style of this >>88898631