<\/p>\n","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With Rob Williams","post_excerpt":"\u00a0Sword of Hyperborea\u00a0","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-rob-williams","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 22:09:48","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 21:09:48","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207445","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207156,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-11-02 15:11:09","post_date_gmt":"2021-11-02 15:11:09","post_content":"With the release of the latest issue of Hellboy,\u00a0Hellboy: The Bones of Giants<\/em>,\u00a0out tomorrow. We are delighted to be joined by Matt Smith; Matt is the creator of Barbarian Lord. Matt has worked on numerous comics including,\u00a0Folklords<\/em>,\u00a0Lake Of Fire<\/em>, Metal Quest<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Jim Henson\u2019s Storyteller<\/em>.<\/span>\n\nHi Matt, it's such a thrill to have you here with us. <\/span>\n\nHow did the opportunity come about for you to be involved in the Hellboy universe again?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nAs I remember it, I was out raking leaves and listening to music on my headphones when I saw a notification that I got a message\u2013\u2013which turned out to be Mike Mignola asking if I was interested in drawing a\u00a0Hellboy\u00a0<\/em>story he was working on about an ancient werewolf hunter. After taking a beat to get my head around how this could have happened, I replied that I was very interested in all of those words. That story turned out to be the one-shot \"Long Night at Goloski Station.\"<\/span>\n\nDid you read the novel\u00a0Hellboy: The Bones of Giants<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nMany times! I was already a longtime fan of Norse mythology, and so was on it when it came out. I love mythology and folklore in general, but the Norse myths and sagas have been the focus of my interest for ages. I haven\u2019t read the novel recently, as my sister borrowed it and lost it. That\u2019s right, I\u2019m letting everyone know what happened to my treasured copy of the book.<\/span>\n\nWhat can you tell us about\u00a0Hellboy: The Bones of Giants\u00a0#1<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nWhen [co-writer] Christopher Golden sent me the script, I was immediately impressed with how he adapted the length and format. Issue #1 gets moving right away, and we\u2019re up in the mountains and in streets of Stockholm, being reunited with some familiar characters and meeting some new ones. It\u2019s pretty lean and fast-moving, but without losing the great atmosphere of the book. [Colorist] Chris O\u2019Halloran, who worked with me on\u00a0Folklords\u00a0<\/em>but is new to the\u00a0Hellboy<\/em>\u00a0world, did a hell of a job on colors. I\u2019m really interested to hear what fellow\u00a0Hellboy<\/em>\u00a0fans make of this first issue.<\/span>\n\nWhat is it like working with Mike and Christopher?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI had the good fortune to meet them both at a Boston comic con where they offered me the project, and they couldn\u2019t have been more welcoming. Since then, it\u2019s stayed on that same line. This had the potential to be pretty daunting, with me being a huge fan of the character, Mike\u2019s art in general, and this particular Norse-steeped story\u2013\u2013but Mike, Chris, and the strong editorial team at Dark Horse took the edge off for sure.<\/span>\n\nDid you get a full script for each issue?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI did. I can\u2019t remember now if I got them all at once\u2013\u2013I don\u2019t think I did. I think they came along as I was working, which was fun to look forward to. I knew the story well, but to see how Chris adapted it for comics was really cool.<\/span>\n\nHow good is your knowledge of Norse mythology?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nIt\u2019s certainly not at an academic level, but I know my myths pretty well. I love the source material and also collect films, comics, and records that are influenced by them. That Norse-inspired material really comes first, chronologically. I got the first real bite with Walt Simonson\u2019s work when I was a little kid, and then later as a teen, I was further infected by the Swedish band Bathory. Then there is Tolkien, who masterfully took from them to help build out his world. Somewhere in there I would have started reading the myths proper, and more recently developed a more focused interest in the medieval Icelandic sagas.<\/span>\n\nDo you have a favourite scene from\u00a0Hellboy: The Bones of Giants\u00a0#1<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI think it\u2019s the Ragnarok scenes. It was a real treat to be drawing Thor and Jormungandr within the Hellboy world, though I\u2019d also be happy drawing pages and pages of Hellboy wandering through mountains. Maybe there can be a slow comics movement, like that seven-hour train ride video from Bergen to Olso. Hundreds of pages of Hellboy wandering, arctic hares, and snow storms. I\u2019m sure that\u2019d go over well. Ha. I\u2019d be into it, though. I watched that seven-hour train video with my father-in-law. It was great. We spent a day at it, took coffee breaks. It was lovely.<\/span>\n\nArtistically has\u00a0Hellboy: The Bones of Giants\u00a0been a challenge to illustrate?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\n\nYes.