This year marks three decades since one of the weirdest superheroes of all time made his debut, Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. The demonic owner of the Right Hand of Doom has gone on to worldwide fame thanks to a pair of iconic movies by Guillermo Del Toro, but it all started in the pages of Dark Horse Comics back in 1994. At this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego, Dark Horse will celebrate their signature character’s 30th Anniversary with several incredible exclusives, which you can preview right here:

Hellboy Seed of Destruction #1 30th Anniversary Convention Exclusive Variant

This is a special edition of the first issue of Hellboy that depicts his arrival on Earth in the midst of WWII, the return of his adoptive father from a failed Arctic expedition, and Hellboy’s first encounter with Mike Mignola’s infamous frog monsters. Dark Horse has printed this special edition of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1 as uncolored line art, and it features an updated line art cover, a bonus section with more than 20 sketches, and digital codes for Seed of Destruction #1-4. This is a limited Edition of 1500 copies for $25.00 and is limited to 5 copies per person per day.

The Goon, Hellboy, and Usagi Yojimbo Anniversary Print

Mike Mignola, Stan Sakai, and Eric Powell each draw their iconic characters in this exclusive print, painted by Powell. This poster measures 18 inches x 24 inches, with a limit of 300 units. The gorgeous commemorative piece showcases three of the comic book medium’s most enduring creator-owned heroes. To grab this one, it’ll set you back $50.00.

Hellboy 30th Anniversary Pinfinity Set

The augmented reality Pinfinity set features three detailed enamel pins depicting Mike Mignola’s iconic artwork. These include Hellboy 30th Anniversary, Crowned Knight Skeleton, and Giant Robot Hellboy. Fans can explore the legendary comic series like never before. All by scanning the pins with the Pinfinity app to unlock comic pages, animated content, and more. The price for this set is $40.00.

Hellboy Letterpress Print Sets

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Dark Horse has partnered with The Press Room in Austin, TX on a run of specialty crafted Hellboy Letterpress Print Sets. This bundle of five (5) 4-inch by 6-inch prints features black and white Hellboy illustrations by Mike Mignola. Each is printed on an original 1955 Vandercook 219AB press, on heavy 100lb cover stock. Limited to just 666 sets, this gorgeous collection comes complete with a hand-numbered, letterpress printed, red belly-band. The price for this Letterpress set is $40.00.

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Mike Mignola’s Hellboy and its myriad spinoffs are up there as my favorite comics of all time. The mix of Gothic, cosmic, and monster horror with a helping of gallows humor works for me so, so much. Guillermo del Toro famously made a couple of Hellboy movies with Ron Perlman. While good in their own GDT way, neither of them (especially the second one) truly felt like a proper adaptation of the source material. The 2019 Neil Marshall Hellboy movie with David Harbour adapted the source material directly, but the movie itself was very, very bad. Now we get Hellboy: The Crooked Man and…well, just take a look. Then we’ll talk.

First some context. The Crooked Man was a three-issue arc from Mignola and artist Richard Corben from 2008. It detailed one of Hellboy’s earlier missions for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. In 1958 Appalachia, Hellboy encounters some witches and witch-adjacent people and eventually cross paths with the titular Crooked Man, a hanged war profiteer from the 18th Century who has returned from Hell to act as the region’s resident Devil. He’s pretty terrifying, especially as Corben illustrates him.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man looks to be a very faithful (and small) adaptation of that particular story. On its face this is a good thing. One of the major issues with the 2019 movie is that it adapted way, way, way too many stories, not least of which The Wild Hunt, the longest and most epic story in the Mignola canon. Focusing on a one-off adventure and maximizing the horror is a pretty good idea.

However, just looking at it, you can see the very low budget. You may have noticed the movie comes our way from Ketchup Entertainment. KETCHUP ENTERTAINMENT. Brian Taylor (of Crank franchise fame) is directing, with himself, Mignola, and Mignola’s Baltimore collaborator Christopher Golden on screenplay duties. Jack Kesy (who very briefly played Black Tom Cassidy in Deadpool 2) portrays Hellboy and he just kind of looks unfinished. If Harbour was TOO made up, Kesy looks like a decent amateur cosplay attempt.

So who knows! It may be good. It certainly seems focused more on the actual horror. Which is the proper direction to go following the dark fantasy mishmash of the last movie. But I’m not convinced after this wack first look. I would love it if one day any live-action outing properly snags the tone of the comics. Whether Hellboy: The Crooked Man can do that will have to wait until it comes out later this year.

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It’s time for Hellboy to make yet another cinematic comeback. Although the last Hellboy reboot didn’t go as well as hoped, it’s never too late for the next one to make a big splash. This go around, we’re going to see our favorite red demon appear in Hellboy: The Crooked Man. And this adaptation promises to be a unique cinematic take on the story, one that stays loyal to its comic origins.

Millenium Media will shepherd the production. And Brian Taylor will direct. But most importantly, Mike Mignola, who created the Hellboy comics, will write the script alongside his collaborator Chris Golden. According to Deadline, Hellboy: The Crooked Man will “expand Hellboy’s world through one of the most beloved issues of the comic series.” In addition, the movie has found its Hellboy. Deadpool 2‘s Jack Kesy will play this younger version of the character, per The Hollywood Reporter. In other casting news, Yellowstone‘s Jefferson White will star as Tom Ferrell and Resident Evil‘s Adeline Rudolph will act as Bobbie Jo Song. Hellboy: The Crooked Man has also officially wrapped principal photography, and Mignola assures us this adaptation does his work justice.

The Hollywood Reporter noted further details of the plot, sharing: “The new film will see Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy’s past: the Crooked Man.”

For those not in the know, the Crooked Man is bad news. In the Hellboy comics, the Crooked Man was named Jeremiah Witkins. Witkins was an evil man who profited from war and the troubles of others, which he sought to create for his own benefit. Eventually, he was hung for his dark deeds. But he returned to the land of the living as a demonic soul collector.

Millennium Media’s President Jeffrey Greenstein shared, “The Crooked Man is a departure from all previous Hellboy films where Mike Mignola and the creator of the comics will finally shepherd an authentic version of his stories and characters in film form. This is the first in the series of films that will captivate audiences in familiar (and new) ways. Brian Taylor is an expert across the board, and I couldn’t think of a better person to bring this story to life to show our audience this different and original Hellboy slate of films.”

Speaking with Collider, Taylor himself added more about the Hellboy reboot, promising to lean into the horror of it all. He offered:

So, first of all, I love the character of Hellboy, and my favorite run of the character is this particular era. The Guillermo del Toro movies were massive-scale space operas and just pure del Toro through and through.

But some of the comics Mike (Mignola) was doing at the time had a very different feeling. More lean and mean creepy folk horror. A younger Hellboy, wandering the dark corners of the world… Paranormal investigator, night stalker… The Crooked Man, in particular, is just such an iconic book—written by Mike, drawn by Richard Corben, another legend. Set in the late ’50s. For me, it’s my favorite version of the character. So the appeal of this one, to me, is to go back to that and do a real reset and really give us that version of Hellboy, which I just don’t think we’ve seen yet.

Additionally, Taylor teased the movie won’t shy from gore. He says, “I pitched an R-rated folk horror movie, and the team here at Millennium have been nothing but supportive. It’s a great group of people, and they love horror.” He added that his movie will have three leads. Alongside Hellboy, the movie will star Tom Ferrell and a mystery character created for the movie.

It certainly sounds like we’ll see something different coming our way with this Hellboy reboot… Something straight from hell.

Originally published on February 21, 2023.

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The key to a scary sci-fi movie monster is understanding the threat. A wolf’s snarl signals danger, even if that wolf’s fur is actually grass. The latest video from Movies Insider shows how new technology means more realistic movements from even the most fantastic beasts. The team at Spectral Motion designs animatronics for movies and TV, including the grass-covered wolf from Lady In the Water. When bared teeth aren’t enough, they add animatronic movement in the eyebrows and tail. The tour of technological advances also includes monsters from Stranger Things, The Tomorrow War, and Hellboy.

Mark Setrakian is the head of animatronics at Spectral Motion. He shows off a variety of joystick-controlled robots in the video. Every project has different demands of these animated robots. One needs a huge troll hand that needs to pick up a small object. Another needs a wearable Demogorgon mask with animatronic tooth-lined petals that open. And still, yet another requires tentacles that move independently.

How Do These Animatronics Work?

The same relatively simple design is behind all of these feats. Servomotors, also called servos, are motors where the rotation position and speed are controllable. RC cars and planes pair with handheld dials or joysticks. Other uses of servomotors are weight or motion-controlled conveyor belts and automatic doors.

In animatronics, servos act as joints within the skeleton. Rapidly advancing technology means the team can make more realistic monsters. Servomotors that operate on six axes instead of two correspond to a head that can look left and right, tilt, and even retract instead of just moving up and down. Setrakian designed software to control all of these parameters. So with two joysticks and a laptop, he can optimize the movement made possible by servomotors. Whether it’s animatronic characters roaming Disneyland or robo-dolphins, we keep finding new ways to improve and apply animatronics technology.

The Insider YouTube channel has other cool videos, including a series called “How Real Is It?” Experts ranging from trauma surgeons to paleontologists weigh in about how what you see on-screen compares to real life.

Now that we know how some of the amazing animatronics we see work, we can’t wait to revisit our favorite ones when Stranger Things season four (volume one) releases on May 27.

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Hellboy is super cool. Giant Mechagodzilla-style robots? They’re cool too. Know what’s even better than either of those? A giant robot Hellboy. And now, you’ll be able to display your very own Giant Robot Hellboy in your own home, as a Dark Horse Direct limited edition statue. Dark Horse Direct is only manufacturing 500 of these, and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola designed them. You can check out the first images of this amazing statue right here:

This exclusive statue, meticulously sculpted by the creative team at Mantic Games, comes painted to look like the day they built this giant bad boy. Wielding his massive mechanical Right Hand of Doom, Giant Robot Hellboy stands approximately 12” inches tall, hovering over a demolished city base approximately, 9” inches wide. This is one imposing demonic mechanical kaiju.

So does Giant Robot Hellboy have a comic book counterpart? Not quite. At least, not yet. Giant Robot Hellboy was a character Mignola came up with when he was doing daily sketches, back in the early days of the pandemic. Dark Horse later published many of those pieces in the Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketches hardcover book. But back then, Robot Hellboy was just a concept. Now, his creator has fleshed out his backstory. And it’s as cool as you’d imagine.

“What if Giant Robot Hellboy was built by a secret group of Japanese scientists and abandoned in the 1950’s? What if they discovered it in a cave in Japan in 1972, then turned it over to the American government? And what if a retired carnival hypnotist transferred Hellboy’s mind into this Robot when there was an emergency situation that called for it?” Ok, we need a comic book to go with this statue, ASAP. And maybe a movie too.

Each statue comes with a certificate of authenticity, and are now available for pre-order for $179.99. The Giant Robot Hellboy statue ships late in fall 2023.

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Hellboy’s about to step into new territory. In Hellboy: The Bones of Giants #1, Big Red and Abe Sapien travel to Sweden to investigate a startling discovery that runs them right into Norse mythology. A new four-part comic adapts the illustrated novel of the same name from Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden on the book’s 20th anniversary. The duo return to write this comic version of the story with Matt Smith on art, Chris O’Halloran on colors, and Clem Robins lettering. We have an exclusive preview from the first issue, in which Hellboy discovers Thor’s hammer.

Dark Horse Comics

As you can see below, Hellboy makes the questionable decision of picking up Thor’s hammer. This despite the others warning him about lightning. Lighting that could weld the hammer to his Right Hand of Doom.

Dark Horse Comics

Mignola tells Nerdist about the comic adaptation, “I loved what Christopher Golden did way back when with the Hellboy: The Bones of Giants novel, and now I’m super happy to see it live again as a comic. Chris didn’t miss a beat with the adaptation, and Matt Smith… I knew Matt was a perfect choice to draw Hellboy, and I was so right. This feels a bit like it was the comic he was born to draw. Everything about this one just works beautifully.”

And Smith shares Mignola’s excitement. “It’s not often you get invited to draw one of your favorite characters. The same can be said for adapting a favorite novel,” Smith says. “Both of these things happened with Hellboy: The Bones of Giants. The downside is that if you know your Norse myths, after such good fortune I’m due to be hit by a meteor while walking my dog.”

Hellboy: The Bones of Giants #1 comes to your local comic shop on Wednesday, November 3. You don’t need to worry about a meteor striking you when you pick up your copy.

Amy Ratcliffe is the Managing Editor for Nerdist and the author of A Kid’s Guide to Fandom, available now. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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There’s never been a better time to delve into some of the classic superhero books that you’ve missed. No judgment here, there’s so much to read and so little time. But many of us have just found ourselves with a whole bunch of time on our hands, so what better way to fill it than to catch up on some famed arcs of Big Two comics that you’ve not had the chance to read yet!

DC Comics

A Death in the Family

Jim Starlin, Jim Aparo, Mike DeCarlo, John Costanza, and Adrienne Roy

Surely you’ve heard about the DC Comics call-in poll where fans were allowed to decide whether Batman’s sidekick Robin would live or die. The true story became comic book legend when readers voted for Jason Todd to perish at the hands of the Joker.

That shocking moment takes place during the arc known as A Death in the Family, which also explores the actions that led to this horrific moment, and its ramifications for the man behind the cowl. Starlin and Aparo brought a brutality to Batman that had rarely been seen in the pages of mainstream Big Two superhero comics, and the series’ impact is still felt today.

