DIrishB
The Timeline Guy
So I've read the occasional Hellboy issue from time to time over my comics reading years, but never really paid much attention or made an effort to get into the books.
A few weeks ago I read an article about Mignola's plans to finally end the Hellboy universe, and I started looking into the universe and its various titles, and decided I'd dive in... from the beginning.
Thus, I started with the Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder stories (set in the late 1800's), then moved onto the Lobster Johnson tales set in the 1930's, and just finished reading Sledgehammer 44 and the BPRD tales set in the 1940's (1946, 1947, 1948, Vampire), before moving onto the later tales focusing on Hellboy, the BPRD, and Abe Sapien (and Frankenstein Underground) throughout the 1950's to present day.
I'm really enjoying it, overall. I'm not a big fan of horror in general, but Mignola's Hellboy universe appeals to me. It's a great blend of pulpy action, classic horror, and interesting themes of causality and escaping destiny/one's nature, all with a carefully planned and executed overall continuity that appeals to my inner comic continuity-nut.
And of course, I'm timelining it, so will get that posted over on thetimelinesite.com when it's done (which may be a few months to get through all the various Hellboy related tales).
Anyway, anyone else a fan of the Hellboy character/universe?
A few weeks ago I read an article about Mignola's plans to finally end the Hellboy universe, and I started looking into the universe and its various titles, and decided I'd dive in... from the beginning.
Thus, I started with the Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder stories (set in the late 1800's), then moved onto the Lobster Johnson tales set in the 1930's, and just finished reading Sledgehammer 44 and the BPRD tales set in the 1940's (1946, 1947, 1948, Vampire), before moving onto the later tales focusing on Hellboy, the BPRD, and Abe Sapien (and Frankenstein Underground) throughout the 1950's to present day.
I'm really enjoying it, overall. I'm not a big fan of horror in general, but Mignola's Hellboy universe appeals to me. It's a great blend of pulpy action, classic horror, and interesting themes of causality and escaping destiny/one's nature, all with a carefully planned and executed overall continuity that appeals to my inner comic continuity-nut.
And of course, I'm timelining it, so will get that posted over on thetimelinesite.com when it's done (which may be a few months to get through all the various Hellboy related tales).
Anyway, anyone else a fan of the Hellboy character/universe?