\u00a0<\/span>\n\nIf this were a live interview, I\u2019d just leave that hanging for comedic effect, take a long sip of coffee. Seriously though, it was, and it was a good challenge. Hard and worth the fight. It\u2019s a big story with a lot going on. I\u2019d done that one\u00a0Hellboy\u00a0<\/em>issue,\u00a0Long Night at Goloski Station, which was a single night in a single location really\u2013\u2013maybe a more atmospheric story, if that makes sense. I\u2019ve also done a couple of graphic novels outside the Hellboy world, but this was my first time handling Hellboy in a larger story. It was longer than the one-shot, of course, but the pace of the story and the scale of action are also pretty different. Support from everyone at Dark Horse was very helpful, as was looking at all the great\u00a0Hellboy<\/em>\u00a0work that\u2019s been done. Mike\u2019s, of course, but also rereading through Duncan Fegredo\u2019s\u00a0Hellboy<\/em>\u00a0books and Mignolaverse titles by Peter Bergting and Ben Stenbeck. That put fuel in the tank for sure, revisiting what has been done\u2013\u2013and has been done so damn well.<\/span>\n\nWhat are you currently reading?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI just started Tolkien's\u00a0Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/em>\u00a0translation, but I'm only a dozen pages in at the moment. I had just finished the new book by Paul Tremblay before that,\u00a0Survivor\u2019s Song<\/em>. There\u2019s a Hellboy connection there\u2013\u2013I was surprised when reading a Tremblay short story collection not long ago to come across a short\u00a0Hellboy<\/em>\u00a0story in it. It was really cool, too! For comics, I just picked up the first two issues of\u00a0Mazebook<\/em>\u00a0by Jeff Lemire, and you know everything he makes is wicked cool. I\u2019ve also recently reread Simonson\u2019s\u00a0Ragnarok<\/em>\u00a0series, as that has consistently been one of my very favorite titles in recent times. They just take me back to what got me into comics in the first place. They are exciting, fun, and amazing to stare at. That he is doing his best work now is also heavy-duty inspiring.<\/span>\n\nWe would like to thank Matt for sitting and chatting with us and we wish him and the rest of his team the best of luck with\u00a0Hellboy: The Bones of Giants<\/em>.<\/span>","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With Matt Smith","post_excerpt":"Based on the illustrated novel ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-matt-smith","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 23:03:45","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 22:03:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207156","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":206067,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-23 14:24:19","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-23 14:24:19","post_content":"

This week see the return to the Baltimore<\/em> universe with the long-awaited release of Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens<\/em> from Dark Horse comics. The series is co-written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden, with art by Bridgit Connell, colours by Michelle Madsen, and covers by Hugo Award-winning illustrator Abigail Larson. We got a chance to sit down with the author Christopher Golden to talk about Baltimore<\/em>. Christopher Golden has written a wide range of novels and comics, some of these include Angel<\/em>, Baltimore<\/em>, Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em> and Hellboy<\/em> just to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hi Christopher we are so excited to have you here with us today, we have been fans of your work for a very long time. We are so delighted that you are here to talk with us.<\/span><\/p>\n

CG: Thanks so much!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You have been part of the Baltimore<\/em> universe right from the beginning, how does it feel to be still creating in the Baltimore<\/em> universe?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CG: It\u2019s fantastic. When Mike and I created Baltimore in the novel\u00a0Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire<\/em>, we had some thoughts about there being a sequel at some point. But we never dreamed that it would grow to be this enormous mythology that goes back to the beginning of time, and the idea that it would become its own comic book universe never occurred to us. But then\u00a0Joe Golem\u00a0<\/em>happened, and over time it grew organically into this much larger thing. Ideas and characters kept presenting themselves, and now it\u2019s something I spend so much time thinking about, and I just want to keep exploring. And who could be anything but thrilled with the artists we\u2019ve collaborated with while creating the Outerverse? Ben Stenbeck, Patric Reynolds, Peter Bergting, and Bridgit Connell. What a rogues\u2019 gallery that is!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You have been working with Mike Mignola for quite a long time, what's it like working with Mike Mignola?