Marvel Comics

The (Dark) Phoenix Saga

Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne, Terry Austin, Tom Orzechowski, and Glynis Oliver

You may have seen this story told (badly) in two X-Men movies, or in the classic 1992 cartoon. But if you haven’t read the comics that started it all, then you haven’t truly experienced The (Dark) Phoenix Saga.

It all begins when the X-Men venture into space and Jean Grey comes into contact with a powerful and dangerous solar flare. Jean soon becomes all-powerful, taking on the name Phoenix. But as we all know, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Heartbreaking, powerful, and one of the most referenced and homaged comic stories of all time, The (Dark) Phoenix Saga is a must read for fans of comics, pop culture, and superheroes as a whole.

Marvel Comics

The Coming of Galactus/The Galactus Trilogy

Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Joe Sinnott, Art Simek, and Sam Rosen

Want to get an idea of where the MCU might be headed next whilst also reading one of the greatest three-issue arcs of all time? Then make sure you pick up this astonishing Silver Age story that introduced the world and the Fantastic Four to Galactus and the Silver Surfer. The series was pitched as “Marvel’s first family fights God,” and this is what the marvelous mind of Jack Kirby came up with from there.

The Fantastic Four face off with the monstrous planet-eater and his tortured herald when they come to wreak havoc on the Earth. It’s a cosmic catalyst for a whole new era of the Marvel Universe. Plus, it features some of Kirby’s trademark stunning and experimental collage work.

Marvel Comics, cover by Esad Ribic

House of M

Brian Michael Bendis, Olivier Coipel, Tim Townsend, Frank D’Armata, and Chris Eliopoulos

This gorgeous, controversial, and ultimately satisfying event could come into play in the future of Marvel on screen as it centers around none other than Scarlet Witch. After the events of Avengers: Disassembled, compounding factors in the tragic life of Wanda Maximoff have led to an abuse of her massive hex powers.

It’s hard to talk about the meat of this story without spoiling its secrets, but it’s a heartbreaking reimagining of the Marvel Universe that features all of your favorite characters in ways that you’ve likely never seen them. It’s also a great primer on the relationship between Magneto and his children, Wanda and Pietro; now that Disney owns Fox, this could likely be an easy entry point for the major X-Men character.

Marvel Comics

Daredevil: Typhoid Mary

Annie Nocenti, John Romita Jr., Al Williamson, Joe Rosen, and Max Scheele

One of the most underrated yet groundbreaking Daredevil runs of all time, Typhoid Mary is a dark, grim, and spectacular story that pits Matt Murdock against one of comics’ most interesting antiheroes. This ’80s arc centers on Daredevil once again falling in love with a dangerous woman who turns out to be far more powerful than he is.

Mary is a sex worker with multiple personalities, each of which manifests with different powers. She’s a radical representation of a totally different kind of womanhood, and in this original introduction she’s written in a nuanced, thoughtful way by Nocenti. Romita Jr. is at his wild and reckless best here with art that jumps off the page with energy and, often, brutality.

DC Comics, Cover by Alex Ross

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, Dick Giordano, Mike DeCarlo, and Anthony Tollin

Arguably the defining comics event of the ’80s, Crisis on Infinite Earths started a trend for streamlining the sprawling universes that they created via huge cross company arcs. Pérez and Wolfman are the architects here as they showcase the creative collaboration that launched a thousand comics.

The 12-issue series saw a terrifying new foe appear in the shape of the Anti-Monitor who wanted nothing more than to erase all of existence. It was an inventive way to editorially eradicate seemingly unnecessarily alt-universes, worlds, and characters, whilst pushing forward the stories of their most famous heroes.

Dark Horse Comics

Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

Mike Mignola, John Byrne, Mark Chiarello, and Matt Hollingsworth

He might not be a superhero in the classical sense, but he’s certainly one of our favorite Nazi-bashing good guys. Hellboy’s reign as one of comics’ biggest stars began in this 1994 series, which introduced readers to the unleashed creative mind of Mike Mignola and his most famous monster. You’ll get to meet all of the most recognizable Hellboy faces here as you learn all about Big Red’s birth and his first foray into being a hero under the banner of the BPRD.

Marvel Comics

The Infinity Gauntlet

Jim Starlin, George Pérez, Ron Lim, Josef Rubinstein, Jack Morelli, Christie Scheele, and Ian Laughlin

Thanos takes center stage in this legendary six-issue miniseries at the core of this sprawling line-wide Marvel Comics crossover from 1991. It begins with the Mad Titan achieving his objective to kill half of the universe—doesn’t that sound familiar?—only to find himself opposed by the Avengers, X-Men, and more of Earth’s mightiest heroes.

What might surprise fans is the outcome of this cosmic comic, which strays from the story you think you know. Renowned Avengers artist George Pérez begins this terrific tale before handing the reins over to the radical Ron Lim for the second half.

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With everything going on at the moment many of us are finding comfort in the smaller things. To help you discover new ways to relax and find solace, we asked 18 comics creators to tell us about the cozy and comforting comics and books that they turn to when times get tough! From manga monsters to spooky cult hits, sprawling sci-fi to golden age comedy, comic strip classics all the way through Big Two stalwarts this curated collection has it all!

Jen Bartel

Jen Bartel

It was only released just last year, but Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau is one of my top recommendations for a lovely comfort read. It’s a young love story about protagonists Ari and Hector, set against the backdrop of Ari’s family-owned bakery in a small coastal town. I’ve also really been enjoying reading Demon Slayer on the Shounen Jump app—the main character, Tanjiro, is extremely empathetic and shows a great deal of care for everyone around him—which is an example that I think all of us can try to follow right now.

Vita Ayala

Dark Horse

This is going to sound strange, but my comfort book is Hellboy. Part of it is that I love a good supernatural story or fairy tale, but mostly it’s because of Hellboy himself. He’s a man that should, by all accounts, be despicable and destructive, but he wants nothing more than to do good and be good, and dedicates his life to helping people (and saving the world). Something about his steadfast refusal to give into the darkness like everyone expects of him is really uplifting. Also, he punches Nazis. Gives me the warm fuzzies.

Danny Lore

DC Comics

Planetary: This love letter to a million different genres of pulp and comics is a must re-read for me in dark times. It is a story about all the wonder and weirdness that humanity is capable of, while never ignoring the horrors we’ve inflicted. I come back to this book to remember that we’re responsible for our own stories, for our own paths, both fictionally and in the real world. It inspires me.

Mariko Tamaki

DC Comics

Mine is Dear Justice League by Micheal Northrop and Gustavo Duarte. Because it’s really sweet and funny and you can read it with your kids.

Nicola Scott

DC Comics

One of my favorite series of the last…long while…is Madam Xanadu by Matt Wagner and Amy Reeder. The centuries spanning story is a delightful coming of age, and magical awareness, adventure with the most sublime art and colors. Thoroughly charming.

Sina Grace

First Second Comics

My pick for a fave cozy comic is Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau! The story follows Ari, whose family owns a small-but-beloved bakery in a town that is too quiet for his lofty ambitions. Just as Ari begins to feel the walls closing in around him, we meet Hector- a guy in town looking to take on a job at the bakery. What happens is a truly lovely story about self-discovery, budding romance and baked goods!

Readers of all ages should grab a box of pastries (or some bread n butter), sit back with some tea or coffee, and revel in the visual poetry that is Bloom. The artwork in this book is just so sweeping and gorgeous that you can’t help but get caught up in this coming-of-age story about two lost boys who find a lot when they spend some time baking together in the kitchen. Seriously, I keep this one around as a reminder of why I love comic books.”

Sam Humphries

Viz Media

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is:
1. The only long-form manga work of beloved anime legend Hayao Miyazaki available in English.
2. One of the greatest comics I’ve ever read.
3. A portal to escape somewhere new — a beautiful, sweeping, imaginative fantasy realm.
4. About a young girl making a difference in a world where humanity struggles to survive.
5. A story about hope in uncertain times.

Annie Nocenti

Fantagraphics

Well, perhaps in the British sense of a “cozy” I’m comforted by comics with an edge of unease. And I love humane monsters, so I would say that reading Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing is Monsters is my idea of solace, in that if you feel like an outsider in any way, her graphic novel can flip the switch on that, embrace and transport you into feeling good about yourself…

Kelly Sue DeConnick

DC Comics, art by JH Williams III

Half of us are gonna recommend Sandman. The other half are wrong.

Steve Orlando

DC Comics

For me, this book has to be Flex Mentallo, one of my favorite books ever, and rejuvenating to me both creatively and emotionally. This is a book about the wonder of youth overcoming the fatalism of adolescence and the rationalism of adulthood. Flex, to me, is the ultimate hero to combat the letdown of hard times—he’s absurd, he’s aggressively positive, and he believes in us all. When all the superheroes go home, or give up, Flex is there. And sometimes you need a big, dumb, kind man in a tiger speedo to help you back on your feet.

Kaare Andrews

DC Comics

Sugar And Spike: Written and drawn by Sheldon Mayer in the 50’s—and lasted 15 years! I picked up the Archive Editions hardcover on Ebay and my kids immediately stole it from me and, not only devoured it, they loved it. Two babies who can’t understand grown-up talk and grown-ups who can’t understand baby talk. A little Dennis The Menace… a little Calvin and Hobbes. And a reminder that a book can survive 60 years of wars, political unrest, pretty much whatever humanity can throw at ourselves and still be fun and relevant today. A little giggle for the days ahead.

Marc Andreyko

HarperCollins

In this scary and isolating time, one way to feel cozy and amongst friends is reading one of my very favorite comics: Scott McCloud’s ZOT! Exciting, clever, smart, and overflowing with love and friendship, ZOT! is a near-perfect read. And it’s collected in a great TPB (w/ commentary)! Hopeful, inspiring, and never what you expect, ZOT! is a classic waiting to be rediscovered. You’ll thank me, I promise:) stay safe and be kind to one another!

Amanda Deibert

Flying Eye Books

I’m going to answer this as a mom and suggest Hilda—the children’s graphic novel series written and illustrated by Luke Pearson. I find the art and imagery soothing as does my daughter and it’s all about a young girl who grapples with a world that is partly based in reality and part Scandinavian folklore and folk tales. Dealing with the unknown, the fantastic and the sometimes scary in beautiful, whimsical ways really feels appropriate right now. It’s comforting for me and for my 5-year-old and as we’re together 24/7 right now. That’s a win.

Liam Sharp

Humanoids

My comfort reads—and I have to pick three—are mostly nostalgic. The first would be Don Lawrence’s visionary ‘The Trigan Empire‘, just recently collected again in a beautiful edition from Fleetway. It blew my mind when I was 8 or 9, and still does to this day. The second is Moebius’s ‘Arzach‘. Wonderful dreamscapes, enigmatic and beautiful freeform art, and a couple of bad jokes. Seminal, and just right to read by the fireside before bed. Lastly John Byrne, Terry Austin and Chris Claremont’s ‘Starlord‘. A perfect one-shot from the late 70’s that gave us a glimpse of the future greatness of these industry titans. Enjoy!

Jon Davis-Hunt

Scholastic, Jeff Smith

Bone – The complete Edition. The perfect mix of comedy, drama and epic fantasy, wrapped up in some of the most inventive black & white artwork out there. Incredible world building too. And actually laugh out loud funny. Black Sad. Dark Horse reprinted this incredible French comic series in English, with Vol 1 providing the first 3 albums. A gripping film noir detective story, set in a world of talking animals that is one part Sin City, two parts classic-era Disney. Features the type of stunning artwork that just makes you stop and study every panel. Amazing. All Star Superman. Probably the comic I have read the most, apart from Akira. Brilliantly inventive, fun, poignant. An absolute tour-de-force of storytelling from Frank Quietly. A book you can return to again and again.”

Dan Parent

Fantagraphics

My fave cozy comics vary, but start with old Harvey comics from my childhood. I still have a large collection I like to go through. And then I will sit and reread the best comic of my adulthood, the collection of New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke! I also want to reread my Love and Rockets collection by the amazing Hernandez Bros. And the best way to escape for me is to get lost in old MAD magazines, which are the best pop culture time capsules out there!

Stephen Mooney

Bill Waterson

Since I was a kid, the book I turn to for comfort reading has always been Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes. There’s so much warmth and knowing, wry humor in those strips, which, combined with the truly outstanding, lush artwork, transport me back to sunny afternoons in my back garden as a little boy. Nothing but happy memories and unadulterated joy in those pages, for me. Highest possible recommendation!

And if you want a classic novel to pick up, Mike Carey suggested this iconic series:

Scholastic

I’d recommend the Borrowers novels by Mary Norton. There are four (ignore the fifth, written two decades later). They follow the adventures of the Clock family, Pod, Homily and their daughter Arrietty. The Clocks are tiny humanoids living in the skirting boards of a country house like mice. They’re evicted from their home after Arrietty lets herself be seen by a human boy, and travel across a beautifully evoked rural England in search of a new place to live. Trust me. These bite-sized, addictive books will make you homesick for a world you never knew.

Kieron Gillen

Andrews McMeel Publishing

One of my standard riffs as a creator is the utilitarian application of art. It’s what behind a lot of my stuff, but most obviously like Phonogram – if music effects us, and we can predict those effects then we can choose to deliberately use specific art to create an effect we wish. As in, we can use them like a magic spell. Or a drug. So – let’s try to write a prescription to comfort. I immediately thought of Philippa Rice Soppy with its incredible intimacy and charm of these portraits. It’s a book which makes me glow. Still – as much as I love it, it’s a small, momentary release. I think what’s actually needed is something long, to lose oneself in, to live with you a while. This makes me realise that I’ve never actually read Bone, and I’ve got the whole thing sitting on my side. I’ll get on it, and get back to you.

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Mignola shared his love of the story with us. “I don’t know if The Crooked Man is the best thing I’ve written. I think it might be. It’s certainly one of my favorites. Richard Corben did such a brilliant job drawing that story, I never gave any serious thought to doing a sequel to it—But then one day I was looking at Zach Howard’s work, at the way he drew trees, and suddenly I was right back there in that world, those spooky woods and that crumbling old house. Sometimes it happens like that. I didn’t plan to go there, but I’m very glad I did.”

His enthusiasm is shared by his collaborator Howard, who told us of his personal connection to Hellboy, “Seventeen years ago I was hired for my very first paid comic book gig: The Hellboy Resource Manual by Steve Jackson Games. It was a little five-pager and launched my career as a professional. I couldn’t be more pleased to get one more crack at Mignola’s brilliant character before I hang up the cleats.”

You can learn more about the Return of Effie Kolb in the official press release from publisher Dark Horse:

“Legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, acclaimed artist Zach Howard, award-winning colorist Dave Stewart, and letterer Clem Robbins are collaborating on a sequel to the iconic Hellboy story The Crooked Man. In Hellboy & The B.P.R.D.: The Return Of Effie Kolb, years after he banished the infamous backwoods demon known as the Crooked Man, Hellboy returns to Appalachia when a young psychic warns Tom Ferrell of looming danger. But the Crooked Man’s house is no longer empty and threats both new and old simmer in the Virginia woods.”

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“Sometimes you create a character, they perform their function, and that’s it,” said Mignola. “Other times you finish with them and they just refuse to get back in their box. Tom Ferrell is one of those characters. Even as I was writing The Crooked Man I knew there was a whole lot more to that guy. And Effie Kolb… It turns out there are worse things you can do to a character than turn them into a horse.”

“Getting to stand in the shadows of the two legends that made The Crooked Man is an honor,” said Zach Howard. “Mignola asking me to draw the sequel is an opportunity I have not taken likely, and I’ve given my absolute best to live up to his wonderful creation. This will be my final sequential art as a freelance comic book artist, and I couldn’t ask for a better end to this chapter of my career.”

Hellboy and the Crooked Man by Mignola and celebrated illustrator Richard Corben was originally published by Dark Horse Comics as a 3-issue mini-series in 2008 and is included in Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories Volume 1.

Dark Horse Comics will publish the debut issue of the thrilling, two-part The Crooked Man. In Hellboy & The B.P.R.D.: The Return Of Effie Kolb series on February 19, 2020.”

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Welcome, Wednesday Warriors! It’s new comic book day! But before you head to the local comic shop, arm yourself with a few recommendations. As usual, there’s a ton of great books hitting the shelves, so be prepared to walk out of the shop with a hefty stack! For you big spenders out there, we also have a complete list of this week’s releases.

As usual, we will touch on a plot detail or two below, which means you are officially entering spoiler territory. You’ve been warned, friends!

SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #2

Written By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Steve Lieber
Colors By: Nathan Fairbairn
Letters By: Clayton Cowles

It’s hard to truly express the warmth and light that Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen injects into the world. This comic is a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. It’s the first flower of Spring, the smell of freshly cut grass on a Summer afternoon. This may seem grandiose, but Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen invokes the true, unbridled joy that only comic books can bestow upon you. Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber are having fun with this series and it shows; it’s infectious and will leave you with a smile on your face. But that’s not all this comic is. There’s a real heart to this story and Jimmy is a character you can’t help but root for. This issue furthers the mystery of Jimmy’s trip to Gotham while delving into the repercussions of his major accident from the last issue. Fraction’s writing is as quirky and heartfelt as ever while Lieber once again proves that he can bring characters to life better than just about anybody in the industry. Nathan Fairbairn’s color art is a perfect compliment to Lieber’s line and brings a subtle energy to every page. This comic really is magical and you should buy two copies of every issue: one for you to love and cherish, and one to share with someone. Spread the love, people. Give the gift of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen.

DAREDEVIL #10

Written By: Chip Zdarsky
Art By: Jorge Fornes
Colors By: Jordie Bellaire
Letters By: VC’s Clayton Cowles

The best Daredevil stories are street-level crime stories. Throughout the character’s history, the most memorable arcs have been the ones where Matt Murdock’s life is a noir-tinged hell (the notable exception to this is the fantastic Waid and Samnee run, obviously). Chip Zdarsky has fully embraced that “make Murdock’s life suck” mentality and his run is all the better for it. Daredevil is dark, gritty, and more than a little bleak, all of which makes for a pretty satisfying comic. It’s filled with crooked cops, outlandish crime lords, and plenty of twists and turns. Zdarsky’s really become one of the hottest comic writers around, especially on the superhero front, and Daredevil is a testament to that. This issue also features some gorgeous artwork by Jorge Fornes that is clean, crisp, and heavy on Alex Toth vibes. Jordie Bellaire’s colors are brilliant, as usual, and worth the cover price alone.

CRIMINAL #7

Written By: Ed Brubaker
Art By: Sean Phillips
Colors By: Jacob Phillips
Letters By: Sean Phillips

Criminal is always great. It’s one of the few constants in comics. In its new, ongoing format, the book bounces around in time and place following different characters from the Criminal universe, which has led to Criminal #7, which features the infamous Lawless family. This time around, Brubaker and Phillips have us following a young Ricky Lawless as he witnesses his father falling for what we can only assume is the wrong woman. Brubaker’s rich dialogue and prose paired with Phillips’ detailed and gritty is always awesome and this issue is no exception. Seriously, we hope that Criminal just runs forever because it never disappoints.

HELLBOY AND THE BPRD: SATURN RETURNS #1

Written By: Mike Mignola and Scott Allie
Art By: Christopher Mitten
Colors By: Brennan Wagner
Letters By: Clem Robins

While Hellboy’s story may have come to an end recently, there seems to be no shortage of these miniseries that dig into Big Red’s past, which is a good thing for Hellboy fans. Hellboy and the BPRD: Saturn Returns #1 starts off with the discovery of a mass grave laced with hints of the occult. Mignola and his co-writer Allie lay out a big cast of characters—some familiar, some new—and the leave heavily into the mystery aspect of the story. In a lot of ways, this issue unfolds like a TV procedural, which actually makes for an engaging read. Christopher Mitten is no stranger to the Hellboy universe and he slides into this story with ease. His character work is essential to this issue since most of these pages feature characters talking about the case and trying to piece together the evidence. In a lesser artist’s hands, this thing could be confusing and (worst of all) boring, but Mitten’s work provides so much nuance and emotion that you can’t help but be drawn into the mystery. Newcomer Brennan Wagner provides smooth color art that is heavy on earth tones, which brings the landscape to life in stunning fashion. In a nutshell, Hellboy and the BPRD: Saturn Returns #1 is another fantastic Hellboy comic and we can never get enough of those.

STRAYED #1

Written By: Carlos Giffoni
Art By: Juan Doe
Colors By: Juan Doe
Letters By: Matt Krotzer

This comic feels like it was engineered to be loved by the internet. Strayed is about an astral-projecting space cat named Lou who is out to basically save the universe from colonizing bad guys and let’s be honest here, you were sold the moment we said “astral-projecting space cat.” Lou is the hero we need! Did we mention he can talk thanks to a collar that is similar to the ones the dogs in Up wear? That’s right, Lou the astral-projecting space cat can talk. We’ll take ten copies of Strayed #1, please. Carlos Giffoni clearly knows what he’s doing with this story, which is intriguing even without the space cat. Juan Doe is nothing short of superb and his art makes this issue soar to unbelievable heights. If you pick up one comic book this week that stars an astral-projecting space cat, make it Strayed #1. You won’t regret it.

Okay, that’s it for us this week! Let us know what comics you are picking up in the comments below!

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Over a quarter century ago, comic book creator Mike Mignola unleashed a very new and different hero into the world of comics, with the introduction of the demonic Hellboy in the pages of Dark Horse Comics. Since then, the wielder of the so-called “Right Hand of Doom” has become one of the comic medium’s biggest success stories. And one of the few non Marvel/DC heroes to find big screen success.

As a way of commemorating the 25th anniversary of the publication of one of the character’s earliest and most important stories, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction Oregon’s Gigantic Brewing and Dark Horse Comics are teaming up to create 666 cases of Hellboy beer. Each beer is based on award-winning cartoonist Mike Mignola’s legendary family of characters, who have since gone on to star in three feature films. In fact, Seed of Destruction was the basis for Guillermo del Toro’s celebrated original Hellboy adaptation from 2004.

All told, Gigantic Brewing will release six different Hellboy themed beers, all with flavors inspired by fan-favorite characters from the long running Hellboy comic book series. Each new beer will be a limited edition run of (appropriately) 666 cases and will be released approximately every seven weeks. The next release–the Abe Sapien beer–will be available beginning on July 20. Each of these beers are the perfect way to celebrate one of the very first adventures of the B.P.R.D.’s best agents.

The limited edition beers will be released in the following order and feature different flavor profiles:  

·  Hellboy- Maple Syrup Pancake Beer (6.66% abv)

·  Liz Sherman- Mole Chili Stout (6.66% abv)

·  Johann Kraus – Citrus Wit Beer (6.66% abv)

·  Abe Sapien- Indigo Blue Ale (6.66% abv)

·  Blood Queen – Cranberry Yuzu Sour (6.66% abv)

·  Trevor Bruttenholm- British Barleywine (9.99% abv)

So kick back with one of these beverages this summer, and read (or re-read) some classic stories from one of the comic medium’s coolest heroes ever.

Images: Gigantic Brewing Company / Dark Horse Comics

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Howdy, Wednesday Warriors! It’s new comic book day! Get thee to the comic store and bring some joy into your life, but first arm yourself with a few recommendations. Or, if you are a big spender, we also have a complete list of this week’s releases. Just know. whether you buy one comic or 60 titles including variants for each, you are a member of the comic community and you are loved and cherished. Embrace your inner comic nerd and let your freak flag fly. The world needs you to be you, now more than ever.

As usual, we will touch on a plot detail or two below, which means you are officially entering spoiler territory. You’ve been warned, friends!

DAREDEVIL #7

Written By: Chip Zdarsky
Art By: Lalit Kumar Sharma with Jay Leisten
Colors By: Java Tartaglia
Letters By: VC’s Clayton Cowles

Daredevil is a pretty consistent bummer… in a good way. The worse Matt Murdock’s life gets, the better his comic gets. Chip Zdarsky is really pummeling ol’ horn-head, leading him down a path that only seems to get darker and bleaker with each issue. This series has been fantastic with Zdarsky at the helm, evolving into a twisted and brutal superhero saga that feels human and immediate in all the best ways. Lalit Kumar Sharma and Jay Leisten provide stellar art and smooth storytelling, you only have to read the first page of this issue to see just how much they add to this series. Daredevil is a must-read Marvel book and it somehow just gets better and better with each issue.

USAGI YOJIMBO #1

Written By: Stan Sakai
Art By: Stan Sakai
Colors By: Tom Luth
Letters By: Stan Sakai

We love Usagi Yojimbo around here. For over three decades, Stan Sakai has produced this wondrous bit of cartooning that never ceases to entertain and inspire. While this issue of Usagi Yojimbo may have a #1 on the cover, it is not a fresh start or a reboot. Sakai’s work is always new-reader-friendly, and this issue is no different; if you’ve been waiting to jump into the world of this rabbit ronin, now is as good of a time as any. Everything we love about this series is in this issue: Sakai’s gorgeous artwork, his expert pacing, lots of awesome samurai fights, demons, and just a hint of goofy humor. It’s practically perfect and that’s before you even get to Tom Luth’s colors—yes, Usagi Yojimbo is in color now—which only inject a vibrant sense of life and movement into the pages. Usagi and his many, many enemies have never looked so good.

LITTLE BIRD #4

Written By: Darcy Van Poelgeest
Art By: Ian Bertram
Colors By: Matt Hollingsworth
Letters By: Aditya Bidikar

This is your monthly reminder that Little Bird is a stunning work of art. Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram’s apocalyptic vision of a future ruled by religious zealots and military fetishists is a big, grand nightmare hurtling towards a final issue that cannot possibly end well for any of these characters. As usual, Bertram’s art with Matt Hollingsworth’s colors is the main attraction. To say that Little Bird is a masterpiece is probably to sell it short. It’s thoroughly brilliant and explosively kinetic. This thing feels alive and we’re just lucky to be in its presence. Little Bird unrestrained imagination and, really, that’s what comic books are all about.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #6

Written By: Donny Cates
Art By: Geoff Shaw
Colors By: David Curiel
Letters By: VC’s Cory Petit

Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw are a true dream team. They clearly bring out the best in each other and when they are on a book together, it’s really something special. Case in point: Guardians of the Galaxy. This issue is stuffed to the brim with Marvel’s cosmic characters and it’s overflowing with crazy superhero action. Cates has an affinity for the cosmic stuff and that’s on full display here. Shaw is a superstar in the making and this issue proves it. From the big fights to the full team shot of the Guardians walking into battle, Shaw infuses so much life and energy into every page. Guardians of the Galaxy is all-around awesome.

JUSTICE LEAGUE #26

Written By: James Tynion IV
Art By: Javier Fernandez
Colors By: Hi-Fi
Letters By: Tom Napolitano

When we need our dose of huge, crazy superhero mayhem, we go to the Justice League. This book just gets more expansive and stranger with each passing issue. It’s dense and weird, which is sorta what a good Justice League comic should be. James Tynion and Javier Fernandez have filled this issue with just about every single DC character and it’s pretty awesome. Sure, the multiverse is dying and the world is ending, but it’s pretty damn entertaining watching it happen. Fernandez is a great artist and he handles the huge cast of character remarkably well. Things seem like they are finally coming to a head in this arc and we’re excited to see how it all ties up, as long as Jarro survives we’ll be okay with whatever the outcome is.