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CG: As of this year, Mike and I have been working together for a quarter century, which is insane. We started way back when I persuaded him to let me write the first\u00a0Hellboy\u00a0<\/em>novel,\u00a0The Lost Army<\/em>, which came out in 1997. I\u2019d like to think we\u2019ve been positive influences on one another. We share a certain frame of reference and a lot of similar interests, but our approaches have always been very different. My mind is always searching for explanations for things, trying to force order onto a story, and Mike\u2019s much more about the weirdness and the beauty and not so much about explanation. Working with him has always inspired me by giving me the freedom to NOT explain something, to let the weird and beautiful just be weird and beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What can you tell us about the first issue of Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CG: Thirteen years ago, Sofia Baltimore took part in a battle that decided the fate of the world. Her husband\u2014her closest friend, Lord Baltimore\u2014died during that battle. The great evil of the Red King was destroyed, but that didn\u2019t drive all evil from the world. There are still monsters, there\u2019s still darkness. It took time to begin to gather but now, as World War II begins and the Nazis ally themselves with a congregation of witches called the Hexenkorps, Lady Baltimore has gathered a small group of her own allies to combat the insidious evil and the monsters popping up around Europe. In the first issue, she encounters an old ally, Judge Rigo, who tells her that stories abound about Baltimore\u2019s ghost appearing in various places. He needs her help in his own work against the Nazis, and if she\u2019ll help him, he\u2019ll help her get to the bottom of the stories of Baltimore\u2019s wandering ghost. Of course, that\u2019s just the first step in a dark, epic story of war, evil, love, and resurrection\u2014but not the way you might think.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you and Mike Mignola are writing together how does that work? Do you write the plot together? Do you write the script together?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CG: It really differs from project to project. Most of our work together is done on the phone. Sometimes Mike has a lot of plot elements in his head and we talk them out, or he\u2019ll write down ideas. Sometimes I\u2019ve dreamt up most of a story already. Either way, we hash it out, and then I\u2019ll put flesh on the bones and run it all by him for his take on it all. The best part is that many of these characters and stories are big, sometimes epic, and Mike always has the ability to pull out the essence of a thing, to carve off the fat, whether in the plot or in the dialogue. When I started as a comics writer, I would overexplain everything, and Mike has done his best to cure me of that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens<\/em> comic includes the talent of Bridgit Connell, Michelle Madsen and Abigail Larson. How did they join the Lady Baltimore comic and what has it been like working with them?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CG: Michelle has been the colorist on most of the previous Outerverse comics, and she\u2019s fantastic. I wouldn\u2019t want it any other way. With Bridgit\u2014Katii and I had a long, ongoing email chain and various phone calls as we built a list of potential artists for this book, searching for someone who could bring the right combination of action and movement, who could do the kinds of backgrounds and visual world-building these stories need, and who could give life to the characters\u2019 faces the way we wanted. We winnowed that list down to two or three people and then presented them to Mike. Katii and I had Bridgit as our first choice, but I don\u2019t think we told Mike that. He had met Bridgit before, and loved her work. What I\u2019ve found, working with Mike, is that he has a great eye for artists who are already really good but who have it in them to really level up, and he saw that in Bridgit\u2026and boy, was he right. With Abigail, that was a Katii and Mike decision, but I\u2019m so glad they made it. Abigail\u2019s covers give\u00a0Lady Baltimore<\/em>\u00a0a gorgeous, distinctive style that sets the series apart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of our readers maybe not be familiar with the Baltimore<\/em> novel and the comic series, is Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens<\/em> #1 new reader-friendly?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CG: Absolutely. My hope is that new readers will pick up\u00a0Lady Baltimore\u00a0#1<\/em> and, though they shouldn\u2019t need to read\u00a0Baltimore<\/em>\u00a0to understand it, they\u2019ll be intrigued enough to go back to the beginning. Fortunately, the whole\u00a0Baltimore<\/em>\u00a0story is available in two gorgeous, affordable omnibuses\u2014check \u2019em out!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Any message for the ComicBuzz readers?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

CG: Just a thanks in advance to readers who are willing to give\u00a0Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens\u00a0#1<\/em> a shot. It\u2019s a wild ride with a new hero I hope you\u2019ll love as much as we do. Sofia is her own woman, with her own mission, and I can\u2019t wait for people to see where it takes her!<\/span><\/p>\n