HELLBOY AND THE BPRD: THE BEAST OF VARGU

Written By: Mike Mignola
Art By: Duncan Fegredo
Colors By: Dave Stewart

There’s a new Hellboy comic written by Mike Mignola with art by Duncan Fegredo. That is literally all you need to know. This should be at the top of your pull list. Fegredo coming back to Hellboy is reason enough to buy two copies of this comic; one to read and one to just hold against your skin and absorb. Its very essence will make you a better person and that is a scientific fact. Probably.

ASSASSIN NATION #4

Written By: Kyle Starks
Art By: Erica Henderson
Colors By: Erica Henderson
Letters By: Deron Bennett

The delightful chaos of Assassin Nation is always a treat. With each issue, the cast of characters gets smaller and smaller, but the violence and mayhem only seems to increase. Kyle Starks and Erica Henderson’s love letter to action films is one of the few comics out there that will literally make you laugh out loud. Starks’ dark humor is always great and Henderson can make you laugh in a single panel with just a raised eyebrow. Her pacing and delivery are unparalleled and it’s clear that she’s the reason that the humor in Assassin Nation works so damn well.

Okay, that’s it for us this week! Let us know what comics you are picking up in the comments below!

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I was introduced to Mike Mignola’s Hellboy through the first Guillermo del Toro film in 2004. Perhaps many of you were too. The comic book series from Dark Horse began in 1993 and spawned an entire universe of supernatural and occult goodness. But anyone who’s read the books knows the del Toro movies, especially the second one, aren’t really Mignola’s version of the character. Hence, the reboot. Director Neil Marshall’s long-awaited new take on Hellboy is here and it’s got everything that makes the Mignola books great, but lacks the spark that made del Toro’s films interesting.

Mignola’s universe is a dark one. His Hellboy and B.P.R.D. books feature a lot of death and violence, and some terrifying folkloric monsters. The first del Toro movie decently adapted the first comic book arc, “Seeds of Destruction.” It made Big Red an angsty teen with girl problems, but it kept most of the story. Hellboy II: The Golden Army bears del Toro’s signature fantasy creatures, but trades in darkness for whimsy. As great as both movies are, it wasn’t a true illustration of the comics universe. They’re a bit like Tim Burton’s two Batman movies. They say much more about the filmmaker’s sensibilities than the source material’s.

This new movie is a refresh, diving into one of Hellboy’s best comics arcs without retreading much established ground. Paranormal agent Hellboy (David Harbour), a literal hellspawn, feels lost in the world and resents his adoptive father, Professor Broom (Ian McShane) for making him fight all the time. But fight he must, and Hellboy heads to England to take part in “The Wild Hunt,” an ancient giant-hunting ritual. It’s all a bit of a ruse, though, and the real dilemma comes with the proposed reawakening of Nimue (Milla Jovovich). Nimue is a sorceress, the Queen of Blood, and it took King Arthur himself to put her down before.

Hellboy teams up with the mysterious Major Ben Daimio (Daniel Dae Kim) and Alice (Sasha Lane), a girl from his past to take down evil. But the real real dilemma is whether or not Hellboy’s origins will lead to him saving Earth or utterly destroying it. Heavy is the head that wears the horns-and-fire-crown.

Hellboy 2019 feels insanely episodic, and for good reason. It’s a direct, nearly beat-for-beat adaptation of some of Mignola and artist Duncan Fegredo’s finest stories, delving into some of the mythology’s most fantastical corners. In a comic, if the reader needs a reminder, there’s a footnote saying “see issue X.” In the movie, there are flashbacks. Each one of these feels like a digression, but they make the story of Hellboy feel lived-in and fuller.

Even with the flashbacks, Hellboy 2019 has a leg up on del Toro’s movies in one specific department. Those movies felt the need to name and explain every single thing in a wholly forced way. This movie trusts the audience to accept and understand things through context. Important aspects are explained as needed, but not every single thing. As the characters learn things, so do we. There’s almost no “as you know,” lines for our benefit only.

The creature design is also right out of the comics. Gruagach, the giant pig beast, is exactly as he looks in the books. Everything from a vampire bat creature to a brief shot of Nazi occultist Von Krupt are comic designs brought to screen. In that vein, this is a hard-R movie, and it’s mostly for blood. Yes, there’s a fair amount of swearing that feels added on for comedy, but it’s the delightfully gruesome violence that makes this version stand out most.

Neil Marshall directed some of the finest, most battle-centric episodes of Game of Thrones and I wish I could say that translated to Hellboy. Perhaps as a function of the budget, some of the CGI looks very cartoonish. As a result the action sequences lack weight and impact. A scene in which Hellboy battles giants is particularly egregious and confusing. On the other hand, a fight in the middle of the film–between Hellboy and Baba Yaga, a hideous witch–is one of the film’s better scenes. The difference is one fight contained tons of green screen and the other didn’t.

It also needs to be said that Harbour does a fine job, but this Hellboy is a cipher. I never get a sense of who his version of the character is, nor what he wants. Little moments of him equating himself with the monsters he fights are few and far between. He’s whiny one minute, gruff and surly another, and weirdly comedic the next. There are a couple of standout scenes–a flashback involving a fairy changling is one–but otherwise he’s just a gnarly face and giant arm. It makes me wish Ron Perlman’s Hellboy–with that movie’s makeup–could be planted in this new movie. It would be all the better for it.

I don’t mean to rag on Harbour; he does a fine job with what he’s given. All of the actors do, really. This really speaks to the heart of what’s so baffling about 2019 Hellboy. On the one hand, fans of the comics couldn’t ask for a more faithful, loving, and thematically resonant screen adaptation. This is Mike Mignola’s universe writ large. On the other hand, the slavish devotion to those books kept Marshall’s flair from coming to the forefront. He doesn’t have the same distinctive fingerprint as del Toro in any movie, but here he’s barely recognizable. It’s a workmanlike attempt to distill a lengthy graphic novel down to two hours.

It ultimately boils down to how much you care about what you’re looking at. I’ve spent years reading Hellboy universe books. I know who Lobster Johnson is. I was prepared for all the King Arthur stuff. So I enjoyed it for the most part as a result. Would people who only know the del Toro movies, or maybe didn’t see those movies, feel the same? I’m not sure.

If you have longed for the Hellboy of the page to hit the screen, this movie will scratch some itches. You want a fun, bloody monster movie? You’ll probably have a decent time. If you’re expecting a big superhero blockbuster that hits every Joseph Campbell beat, this might not be the devil you need.

3 out of 5

Images: Lionsgate

Kyle Anderson is the Associate Editor for Nerdist. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Twitter!

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A brand new Hellboy movie hits theates on April 12 and it’s darker, grittier, and more violent than anything you’ve seen before. But it also represents creator Mike Mignola’s vision in a way that will please comic book diehards and newcomers alike. To go deeper into this wild world, Dan Casey sat down with David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, and the stars of Hellboy to find out why now is the perfect time for more Big Red.

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Is the new Hellboy movie the film comic book fans have been waiting for? We asked the cast what makes their version of our favorite half-demon with a heart of gold different from previous iterations.

The Right Hand of Doom returns to theaters this spring, in a total reboot of the Hellboy franchise starring Stranger Things‘ David Harbour as Big Red. While previous big screen adaptations from director Guillermo del Toro, with Ron Perlman in the titular role, will always hold a special place in our cinematic hearts, we also love creator Mike Mignola’s original Dark Horse comic books. They were even darker and gnarlier than the movies.

So will this new hard-R film, which adapts the popular Wild Hunt story line from the comics, be what longtime readers have always wanted? To find out, we sent our very own half-demon Dan Casey to sit down with Harbour and the rest of the Hellboy cast—stars Milla Jovovich, Daniel Dae Kim, and Ian McShane—to ask them what separates this new film from the rest.

Arthurian lore. Fighting terrifying giants. Legions of monsters serving someone known as the Blood Queen. And Lobster Johnson! We’re confident there’s going to be a whole lot about this movie that longtime comic book readers of Hellboy are going to love.

We’re just as excited though by what the cast told us about the heart of the film and the motivations of their characters. You can have the best, bloodiest, most gruesome action scenes ever, but they’d be empty if the movie didn’t also capture what we love about Mike Mignola’s original comics, especially the characters.

Directed by Neil Marshall (Game of Thrones‘ “Blackwater” and “The Watchers on the Wall”), Hellboy comes to theaters on April 12, 2019.

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Every superhero worth their spandex has to have a proper fanfare. Be it Superman’s epic John Williams theme, Batman’s gloomy Danny Elfman masterpiece, or Wonder Woman’s disco jam from the TV show, the music is  key, and it needs to fit the character. So what if it’s a character who came from literal hell, drinks beer, and punches demons’ heads off? Naturally they’d need a little something heavier. For the new screen version of Hellboy, composer Benjamin Wallfisch offers up a mix of rock, electronic, and orchestra for a driving, hard-edged score to one of the hardest-edged heroes.

We have an exclusive listen to the fittingly named track “Big Red” right here:

Wallfisch’s previous scores include Blade Runner 2049, It, and Shazam!, but he wanted to do something different for Hellboy. He told us, “The score is a kind of collision of contemporary EDM, punk rock and orchestral. We were trying to find a sound that conveys the irreverence and physical presence of Hellboy, and also explore the extremes of sonic darkness for his alter-ego, Anung Un Rama.”

You can certainly feel all of those influences in the track. There’s an explosive, crunchy aspect to the guitars and drums while electronic and orchestral flourishes volley back and forth in your headphones. It’s like Hellboy’s in some kind of sonorous badminton tournament. The winner: you.

“Big Red” is but the first track of the soundtrack album, which will drop on April 5. The complete track listing gives us an intriguing glimpse at what might be in store for us in the movie. (While none of the tracks are “Qui-Gon’s Noble End” level of spoilery, there are a couple of reveals you might not want, so scroll down if you’re phobic.)

1. Big Red
2. Psychic Migraine
3. Gruagach
4. You Call Us Monsters
5. Baba Yaga
6. A New Eden
7. Destroyer of All Things
8. Cathedral Fight
9. Anung Un Rama
10. This Isn’t You
11. Hellboy
12. Rock Me Like a Hurricane “Spanish Version”

You can let Wallfisch’s music engulf you as you watch David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, and more get to some supernatural action when Hellboy bashes into theaters April 12!

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Kyle Anderson is the Associate Editor for Nerdist. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Twitter!

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With the new Hellboy film hitting theatres this April, Nerdist sent Dan Casey with the help of Fon Davis and Fonco Studios to make the Big Red Machine’s iconic Right Hand of Doom and raise a little here of our own!

Thanks to Hellboy for partnering with us on this video. Pre-order your tickets for Hellboy in theatres April 12th: https://tickets.hellboy.movie

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It’s less than a month until we’ll finally get to see Neil Marshall’s R-rated Hellboy reboot hit screens, and we’ve got an exclusive look at the big budget monster movie which showcases our muscled vermilion hero meeting with the witch who is trying to end our world.

It’s a brief clip but it contains a massive moment which sees Hellboy facing down against Nimune the Blood Queen as she creates a sweeping vortex sucking in everything in what looks like a half-mile radius. We even get a glimpse of one of the comics’ mythical creatures, the Gruagach, a fairy creature who is stuck in the body of boar, as they slip into the green swirling mass.

This is obviously a key sequence as we see Nimune offer Big Red a chance to team up with her, playing on the classic conundrum of why he would help humans when they clearly despise him. It hints at what will likely be the huge conflict in the film as the monstrous hero tries to work out just where he fits in the battle between gods, monsters, and mortals.

We get a real sense of the fantasy elements that will clearly be coming into play here and it feels like a scene from a more hardcore Lord of the Rings than a comic book flick that could arguably be filed under the superhero sub-genre. It also confirms what the last trailer revealed, that this iteration of the beloved character will be chock full of monsters, magic, and mayhem.

The film hits on April 12 so we’ll have to wait until then to see just what Marshall and co. have in store, until then though we’ll just be rewatching and dissecting this clip and trying to work out what we can expect from the new Hellboy movie.

Images: Lionsgate

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Mallets are pretty cool. Huge clubs aren’t bad. But if you really want to inflict some blunt-force damage to a demon’s skull or a werewolf’s sternum, no weapon can compete with Hellboy’s trademark Right Hand of Doom. The red brimstone fist is the trademark feature of Mike Mignola’s heir apparent to the Devil’s throne, and is therefore one of the coolest weapons/appendages in all of comics. We’re clearly obsessed with its look and heft, so we wanted to see what it would look like for real.

With the new Hellboy film, directed by Neil Marshall and starring Stranger Things‘ David Harbour as the titular hero, hitting theaters this April, Nerdist sent Dan Casey to make our demonic dream a reality. We enlisted the help of Fon Davis and Fonco Studios to make the Big Red Machine’s iconic Right Hand of Doom and raise a little hell of our own.

It takes a lot of work to whip up such a massive mitt, but the folks at Fonco make it look easy. After creating the distinctive look of the new film’s Hand, using foam and clay, they make a mold which they then fill with fiberglass to hold the shape. Once it hardens and a space for an arm to go, Dan’s ready to do some damage. In slow motion, of course! Bowling balls, energy drinks, zombie heads–nothing is safe, not even Dan’s pristine wardrobe.

Do check out our gallery of doomy, handy goodness from the epic build in the gallery below. And make no mistake, that prop is sturdy. Dan’s deltoids are forever changed by the experience. We’re not really sure how David Harbour did it.

Hellboy's Right Hand of Doom

Dan Casey

Dan Casey, Fon Davis

Dan Casey, Fonco Studios

Hellboy's Right Hand of Doom

Hellboy's Right Hand of Doom

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The first trailer for Neil Marshall’s Hellboy reboot left many fans confused as they tried to match the promises of high fantasy R-rated horror with the cheery comedy action vibes that we were presented with. That didn’t temper excitement for the film though, and as the second trailer hits in the darkness of the midnight hour (well, at least on the East coast) fans will likely be happy with the darker tone, fantastical feel, and glimpses violence that the new teaser offers up. Plus hey, buff David Harbour.

Set to the dulcet tones of an orchestral arrangement of Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water, the trailer begins with a reimagining of Big Red’s origin as we see him brought to life by Rasputin and a nefarious Nazi wearing what looks like a pair of swastika adorned 3D glasses. We also get a brief glimpse of Broom and Lady Hatton. At the IMAX headquarters on Thursday, ahead of the trailer’s premiere, Hellboy‘s creator Mike Mignola shared with us that the iconic Russian foe was actually just played by a member of the crew rather than a specific actor, hinting that Rasputin may not be in much more than the origin sequence.

The trailer quickly moves to London where we see the rest of the BPRD readying for battle against the Blood Queen; she’s featured more in this trailer. It turns out that Milla Jovovich, the actress who plays the Blood Queen, wasn’t particularly happy with the first teaser either; she told our screening that she thought the trailer had “sucked!” Thankfully, she liked this one more likely due to the fact that it’s jam-packed with her ancient sorceress who clearly wants to take a chunk out of Hellboy and make him her immortal beau.

We also get our first look at Ben Daimo in full were-jaguar mode, transforming after Red punches him in the face. There’s plenty of supernatural action here that we didn’t get before, too, with multiple massive monsters and a brief shot of Baba Yaga and her iconic chicken legged home. Probably the biggest moment here is Hellboy riding a giant dragon through a hellish landscape whilst the Blood Queen begs him to be her queen. And then there are the sequences that look like they’re straight out of the beloved Hellboy arc The Wild Hunt; it’s pretty safe to bet that the film is taking heavily from that story.

This is definitely a different beast than the first trailer though the tonal shift may leave some fans wondering just where this iteration of Hellboy will sit when it hits screens on April 12.

Images: Millennium Pictures

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Hellboy is everyone’s favorite beer-swilling, demon-hunting, raised from hell superhero badboy. And this year he turns 25 which means there are all kinds of celebratory things happening, including the very on-brand line of beers from Gigantic Brewing Company. The six flavors are each inspired by different HB-universe characters and each one comes with a unique Mike Mignola-designed label and they all sound pretty delicious to us.

Here’s the full list of flavors and inspirations:

• Hellboy – Maple Syrup Pancake Beer
• Liz Sherman – Mole Chili Stout
• Johann Kraus – Citrus Wit Beer
• Abe Sapien – Indigo Blue Fruit Ale
• Blood Queen – Cranberry Yuzu Sour
• Trevor Bruttenholm – British Barleywine

If this sounds up your alley and you’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con then you’re in luck as that’s where the beers will be debuting at a yet to be announced top secret event. They’ll be available on a wider basis on March 15 in the lead up to Hellboy day on March 23 2019.

According to the press release the company will be releasing a very specific number of the each beer to fit with the comics character’s theme. “To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, Oregon’s Gigantic Brewing and Dark Horse Comics are teaming up to create 666 cases of Hellboy beer, based on award-winning cartoonist Mike Mignola’s legendary character. All told, Gigantic Brewing will release six different Hellboy beers, with flavors inspired by fan-favorite characters from the Hellboy comic books. Each new beer will be a limited edition run of 666 cases and will be released approximately every seven weeks.”

These delectable beverages obviously come just in time for the David Harbour-starring film which will be hitting screens on April 12. We’re excited to collect them all and cook up some pam-cakes of our own.

Images: Dark Horse Comics, Gigantic Brewing Company, Universal

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If you’ve only ever seen Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy films and never given Mike Mignola‘s comic books and graphic novels a chance, then you don’t really know Hellboy. You get most of the basics in the films, but the comics delve into many varieties of stories with vampires, werewolves, monsters, and some of the best folk-based horror in any medium. Mignola’s world is rich and it’s given the us amazing spin-offs like B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder.

But where do you start? There’s 25 years of stories in the Hellboy main title alone! To prepare yourself for Neil Marshall’s upcoming film reboot (starring David Harbour, of course), here are seven stories–both full arcs and one-offs–that you need to read. And don’t worry, you’ll want to read the rest too.

They’re presented here in release order:

Wake the Devil

It would be tempting to suggest you read the first story arc of the whole series, but for me, the second major arc is where it’s at. It references enough of the first volume, “Seed of Destruction,” to make you aware of what’s going on. We meet the vampire Vladimir Giurescu, Baba Yaga, and the goddess Hecate, all of whom become major players later on in the continuity. Rasputin and the Nazis continue to be major thorns in Hellboy’s side, and we get to spend a lot of time with B.P.R.D. members Liz Sherman, Abe Sapien, and we get to meet future member Roger the Homunculus. Mignola’s signature art style and James Sinclaire’s brilliant coloring make this craziness pop.

The Wolves of Saint August

This was the first story I read in the Hellboy universe and it still stands out. Mignola’s take on his own mythology was steeped in everything from Nazi Occultism to Lovecraftian elder gods, to Arthurian legend, but “The Wolves of Saint August” is a perfect example of his love of European folklore and ancient family curses. This one has Hellboy and Kate Corrigan (another B.P.R.D. mainstay) encountering a family of werewolves who’ve brought death and despair to the little town of Griar since 1214 AD. Haunting images, like the above of the werewolf woman in a dress pervade the story, and it has some bombastic action culminating in our red-hued hero engaging in fisticuffs with a massive lycanthrope.

Almost Colossus

If you wondered what a “homunculus” was when I mentioned it in “Wake the Devil,” then “Almost Colossus” will provide all the answers. Not only is Roger back but there’s even a big ol’ giant one as well. The story follows on from “Wake the Devil,” and it feels more personal and directly about our main characters. With Liz Sherman in a coma following her fire powers bringing Roger to life (it’s a homunculus thing), it’s up to Hellboy and Kate to find answers, and a cure. True to form, we get a history lesson in magic and alchemy and it ends with the giant marauding the countryside. It’s pretty darn great.

Conqueror Worm

This classic brought the pulp superhero known as Lobster Johnson into Hellboy’s life. “The Lobster” was a vigilante crime-fighter in the 1930s who took on gangsters and supernatural threats in New York City. During World War II, the U.S. government hires the Lobster to help stop the Nazi’s occult enterprises. Later, a detective wrote a fictional version of him and that’s where the name Lobster Johnson came from (which is also the name of the character’s comic book series). Hellboy and Roger go to Austria to follow up on the Lobster’s final mission. There, Hellboy encounters the ghost of his pulp idol, along with Nazi-scientist-head-in-a-jar Herman von Klempt. Von Klempt’s mind later gets put in the body of a massive gorilla. How’s THAT for awesome? This story represents the splintering of the Hellboy universe into separate story threads, and it’s a corker to boot.

Darkness Calls

After Hellboy parts ways with the B.P.R.D., he goes on a fair amount of one-off adventures and gets drunk and married in Mexico. But his major arc comes in the form of learning his destiny, not as the devil’s son, but as possibly the last descendant of royal lineage on Earth. Before he gets there, he’s got to battle with recurring foe Baba Yaga and her champion, Koshchei the Deathless. This arc represents part one of a trilogy of arcs that we’re pretty sure will be the basis of Neil Marshall’s movie (read all about it here). However, the first part–full of witches and Russian mythology–is the epic we’ll revisit for a long, long time. Oh, and Duncan Fegredo’s art is superbly gorgeous.

The Crooked Man

The legendary horror artist Richard Corben lent his pen to the Hellboy universe a few times. None are as endlessly creepy as this three-issue story set in 1950s Appalachia. The story gets way into southern witchcraft and devil worship and the titular baddie (pictured above) is legitimate nightmare fuel. It even brings in the oft-referenced Melungion Witches, descendants of the original settlers from Roanoke (people who watch American Horror Story will know this for sure). Sometimes it’s fun to remember that Hellboy doesn’t have to have huge, world-ending continuity; it can also just be an occult detective story with a monster as the hero.

The Bride of Hell

While Hellboy is certainly a hero and usually defeats evil, he’s not perfect. Sometimes he just straight-up loses, and that can still be a great story. Richard Corben also illustrated this story. In it, Hellboy heads to France to save an American tourist from the demon-worshiping Knights of Saint Hagen, an ancient cult that follows the demon Asmodeus. But all is not as it seems. Hellboy learns the truth about what the cult actually is, and how Asmodeus operates. Gorgeous artwork, awesome history of occult things, and a downbeat but totally satisfying ending make for a story well worth reading.

And there you have seven of our favorite Hellboy stories. Share yours in the comments below!

Images: Dark Horse Comics; Mike Mignola; Duncan Fegredo; Richard Corben

Kyle Anderson is the Associate Editor for Nerdist and a major Hellboy fanboy. Follow him on Twitter!

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We’ve all been eagerly awaiting the arrival of more news about the David Harbour starring, Neil Marshall helmed buff Hellboy movie since they debuted some footage to a lucky audience at New York Comic Con earlier this year. Well, today we have been treated the to the first wide release look at the new vision of Big Red, and let’s just say it’s very different from the R-Rated horror flick the Neil Marshall and co. had been promising.

We’d been told that the film was leaning into the horror elements but this trailer presents the film as far closer to a Deadpool or even Guardians of the Galaxy movie, as Hellboy plays like a cranky comedy character (very much like Ron Perlman’s version). What’s more, the cheery notes of Billy Idol’s Mony Mony throw us into what feels like a pretty par for the course comic book movie trailer. This will surely disappoint some fans who have been looking forward to the blood-soaked R-rated horror movie that the production have been talking about, but we can’t discount the success of Deadpool in shaping just what a modern day R-rated superhero movie looks like.We get more comedy beats than action, but there are hints at a wider more fantastical story as we see Big Red joining the B.P.R.D and reconnecting with Professor Broom as an adult. That dynamic change seems to be an interesting one as Hellboy’s close relationship with Broom is often the emotional core of the comics and previous films, so we’ll be interested to see what they do with that. We also get our first proper look at Milla Jovovich’s Blood Queen too, who seems to have nefarious plans including Big Red who we see wielding a flaming sword and some impressive horns. We get a few flying creatures too and even a little bit of gore, but overall this is definitely much closer to the MCU/Fox superhero flicks than we were expecting.What could it all mean? We’ll have to wait until April to find out if Hellboy will deliver the gothic horror goodness or be an unexpected R-Rated cape comedy.

Images: Lionsgate

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Welcome, Wednesday Warriors! It’s new comic book day! But before you head to the local comic shop, arm yourself with a few recommendations—add a new title or two to your list. And for you big spenders out there, we also have a complete list of this week’s releases.As usual, we will touch on a plot detail or two below, which means you are officially entering spoiler territory. You’ve been warned, friends!

HELLBOY WINTER SPECIAL 2018

BITTER ROOT #2

MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #1

BLACK HAMMER: CTHU-LOUISE #1

CHAMPIONS #27

Featured Image: Dark Horse Comics 

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Mike Mignola’s vast Hellboy universe has been thrilling fans for 25 years, and as we get closer to the release of Neil Marshall’s rebooted cinematic vision we’re learning more about who will join Big Red on the big screen. One of the newest additions is Thomas Haden Church as a fan favorite member of the B.P.R.D. who fits in perfectly with the dark tone that the new film has been promising since its announcement: Lobster Johnson.

Originally introduced in Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1 before spinning off into his own series, Lobster is a pulp fiction hero who the public thinks only exists in the pages of books and comics. He is in fact a “real” hero who fights crimes both human and supernatural. Like any classic noir hero, he usually wields a pair of pistols, though he occasionally utilizes other things that are close to hand. He first became active in the 1930s as a literal underground vigilante living and fighting in the sewers beneath New York. Though Lobster and his allies were a powerful force for good, they became the focus of a violent and vicious villain. Memnan Saa murdered many of them, leading Lobster to take on a contract with the U.S. government.

In 2018, we need as many as Nazi-punching heroes as possible, and in the later years of Lobster’s life he fought and killed fascists alongside the American government. Lobster was killed in the line of duty as he tried to stop a Nazi space launch in Austria, but as this is the world of Hellboy that was in no way the end of his story. After his death he became a famed pulp star, with fictionalized versions of his adventures published in magazines, and some even adapted to film. His legacy became so huge that some believe that the pulp stories were a coverup by the U.S. government, which didn’t want people to know that Lobster was real.

It wasn’t until after he died that Lobster became connected with the B.P.R.D.; Hellboy, who was a massive fan of the pulp character, discovered Lobster’s ghost in the ruins of the Austrian castle where he died. His ghost is alleged to be one of the most powerful in the mythical world of Hellboy. It’s likely that we’ll meet this version of Lobster in the new film, as the simplest way for Big Red to coincide with Lobster would be within the B.P.R.D.

Johnson also has a connection to a couple of characters that fans of the original Hellboy films will be familiar with, as in the past he’s teamed up with both Liz Sherman and Johann Kraus. In fact, in certain stories the ghost of The Lobster has taken over Johann’s ectoplasmic form in order to defeat evil. As a spirit, Lobster can come across as arrogant or aloof but that’s only due to vast amount of existential understanding that he gained after his untimely death. A vital element of the B.P.R.D. Lobster Johnson will be an interesting addition to the upcoming film as he brings a dark noir edge, while also potentially opening up potential for humor with Harbour’s Hellboy acting as a fanboy to the super cool spirit.