We would like to say a big thank you to Christopher for taking the time to talk with us, Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #1<\/em> is out this week from Dark Horse comics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Mike Mignola\u2019s Legendary Creation on March 23, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\nMILWAUKIE, Ore., (November 15, 2018)\u2014Next year, on Saturday March 23, 2019, Dark Horse Comics will celebrate the 25th anniversary of legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola\u2019s most famous creation with Hellboy Day. In 1994, Dark Horse Comics published the debut issue of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction and introduced comic book readers to the Right Hand of Doom, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, and one of the most iconic comic book characters\u2014and universes\u2014of all time. For 2019\u2019s Hellboy Day celebration, Dark Horse will publish <\/span>a 25th anniversary, promotional edition of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction issue 1, featuring a new cover by Mignola and <\/span>colorist Dave Stewart, which will be given away at participating comic book shops; and select stores across the country will host Hellboy Day events.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen I created Hellboy way back when I never imagined he would be around long enough to celebrate a 25th anniversary,\u201d said Mike Mignola. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to the writers, artists, colorists and letterers who\u2019ve joined me in telling Hellboy stories for all these years. And, of course, so grateful to the fans. This thing could not exist without their support and it\u2019s a pleasure every time I get to go out to meet them.\u201d Mike Mignola will appear at a Hellboy Day signing at Earth 2 Comics in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles on March 23.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDark Horse is inviting comic book retailers to celebrate this milestone anniversary for the world\u2019s greatest paranormal investigator by holding store events and sales of Hellboy titles. In addition, Dark Horse will be creating a series of Hellboy Day promotional materials for retailers, including a Hellboy Tattoo Sheet, a Right Hand of Doom bookmark, a window cling, an open\/close sign, and a new, folded version of the Hellboy double sided poster and Mignolaverse timeline that debuted at New York Comic Con. Retailers will have the chance to order promotional, giveaway materials and are invited to take advance of additional backlist sale pricing in order to hold celebrations at their stores. Qualifying retailers who take advantage of backlist sales promotion will be automatically entered to win special prizing packages from Dark Horse.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cHellboy fans: please make sure to tell your retailer you want your local store to participate in this awesome celebration today,\u201d said Matt Parkinson, Dark Horse Vice President of Marketing. \u201cAnd retailers: look for the December Previews for February on Sale (Issue #363) for details on backlist sales and contest deals, as well as ordering information on the promotional material being created for the event.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nFor nearly 25 years, Mignola and a host of celebrated writers and artists have chronicled the adventures of Hellboy facing his supposed destiny as Beast of the Apocalypse, and explored the mysterious backstories of B.P.R.D. agents including Professor Trevor Bruttenholm and Abe Sapien. Hellboy\u2019s adventures have appeared in what are known as the Mignolaverse \u2014 the strange, shared universe of comic books and graphic novels, comprised of acclaimed titles including Hellboy & the B.P.R<\/span>,D., Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D., Crimson Lotus, Frankenstein Underground, Lobster Johnson, The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed and Witchfinder. Hellboy has appeared in graphic novels and comic books, prose novels and short story collections, two animated features, two live action films, toy lines and all manner of merchandise. Neil Marshall\u2019s forthcoming Hellboy film starring David Harbour, Sasha Lane, Ian McShane, Penelope Mitchell, and Milla Jovovich will be released by Lionsgate on April 12, 2019.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFor more information about the Mignolaverse comic books and graphic novels, as well as announcements of Dark Horse Comics\u2019 plans for 2019 to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of the first Hellboy comic book, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, follow the company on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.<\/span>\r\n ","post_title":"Dark Horse Announces Hellboy Day 2019","post_excerpt":"Celebrate 25 years of Hellboy","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dark-horse-announces-hellboy-day-2019","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-11-15 20:11:05","post_modified_gmt":"2018-11-15 20:11:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=202429","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":201563,"post_author":"28","post_date":"2018-10-17 18:07:25","post_date_gmt":"2018-10-17 18:07:25","post_content":"Writer:\u00a0<\/strong>Mike Mignola, Chris Golden<\/span>\r\n\r\nArtist:<\/strong> Peter Bergting\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nColorist:<\/strong> Michelle Madsen<\/span>\r\n\r\nCover:<\/strong> Dave Palumbo\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nPublisher:<\/strong> Dark Horse Comics\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSpoilers<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nCompellingly creepy, this issue is too relevant for me for this time of year...the constant rain, basement floods, and monster masks in every other store: talk about a mirror of real life. The Drowning City #2 is a horror-filled fantasy sure to delight fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Hellboy of course.