Is Lobster Johnson one of your favorite characters? Surprised by how many similarities Lobster has to Steve Rogers? Just really love Hellboy? Let us know below!

Images: Dark Horse Comics

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Have you ever wondered why certain fictional characters have the specific costume or alien skin tone they do? If there’s any particular significance beyond the obvious? Characters like Daredevil, Hellboy, and Darth Maul are red because they’re based on traditional depictions of the devil, of course, just as ninja turtles are green, and friendly ghosts are white because, well, reptiles and sheets.

 

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Green Team 💚 #piccolo #hulk #shrek #starwars #yoda #themask #monster #dbz #comics #grinch #dccomics #kermit #viceversa #characterdesign #popculture #geek #green #pixar #ninjaturtles #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #charactere #colors #turtle #yoshi

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Via io9, however, French artist Linda Bouderbala has grouped some popular characters from film, comics, and more into teams based on their principal color. By looking at them, all we can figure out is that each team seems to have a pretty good balance of characters, from the super-strong to the comically clumsy.

 

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Purple Team 💜 #thanos #marvel #beerus #ursula #dccomics #pokemon #dragonball #dbz #comics #pixar #fear #waluigi #mario #minions #cartoon #popculture #geek #purple #sketch #violet #monster #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #crossover #disney

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Sorry, Luke Skywalker, “Red 5” was just a call sign. Pick a Jedi cloak color and stick with it if you want in on one of these teams.

 

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Red Team ❤ #elmo #hellboy #marvel #flash #darkmaul #starwars #dragonball #dbz #comics #bmax #anger #mulan #dardevil #iago #characterdesign #popculture #geek #red #pixar #winniethepooh #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #charactere #colors

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When it comes to good and evil, things aren’t as black and white as you may have expected.

 

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Black Team 🖤 #zorro #darkvador #starwars #batman #dccomics #death #dragonball #dbz #comics #venom #spawn #powerrangers #blackpanther #dragon #simpsons #popculture #geek #black #pixar #mario #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #crossover #catwoman #disney

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…although the way Joker’s hiding his outfit here, we suspect Team Purple tried to draft him first and he’s just ducking Thanos.

 

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White Team 💬 #stormtrooper #ghostbusters #disney #casper #freezer #starwars #joker #dbz #comics #bmax #dccomics #boo #aliceinwonderland #characterdesign #popculture #geek #white #pixar #rabbit #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #charactere #colors

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Orange you glad for nuance?

 

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Orange Team 🔶️ #casimir #looneytunes #disney #winniethepooh #kungfupanda #pokemon #fantasticfour #southpark #comics #findingnemo #disneyprincess #lorax #americandad #crashbandicoot #characterdesign #popculture #geek #white #pixar #rabbit #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #charactere #colors

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The artist was selling prints online, but appears to be sold out as of this publication. Be sure to keep an eye on her Instagram for more, including the occasional heads-up when additional prints are available.

 

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Yellow Team 💛 #thesimpsons #minions #adventuretime #spongebob #angrybirds #pacman #m&ms #bojackhorseman #winniethepooh #powerrangers #teletubbies #pokemon #pikachu #popculture #geek #yellow #rickandmorty #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #crossover #colors

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Which color has the winning line-up? Tell us what you think in comments.

 

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Blue Team 💙 #cookiemonster #xmen #marvel #monster #schtroumpfs #aladdin #dragonball #dbz #comics #megaman #sonic #sega #liloandstich #sad #megamind #popculture #geek #blue #pixar #winniethepooh #sketch #sketchbook #sketchoftheday #illustration #illustrationoftheday #fanart #instaart #crossover #colors

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David Harbour, Stranger Things star, dancing dad, and the next Hellboy on the big screen, isn’t afraid to respond to pie-in-the-sky social media requests. He’s danced with penguins and taken school pictures with a lucky fan, and he’s ready for his next challenge.Spencer Perry of ComingSoon.net and Syfy writer (and Nerdist contributor) Carly Lane are getting married next spring and requested a very special officiant: Hellboy. David Harbour graciously agreed to issue a Twitter challenge to make their Hellboy dream wedding happen after Spencer replied to his search for an ambitious request to close out 2018.

666kOf this tweet.Big Red officiates. Full Gear. In his saintly best.Impossible number?Think of how difficult it will be for me to get this character ordained by a Christian church😈🙄(P.S. – I’ll knock off 500k if you can get @artofmmignola to read a poem at the service) https://t.co/cnzHrcnsOo

— David Harbour (@DavidKHarbour) October 6, 2018

That’s right, he’ll officiate the wedding as Hellboy. Originally offered as a 666k retweet challenge, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola stepped up to knock 500,000 off the goal by surprisingly agreeing to read a poem for the couple within just a few hours.

absolutely but @DavidKHarbour needs to write the poem!

— Mike Mignola (@artofmmignola) October 7, 2018

“We’re so excited that David has taken us up on our Twitter challenge,” Spencer and Carly told Nerdist, “but even moreso that we’ve been able to give people something nice to look forward to in a world not too far removed from one with frog monsters. We hope that we can reach our goal, but even if we fall short, the support so far has been something we’ll cherish.”As of this post, the happy couple is just over 23,000 retweets, and well on their way to the new goal of 166,000 thanks to Mike Mignola. Will you share Harbor’s original tweet in the name of love? (We hope so!) Or at the very least, just to see him show up in a church in full Hellboy makeup and costume?If you could ask anyone to officiate your wedding, who would you ask? Tell us in the comments.

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That big, manly demon looks so grizzled and worn, it’s easy to forget Hellboy‘s actually only in his mid-20s. Having just come back from the other side, he’s about to traverse one more milestone in the journey of life, death and rebirth—his 25th birthday. Yes, Mike Mignola‘s infamous offbeat hero debuted back in 1993. And he’s not nearly done fighting. We’re excited to exclusively announce, along with Geek & Sundry, three brand new Mignolaverse titles.

The Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense’s most famous agent was first introduced to readers several months prior, through a black and white short in the second edition of San Diego Comic-Con Comics. Now, as he reaches quarter-life, Hellboy and the diverse entourage of creators and creatures who’ve amassed around him over the years celebrate that comic’s anniversary by returning to where the proverbial big bang of the “Mignolaverse” first ignited. And they’re returning just in time for a three-pronged expansion of that realm, no less.

The Boy is back at Comic-Con as a Special Guest this year. He’s taking spotlight on the cover of the convention’s 2018 Souvenir Book, which comes with a reprint of the four-pager wherein he made his fateful debut.

And back to those three new titles. One follows a hitherto-classified Cold War cover-up Hellboy got entangled by in the 50s. Another reveals the global chaos that unfurled after Crimson Lotus (the villainess who bedeviled the Boy’s pulp predecessor, Lobster Johnson) took sweet vengeance upon the war dogs who wronged her. And the third is an annual offering three one-off featuring the aforementioned Mr. Johnson, the BPRD, and Hellboy in a holiday gone wrong. Full details on all these books below, along with an exclusive look at the covers.

CRIMSON LOTUS

Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Mindy Lee (A), Michelle Madsen (C), Tonci Zonjic (Cover)
Before she became Lobster Johnson’s biggest foe, the Crimson Lotus was a young girl whose family was caught up in the Russo-Japanese war. Thirty years later, the Lotus exacts her revenge with terrifying international ramifications, and two spies must try to chase her through China before they become flies in her web. Issue #1: 11/21

HELLBOY AND THE BPRD: 1956

Mike Mignola (W), Chris Roberson (W), Yishan Li (A), Mike Norton (A), Michael Avon Oeming (A), Dave Stewart (C), Dave Johnson (Cover)
Pressure is mounting within the bureau to uncover the Soviets’ secret plans, but a suspicious cover-up leads one agent off the radar in search of answers. Meanwhile, demonic Soviet occult leader Varvara pushes her team to follow her own whims, and Hellboy is sent on the mission that would lead to his infamous misadventures in Mexico. But even more clandestine plots are at work—both inside the B.P.R.D. and out. Three different storylines are interwoven in this espionage saga. Issue #1: 11/28

HELLBOY WINTER SPECIAL 2018

Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Fábio Moon (W/A/variant cover), Gabriel Bá (W/A/Variant cover), Tonci Zonjic (W/A/C), Ben Stenbeck (A), Dave Stewart (C)
Three wintery tales featuring a Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck team-up about a New Year’s Eve séance gone wrong when Hellboy visits a family’s English home, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá revisit B.P.R.D.: Vampire with a new tie-in story, and Tonci Zonjic returns to write and draw Lobster Johnson. On sale: 12/12

Visit the gallery below to view variant covers.

Images: Dark Horse Comics

Editor’s note: This exclusive is crossposted from Geek & Sundry with reporting by Tom Pinchuk.

Variant Cover by Fábio Moon

Variant Cover by Gabriel Bá

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One might expect a character’s death to be followed by a dearth of activity, but that’s hardly been the case for the working man’s demon–that bear drinkin’, cigar smokin’, pancake eatin’ Hellboy. Not only have stories in his comics universe continued with the BPRD spin-off, not only are handsome new omnibus books collecting his adventures in chronological order for the first time, but Mantic Games also just blasted through all stretch goals of its Kickstarter campaign for a Hellboy tabletop game. Even if the ‘Boy hadn’t just woke up from seemingly endless sleep, he’d be pretty damn busy for any superhero, living or dead.

Hellboy’s creator, Mike Mignola, is back in some respects, too. Having taken a bit of sabbatical from comics to focus on painting, he’s affixed “semi” to his “retirement” to plot some new adventures for his resurrected creation. We got the chance the chance to chat with Mignola about all things Hellboy, from the series’ early days at Dark Horse’s Legend imprint to its unexpected reception in other country days. And while the man is synonymous with the ‘Boy, now, Mignola also has a sizable body of work at Marvel and DC, and a number of those projects have recently been adapted to screen. Read on, and get Mignola’s candid thoughts on every area of his oeuvre!

First off, congratulations on the launch for the Hellboy tabletop game Kickstarter. It’s been a runaway success!

It’s good sign, I guess – there’s still some interest in this character! It’s the kind of thing I know nothing about. I suspect it’s entirely because people want a hundred little, tiny Hellboy and Hellboy-related figures to play with. I know that’s what I’m excited about! Haha…

Well, they definitely go deep into the mythos and its large cast of characters.

I’m always nervous about this kind of stuff – that I might end up with people who don’t know the material. So, I’m always nervous about these things, because I don’t want to get roped into being the one trying to explain to somebody endlessly, “That’s the movie!” or “Hellboy wouldn’t do this!” But these guys knew what they were doing, so that’s kind of nice.

Is it ever surreal to see such a personal universe of creations getting interpreted with such detail like this?

You know, at some point, it takes a lot now for me to really struck by that kind of stuff. I always say the weirdest thing is when this stuff starts feeling normal. Things like a hundred little, tiny Hellboy-related figures that are getting a million dollars in a Kickstarter. That should be weird, but it takes a lot for something to feel weird these days. Haha…

Well, you effectively have a Hellboy imprint at this stage, with all the BPRD books and the number of creators you’re trusting these characters to.

My day-in, day-out involvement has become less and less, because I’m not drawing the books, and I’m not even doing many of the covers. I’ve got my eyes on stuff, but the business of creating the books doesn’t involve me as much. That maybe is a little weird. This thing is going on and I’m going, “Oh, it’s under control, but it’s over there, and it’s mostly somebody else’s job.”

It’s taken on a life of its own.

It very much has. And I thank God for my wonderful editor [Katii O’Brien], who has to do all the heavy lifting. She does most of the dealing with the creators and stuff like that. I get to do the fun stuff.

Occasionally, I’ll have the conversations with the writers about some cool weird ideas. Or I get to talk to artists who want to work on the books, or are working on the books. So, I get to do the fun stuff and I don’t have to do any of the stuff that’s a grind.

You talk about it being a bit unexpected to see an audience respond to a Hellboy board game like they have today. We’re circling the 25th anniversary of the series’ launching at Comic Con with Dark Horse’s Legend imprint. Was the character received differently when first introduced?

It’s funny – I did a couple talks a couple of weeks ago in New York, and I mentioned the Legend imprint, and nobody has any memory [of it]. It really wasn’t around for very long. But certainly, I think I benefited from it more than anybody else.

How so?

Had Hellboy just been a regular book, and not part of this group with Frank Miller, and Dave Gibbons, and Geoff Darrow, and Art Adams… if Hellboy didn’t have that association, I think it might have come and gone without notice.

Because it was part of that group, and there was that brief moment where it got the kind of attention it wouldn’t ordinarily have gotten, I think it found an audience. Who knows? We’ll never know what happened without the Legend imprint. But I think that was very “right place, right time” for me.

That time was a watershed for comics, in general. Legend began around the launch of Image, too. This whole notion of creator-owned titles and having a stable of creators grouped together, building on each other’s hype, that was in the zeitgeist then, wasn’t it?

Yeah, it really was. Created-owned stuff was still kind of new. Not really “new” – creator-owned stuff had been around forever – but that Image group generated so many headlines. I don’t know if there was another group until Legend – a group of really high-profile, heavy-hitting creators. We might have been it after Image.

How did Legend differ, though?

It was the same basic idea, but if Image were [comprised] of older guys who did a different kind of work. And of course, the last thing we wanted to do is get involved in publishing our own books. We just wanted to do the creative stuff and let Dark Horse handle the business. But yeah, for a brief period of time, it made some news.

There were a lot of nods to each other’s book in those early days, too. 