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI get drawn into the story from the strong beginning, which has a very gothic feel to it, and though the plot faltered here and there with some confusing dialogue, the pacing was mostly on point until the end. Perhaps it\u2019s just me, but I felt that the story suddenly stuttered at the end, like it ran out of gas and slowed to a stop. It\u2019s not really a cliffhanger, though there are plenty of ends to tie up, but it is more of a cop-out end, especially with the cliched dialogue. Some of the transitions between the continuing storyline and this specific arc could be improved, but that\u2019s note huge. These are really my only gripes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nThe more I get to know the characters of Joe and Church, the more intrigued I am to learn about both them. I wish there was a bit more of a voice given to each of them, as they seem a teensy two dimensional at this point, so I am hoping that they fill out more in later issues. The dialogue could be better, but it\u2019s not horrible; just not impressive or all that natural, either.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMy favorite part of this issue is the art. The anatomy is very well drawn, and the backgrounds are highly detailed and sketchy at the same time, which gives the vibe that something is off: perfectly apt for a comic of this genre. The colors are somewhat muted with these kind of...smoky (for lack of a better word) shadows. It\u2019s like the shading was smudged with fingertips, as one would do with charcoal. It\u2019s neat.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nLook no further if you\u2019re seeking a terrifying mystery. This issue will satisfy.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOverall:<\/strong> 8\/10<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"Joe Golem: Occult Detective--The Drowning City #2 Review","post_excerpt":"Compellingly creepy","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"joe-golem-occult-detective-the-drowning-city-2-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-10-17 18:07:25","post_modified_gmt":"2018-10-17 18:07:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=201563","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":198137,"post_author":"29","post_date":"2018-06-27 19:00:15","post_date_gmt":"2018-06-27 19:00:15","post_content":"Writer:<\/strong> Mike Mignola<\/span>\r\n\r\nArtists:<\/strong> Richard Corben, Duncan Fegredo, Mick McMahon, F\u00e1bio Moon, Gabriel B\u00e1, Dave Stewart, Matt Hollingsworth, James Sinclair, Clem Robins, Pat Brosseau.<\/span>\r\n\r\nEditor:<\/strong> Scott Allie<\/span>\r\n\r\nCollection Design:<\/strong> Cary Grazzini & Justin Couch<\/span>\r\n\r\nDigital Art Technician:<\/strong> Christina McKenzie<\/span>\r\n\r\nPublisher:<\/strong> Dark Horse Comics\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHaving never read a single Hellboy comic up until this volume, I\u2019ll say right now that this is the best gift if you have somebody you want to know about Hellboy.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe short stories presented cover the earlier years of Hellboy\u2019s existence, from the late 40\u2019s, to the early 60\u2019s, with a brief stint over the 80\u2019s, and take the main character all over the world, in places such as Norway, Mexico, Ireland and Malaysia, dealing with monsters of their local folklores in ways only Hellboy can do: with punches and blows.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs an introduction to the to the so called Mignolaverse<\/em>, the book works magnificently. From the first to the last, the stories ease you into the world of this character that, while familiar to those who have watched the movies, has much more to offer when not restrained to a Hollywood budget and standards.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nAs for favorite stories, I\u2019m divided between the lyrical Midnight Circus<\/em>, the collection of stories set in Mexico, or the award winning Crooked Man<\/em>. This last one, set deep into the Apalachia, tales a tale about witches and their craft, deals with the devil and <\/span>christian faith in a mixture that would fit right into an old school country song.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIf I haven\u2019t stressed this enough, here it goes again: this book is a find. The stories are a treat if you\u2019re already a fan of the big red guy, and the perfect introduction if you have never heard of him before. The sketchbook pages are the cherry on the top, if you like the backstage details of comics.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nOverall:<\/strong> 10\/10<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1 Review","post_excerpt":"The ultimate introduction to this supernatural hero","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"hellboy-the-complete-short-stories-vol-1-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-14 19:54:51","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-14 19:54:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=198137","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":4},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_22"};