Originally – because John Byrne was writing Hellboy with me – he, Art Adams and I were going to have a shared universe. So, John used Hellboy in one of his books. I think he actually used me and Art Adams in his book, also. I think it was in Next Men. I can’t remember exactly what the storyline was.

The character actually originally appeared in Next Men, which was a nice tease for [his] book. And then, I think in some of John’s other books, Hellboy appeared.

And you returned the favor with some of his creations, right?

I actually used one of John’s characters in the very first issue of Hellboy. So, there was this idea that we would have this shared universe of characters. Then, Legend kind of crumbled to pieces. Even before [that], we all realized, maybe this isn’t a good idea. This could be potentially problematic as we go forward if guys are looking over each other’s shoulders. “Well, wait a minute! You can’t use my guy.” We all realized pretty early on we should really just stick to doing our own things.

It’s all difficult to coordinate long-term when every one owns their IP separately, I bet.

Every once in a while, something will come up. Somebody wants to do a Hellboy thing and they’ll mention using Torch of Liberty, and I have to go, “Whoa! Whoa! Wait! That’s John’s character.” Even though it’s in the Hellboy book, it’s John’s character. I can understand the confusion. “If it’s a few pages of Hellboy then, of course, it’s a Mignola thing!” That’s the one holdover from our Legend days.

Something similar happened with Image. Where Chapel from Youngblood had killed Spawn and that was initially part of their backstory, but they had to retcon it years later.

Had I created Lobster Johnson [then], I would’ve used Lobster Johnson in that opening sequence in Hellboy, but I hadn’t thought of him yet.

I thought it was cool to have one superhero guy – kind of a throwback to my Marvel Comics stuff, little World War II Captain America hanging out with GI’s. I always wanted to have that. And since John had created this Captain America-ish character, I thought, “Well, this is just perfect.” But now, I never want to go back and take it out, and John never told me to take it out. We acknowledge it’s there, but we just don’t talk about it too much.

Bit of a gentleman’s agreement.

Yes. I hope. Haha…

Speaking of your work at Marvel and your collaborations with John Byrne: it’s the early part of 2018 and a number of your works at Marvel and DC are on screen in a big way, like Krypton at SyFy, which draws from the World of Krypton mini-series you drew.

Yeah, I’ve never seen any of that show. I was contacted briefly by somebody about “how do you pronounce your name?” and it seemed like that had something to do with the Krypton show. I don’t know if it was some press thing or whatever, but somebody needed to mention me in some way, so that’s weird. Some of the Krypton stuff in that first Superman [movie, Man of Steel] was a little similar to some of the stuff I had done with John.

World of Krypton was so long ago, I barely remember what that thing was like. But when you see DC suddenly reprinting it two or three times, you go, “Oh, there must be something going on.”

It’s probably a good clue. Gotham by Gaslight also became an animated movie earlier this year and, of course, Rocket Raccoon has become this pop icon – is that another thing you get used to after a while?

Rocket Raccoon was just a job. It’s not like something I created. Granted, I was like the first guy to do a lengthy Rocket Raccoon thing. But what’s on the screen is so radically different than what I did, it’s just another raccoon character with the same name. It doesn’t ring any bells as far as, “Oh! I remember when I drew that guy!” It’s totally unrelated.

I haven’t seen the Gotham by Gaslight show, so I have no idea how much of it uses the stuff that was in the comic I did. I mean, I’ve seen the trailer for it, so I see that it’s a much bigger thing with a lot more characters. It actually looks really cool.

But again, there’s no part of me that goes, “Oh, that’s my thing!” It’s just, “Oh, there’s a Victorian Batman. That’s interesting.”

So you weren’t involved with that adaptation?

I think Bruce Timm called me at one point, or emailed me, to ask if I wanted to work on the show. So, that was kind of cool. It was nice that they asked. Whatever I did on that thing, I did so long ago, no part of me that wanted to go back in and do that again. I’ve been doing my own stuff for 25 years, now, which does a pretty good job of erasing my memory of everything I did in those first ten years! Haha…

Hellboy has returned, and you’re also back from something of a sabbatical. Any insights from your year away from comics, focusing on fine art painting?

It threw a major wrench in [my workflow], and I’ve never quite gotten back. I haven’t quite figured out what the hell I’m doing. There was something about wrapping up Hellboy where I really did say, “OK, now I’m gonna do something different.”

I tried going back and doing a comic. I actually did 19 pages of a comic, but eventually said, “Yeah, this is not working.” So, I’m still kind of flopping around and figuring out what the hell I’m doing.

The retirement was short-lived, then.

I’ve been saying for a while now I’m semi-retired, which just means I’m not sitting at the drawing table, every day, drawing a comic.

But I haven’t quite figured out what I’m replacing comics with, or if I’m replacing comics. There are plenty of days where I go, “Oh, now I’ve got a million ideas for comics.” Then, the next day I’ll go, “I don’t want to do comics, I want to go back and paint some more.” So, I’ve got a few little work things I still have to wrap up, and then I think I’m going to go back and, at least for a while, go back and do some more paintings.

But… yeah! I haven’t really figured out what the hell I’m doing. Haha…

Do you find it hard to read another creator’s comic and just enjoy the experience without picking apart what you would do?

I actually haven’t read comics in years, so that isn’t an issue, but it is a weird spot to be in. A lot of guys when they retire, they go, “Oh, now I’ll go work on my hobby.” But, my hobby really has been my job for 35 years. So, if you retire from your hobby, what’s left? Haha…

That’s kind of where I am. The thing I find most relaxing is to sit at the drawing table and work on stuff while I’m watching TV. So, I just haven’t quite figured out what to be working on. Again, I’ve got some little work- related that I’m still wrapping up, a couple of covers and things. But after that, I’m really not sure. I love to just play, just draw whatever I want, paint whatever I want, and not worry about making books or any particular publication plans for things, and just do whatever I want. But it’s really hard!

It’s really hard, at least for me, to go, “OK. I can do whatever I want.” And then the next big question is “Well, what do you want to do?”

The burden of choice.

I love drawing stuff, I just haven’t quite figured out what I want to commit to drawing. Haha…

Speaking of interests outside of comics, reading Hellboy over the years, one facet that sticks out is the thorough research behind the occultism and mythology. Is that something you always had an interest in, or was it something that snowballed as you ran with the book?

Yeah, I had been a big fan of folklore and mythology. I’d actually planned to adapt a couple English folk tales. I didn’t know where I was gonna do them, and I ended up working those into Hellboy. So, I had enough interest in that stuff, read enough of that stuff, that it really informed Hellboy.

I did at least three or four Hellboy stories that are pretty much direct adaptations of old folk tales. That was always a fun thing that I got to get away.

When you’re sussing out all these different mythologies, did you have any criteria about what made something fit the world of the BPRD? Were there ever times you looked at a folk tale you wanted to integrate, but it didn’t seem to mesh unless you took a lot of creative license?

I usually stay away from anything that’s very specific with religion. I’m looking for monster stories. And I love religion stories. I love stuff that’s very faith-based… but I never really want Hellboy to be a religious book, or overtly religious, if that makes sense. Certainly, some cultures are also just so totally alien to me, I wouldn’t want to try to do those and get the religion element wrong.

So, I usually just try to find the weird monster story. “Here’s a very specific monster you would only encounter in Malaysia. Yes! Let’s use that.” And I try to get the feel of these different regions. There’s a very specific type of Scandinavian story, there’s a very specific type of Russian story, there’s a very specific type of Asian story. So, I try to get the feel of those things and not step on anybody’s toes while I’m doing it.

Not get too deeply into someone’s beliefs.

Yeah, exactly. Again, especially with stuff I don’t understand – because I just don’t want to screw it up. I’m a simple creature. I was basically just looking for cool monster stories. Haha…

When you get deep in the reeds with some mythologies, there’s esoterica that’s probably a bit confusing to readers, as well, when you’re trying to tell a well-paced action story

Yeah, exactly, I wasn’t looking to do this deep thing. There’s kind of an underlying mythology behind Hellboy that’s bullshit that I made up, but I never really wanted to get too specific about how that related to all the different folklore/mythology things. I didn’t want to explain, “Oh, fairies are actually this, or demons are actually that.” I tried to stay away from explaining away the magic of those stories.

I’ve done certain things where I’ve related [it all to] my kind of bullshit, made-up world mythology, like in the Russian folklore stories. But I try to keep it really vague. I don’t want to take away from the source material. I try to be fast and loose with all the whole thing, leave a lot of stuff for the reader to try and figure out how these things relate to each other.

So, it’s a matter of balance with the research.

I [do still sometimes] work in a lot of very specific things, as I mentioned – like a particular Malaysian vampire. I tried to work out, real briefly, an origin for this weird thing according to folklore. But I didn’t want the story to be about what this thing. I wanted it to still be an adventure story. I want the flavor of the old folklore or legend, but it’s not the entire point of the story.

You have a lot of international readers by now. Have you ever been surprised by how Hellboy’s interaction with other countries’ mythologies has been received by audiences in those countries?

I haven’t had too many complaints. In Prague, somebody pointed out that I had drawn a particular castle [into] the wrong country [and then] brought me [all this information] about it. I was just using the castle for reference because it looked cool, I wasn’t thinking, “Oh, shit! Somebody’s going to know what that Castle is.” Haha…

What I do get is a lot of people saying, “You have to do a story about my country! We have this other weird thing.” So, that’s really cool. Everybody wants their [monster] to figure into Hellboy, also. And there’s no shortage of those kind of stories, which is always a comfort.

That’s got to be the highest compliment – people wanting their folklore reinterpreted or bumping heads with Hellboy.

Yeah! “Hellboy should fight our guy!” That’s nice… Haha…

Now that Hellboy’s back, any teases about what fans can look forward to in his continuing adventures?

Ah… no. Haha. We’re so close to wrapping up BPRD, anything I mention would be giving something away. There’s also problem of [me having] plotted that story with Scott Alie, pacing back and forth in a hotel room in Portland, just bouncing stuff back and forth, and rattling off a whole lot of stuff. And frankly, once I talk out stuff, I tend to forget it, so I don’t actually remember a lot of what we plotted. Some bits I know very well, because I did step in and I was very specific about certain things, but a lot of the stuff Scott is doing is based entirely on the notes from that day and a half, or whatever, of us just rattling this stuff off.

So, I remember being very excited about it at the time. Now, frankly, I’m just very happy that’s in his hands and he’s referencing his notes, and occasionally he’ll call me up and say, “The notes say this thing, but I can’t quite figure out what it means.” And I’m like, “Sorry! I can’t remember. It all came out in the blur.” Haha… But Scott know what he’s doing so. And he’s stitching it together pretty nicely. I trust him.

We’ve surely got loads of Hellboy fans in our readership. What are you favorite stories in his catalog? What other Mignola comics do you dig, too? Sound off in the comments.

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Night is closing in earlier and earlier, and it’s time to get spooky! Yup, it’s October, which basically means it’s Halloween and we can’t wait to curl up on our couches and watch some good old fashioned scary movies. Luckily for us, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon all have some choice creepy offerings, and we’ve collected them here for your viewing pleasure. From cult classic slashers to daringly dark documentaries, we’ve got ’em all. Grab your candy corn, pull up your creakiest chair, and get started on your Nerdoween movie playlist.

Netflix

Netflix is really leaning into a more atmospheric kind of scare with their choices this year. The clear stand out is Julia Ducournau’s fantastic coming of age cannibal movie, Raw. Continuing the creepy theme, they have the grim post apocalyptic greatness of The Survivalist. Netflix is also delivering on the fan faves with Cult of Chucky, which was previewed at Fright Fest to rave reviews and sees the return of Chucky’s IRL daughter, Fiona Dourif. Emo teens, rejoice, because Netflix is also bringing the bleak beauty of Donnie Darko back to the screen this Halloween season.

Available now
-Ghost Patrol
-Never Let Me Go
-Penelope
-The Reaping
-Veronica
-13 Demons
-Cult of Chucky
-The Survivalist10/4
-Raw

10/5
-Middle Man

10/11
-Donnie Darko

10/13
-The Babysitter

10/15
-Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses

10/20
-1922
-One of Us

Hulu

Hulu is really bringing out the big guns with a solid selection of cult classics like Cabin Fever, Ghoulies, and Pet Semeatary, as well as a veritable smorgasbord of ’90s/’00s kaiju movies for that perfect monster marathon. Hulu is also adding some foreign femininity to Halloween with Alejandro Aja’s radical debut, High Tension. If you’ve not seen this twisted masterpiece of macabre it should go straight to the top of your watchlist. For a fun throwback, make sure you check out Robert Rodriguez’s teen sci-fi classic The Faculty.

Available now
-6 Dead Souls
-The Amityville Horror
-Asylum of Darkness
-Bethany
-Blood Ransom
-Bubba the Redneck Werewolf
-Cabin Fear
-Cabin Fever
-Carrie
-Carrie 2: The Rage
-Covenant
-The Creature Below
-Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
-Deliver Us from Evil
-The Devil’s Advocate
-The Disembodied
-The Faculty
-Fargo
-From Dusk Till Dawn
-Ghosts of Darkness
-Ghoulies
-Ghoulies II
-The Glass Coffin
-Godzilla
-Godzilla 2000
-Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
-Godzilla Vs. Destroyah
-Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah
-Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II
-Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus: The G Annihilation Strategy
-Godzilla Vs. Mothra
-Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla
-Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
-Godzilla: Final Wars
-Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
-Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
-Hatchet
-Hellboy
-High Tension
-Hostel
-Hostel 2
-Invasion of the Body Snatchers
-Little Shop of Horrors
-New Year’s Evil
-Pet Sematary
-Scream at the Devil
-Southwest of Salem
-Species III
-Teenage Ghost Punk
-The Uninvited
-Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
-What Lies Beneath
-Colossal
-Rapture-Palooza

10/5
-The Fog

10/7
-Blair Witch

10/18
-Phoenix Forgotten

Amazon Prime

Amazon’s horror pickings are a little slimmer this year, but they still have some absolute gems including one of the best bad movies ever made, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. If you ever wanted to watch a comedy slasher movie set under a theme park, this one is for you. They also have the follow-up to the film that put a generation off camping, Blair Witch.

Available now
-Abandoned Mine
-Apartment 1303
-Bunker of the Dead
-Fargo
-Ghoulies
-Ghoulies II
-Invasion of the Body Snatchers
-Jug Face
-Needlestick
-Pet Sematary
-Pet Sematary Two
-Scareycrows
-Scent
-Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

10/4
-Blood Hunters

10/7
-Blair Witch

10/11
-5150

10/13
-City of Ghosts

10/25
-Awaken the Shadowman

What’s your favorite scary movie? Is it on our list? Which of these would make your dream Halloween movie marathon? Let us know in the comments!

Images: 20th Century Fox, MGM, Lionsgate, Petit Films

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Neil Gaiman is the beloved author of many of your favorite fantasy stories like Stardust, Neverwhere, and American Gods. But he’s also half of the creative team behind one of the most lauded and respected comics of all time, Sandman, and has written books for both Marvel and DC. So, we were really excited when Dark Horse Comics revealed a while back that they’d be creating the Gaiman Library, a selection of his original short stories adapted into hardcover graphic novels with some of comics’ most famous names. Just in time for New York Comic Con this year, they’ve announced another addition with A Study In Emerald.

The short story from Fragile Things has also been adapted into a popular board game, and Dark Horse describes the book as “a supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The heart-pounding tale features the brilliant detective and his faithful partner as they attempt to solve a horrific murder of cosmic proportions. The complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen’s Palace.”

With an incredible roster of comic book talent including Eisner winning artist Rafael Albuquerque and Wonder Woman writer Rafael Scavone–who’s also the co-founder of publisher Stout Club alongside Albuquerque–the creative team is rounded out by Hellboy colorist Dave Stewart. With a sterling team like that and a beloved gothic tale like A Study in Emerald, we can’t think of a better announcement to usher in a magical Nerdoween.

Are you a huge Gaiman fan? Can’t wait to get your hands on this new incarnation of the original story when it’s out on June 20, 2018? Or do you just want to look at Albuquerque and Stewart’s incredible art? Let us know in the comments!

Images: Dark Horse Comics

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• An illustrated rerelease of Neverwhere.
• Everything we know about the Good Omens series so far.
• A review of Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories.

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You can start pumping your Right Hands of Doom in the air, Hellboy fans, because Lionsgate has unveiled our official first look at David Harbour in the upcoming Hellboy reboot and it looks devilishly good. Announced earlier this year, the R-rated Hellboy reboot is not connected to the previous Guillermo del Toro-directed films, and has replaced series star Ron Perlman with Stranger Things breakout star David Harbour in the eponymous role. But, if you’re a diehard Hellboy fan, you likely knew that already, so go ahead and feast your eyes on Big Red 2.0.

https://twitter.com/HellboyMovie/status/908054824385572864If your first impulse–like mine–was, “Holy smokes that looks a lot like Ron Perlman,” then you’re not wrong. However, that is largely because Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman, and the incredibly talented makeup artists working on the previous Hellboy films so effectively nailed the character. This version of Hellboy seems to have larger horns (or the stumps where his horns used to be, longer hair, and has done more Crossfit than his predecessor.

https://twitter.com/DavidKHarbour/status/908070476475494400

For those not in the know, Hellboy was created in 1993 by writer-artist Mike Mignola. Hellboy, also known as Anung Un Rama, is a demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists looking to swing the tide of World War II in their favor. Rescued by Professor Trevor “Broom” Bruttenholm and the United States military, he was dubbed “Hellboy” and raised in secret on a New Mexico airbase from which the shadowy Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) operated. As he grew older, Hellboy was trained as an agent of the BPRD assisting a wide array of human and nonhuman agents in their efforts to protect the Earth from all manner of supernatural forces.

Directed by Neil Marshall, this new version of Hellboy is assembling an all-star cast including Milla Jovovich as the film’s villain (possibly the Blood Queen) and Ian McShane as Hellboy’s adoptive father Professor Broom. The film has not been without its fair share of controversy, though. The Hellboy reboot found itself at the center of a whitewashing scandal when it was announced that Ed Skrein (Deadpool) would be taking on the role of a canonically Japanese-American character. In response to the outrage, Skrein voluntarily stepped down from the project and now it appears Lost alum Daniel Dae Kim is in talks to take over the role. While the film is still a ways away from hitting theaters, it already looks like it’s shaping up to be a faithful adaptation of the fan-favorite comics.

We’ll continue to update you more on the Hellboy reboot as news develops. In the meantime, here’s a sprawling compendium of everything we know so far about the new Hellboy movie.

Hellboy opens on January 11, 2019.

What do you think of this first look at David Harbour as Hellboy? Let us know in the comments below.

Image: Lionsgate

What else is happening in Hellboy news?

• Behold this mindblowing Angel of Death Hellboy cosplay
• Injustice 2 will finally let you figure out if Hellboy could kick Batman’s ass
• A brief history of the Hellboy reboot’s mysterious villain

5 horror comics that are so good that it’s scary

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We’ve all wanted to be our favorite comic book character at some point, right? Fresh from the pages of our most beloved book, ready to save the galaxy or adventure through time and space whilst kicking some bad guy butt! Well if your dream alter ego is Mike Mignola’s iconic Hellboy then it’s your lucky day because you’re now one step (or hand?) closer thanks to this radical video from Odin Makes.

Just in case you aren’t fully versed in Hellboy lore, his Right Hand of Doom is a hulking stone arm that was grafted onto his body by his father Azzael, who also totally happens to be a demon. Incapable of feeling pain and essentially invulnerable, this fist of fury is a giant part of Hellboy’s power set and it used to belong to a spirit named Anum. Oh yes, Big Red’s Right Hand of Doom is in fact an ancient artifact preserved over millennia before being gifted to our horned hero. So now you definitely want one, right?

In this handy (pun very much intended) how-to tutorial, our helpful host shows us how to build our very own Right Hand Of Doom just like Big Red himself. This is no amateur hour and actually ends up being a true feat of engineering magnificence as Odin Abbott creates a fully articulated puppet hand which has incredibly lifelike movement and also looks really freaking cool.

Though it does look appear to be an awful lot of work, this would be a rad addition to any discerning Hellboy fan’s collection as well as being a pretty spectacular cosplay accessory. Will you attempt to try this at home? Perhaps some early preparation for Nerdoween? Smash into our comments and let us know!

Want more Hellboy?

• Comic creator Mike Mignola talks killing Hellboy and resurrecting his world.
• The history of Hellboy and the Blood Queen.
• Everything we know about the Hellboy reboot so far.

Images: Dark Horse, Odin Makes

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What does it take to make a creature that represents Hellboy‘s personal death? Glad you asked because Amanda shared details of making her seven foot replica of the Angel of Death from Hellboy II: The Golden Army. She spent about three months constructing the scary costume, but since Amanda’s been cosplaying for over 25 years, she’s no stranger to tackling big projects.

Amanda used fun foam craft sheets to make the Angel of Death’s body parts and sewed the robes from gold crushed velvet fabric and black lace. As lovely/creepy as the Angel of Death’s body parts are (that’s not a phrase I say often), the real draw of the costume is the wings.

In order to make them wearable, Amanda had to consider weight and movement. She told Nerdist, “The wings are extremely lightweight, weighing only about five pounds total. They’re supported in a backplate that I made from a cookie tray I purchased from Goodwill. They are jointed and bend and extend with nothing more than fishing line and springs, and they also flap back and forth, since I have them attached to my upper arms. They’re quite sturdy, comfortable to wear, and light enough that they don’t make me feel off balance.”

And the details. Guys. Each wing has about 350 feathers.

View more photos from the construction of the costume in the gallery below, and visit Amanda’s Facebook album to see complete build process. If you’ll be at Dragon Con in Atlanta over the upcoming Labor Day weekend, you might run into the Angel of Death in person.

Do you cosplay or take photographs of cosplayers? Then I want to see your work so we can talk about highlighting your creations in a future Cosplay Friday gallery. If you’re a photographer, maybe we could focus on your images from a single convention. If you’re interested, please get in touch with me at alratcliffe@yahoo.com and send photos you’d like me to feature–the more high-res the photos, the better. Be sure to provide credits for the cosplayers or photographers for each image because giving credit is good manners–bonus points if you include links to relevant Facebook pages or websites. Though I wish I knew all the nerdy franchises, I don’t, so please let me know who or what is being cosplayed.

Want more Hellboy?

• Ian McShane has joined the cast of the new film.
• Here’s the history of Hellboy’s Blood Queen.
• And finally, here’s everything we know about the next Hellboy movie.

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After our incredible chat with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, we’re happy to present an exclusive preview of his newest dive into the expanded universe of Hellboy with B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know #1. Coming from Mignola and Dark Horse editor Scott Allie, the comic follows Liz Sherman—one of the main protagonists of the Mignolaverse—as she leads an intrepid team through the monster-infested ruins wreaked by the Lovecraftian monsters in the previous Hell on Earth story cycle. As society tries to recover, strange cults vie for influence and a demon emerges to lead the way.

This first issue of the final story cycle of the B.P.R.D series is visualized by Laurence Campbell, a British artist best known for his work in 2000 AD and B.P.R.D. with previous writer John Arcudi. “When I work with guys that I really like, it’s just so easy to continue working with them,” Mignola told Nerdist. “It’s been really fun.”

“When John said, ‘I’ve finished where I’m going with B.P.R.D.,’ we were like, ‘sure, but we want to keep working with Laurence Campbell,’ and you know we hadn’t finished the B.P.R.D. story,” Mignola explained. “I sketched out where B.P.R.D. would eventually go and when John said he’d done his bit, I was like ‘oh, how do we finish this book?'”

“Since the very beginning of Hellboy we’ve only had a couple of writers. John has added so much to this world and we’re comfortable working together. We were so lucky with Chris Roberson because he was such a big fan of the work and fit so well,” Mignola continued. “With Scott Allie, he’d been writing the Abe Sapien stuff and that was wrapping up, and we were looking at who was going take over B.P.R.D. Scott and I had been been talking about where B.P.R.D. was going since the very beginning. Most other writers, we would’ve had to feed them the end of the series but Scott knew the story. Finally, I awkwardly asked, ‘could you write it?”

With the end of B.P.R.D. in sight, Mignola already knew that he wanted to wrap the story up in his own way. “B.P.R.D.’s been going on for so long and it’s had a very specific ending for a very long time,” Mignola elaborated. “So, you know, now we’re at the point where we say, ‘well, we know how this is ending and we’re almost there. It’s time to start pulling all those threads together and get this thing to where it’s going.'”

In our exclusive preview, Campbell and colorist Dave Stewart masterfully depict a monstrous fight set in a ravaged North Carolina. Enjoy the pages in our gallery below.

Are you excited to return to the monster-filled world of the B.P.R.D.? Can’t wait to see what pyrokinetic Liz is up to in this latest adventure? Or just happy to see Mignola back on a B.P.R.D book? Let us know in the comments below!

Images: Dark Horse Comics

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In the landscape of modern comics, it’s rare that you’ll find a contemporary character who becomes truly iconic. In the 23 years since his first appearance in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, Hellboy has made an impact that no one, not even his creator Mike Mignola, saw coming. “I didn’t even think I would do more than four issues. I really just thought I’d do this one miniseries and hopefully it would work. But if not, at least I’d have this one book that’s full of stuff that I like,” Mignola told Nerdist.

After 22 years, Mike Mignola did something almost unheard of in the world of comics: he finished his character’s story completely on his own terms in the final part of his hellborn hero’s epic saga, Hellboy in Hell #10. “My biggest fear became at some point, ‘What if I don’t have the energy to finish it? What if I get run over by a bus?’ Once you envision that last scene, you really have to put it out there,” Mignola explained. “Then you think, ‘Well I don’t wanna be so burned out that I don’t finish it, or that I can’t do a good job.’ So that’s why Hellboy in Hell got shorter, because I didn’t want to end up quitting in the middle.”

Hellboy is notable in many ways. While it’s a single story spanning over 20 years, it’s also spawned a huge expanded universe with numerous titles and been a hit movie franchise. One of Hellboy‘s more overlooked and interesting influences on the industry has been the structure of the comic book. Mignola pioneered a new release method with a string of miniseries and short stories collected into trade paperbacks. Over the last two decades, that’s become something very close to the new industry standard with companies like Image employing a release model that’s strikingly similar to the one that Mignola and Dark Horse established with Hellboy.

This different way of telling a regular ongoing story was something that came to Mike earlier in his career when he realized he didn’t necessarily fit the monthly comics model. “Even when I was working with Marvel and DC, I wasn’t really a deadline guy and I only ever lasted a couple of issues on regular running books. So most of what I did at those publishers were miniseries and graphic novels. One of the things I really think I did differently to other things out there was to tell short stories. Almost half of the Hellboy stuff–some of the better Hellboy stuff–are these eight or 12 page short stories,” Mignola described, looking back at his early days in the business. “At some point, even in the Marvel and DC days, I started viewing everything as a book. Eventually it’s going to be a book, and when you start thinking that everything’s a book you start to format accordingly.”

The idea of formatting comics to be read as collected longform stories was well ahead of its time, and is now the foundation for much of the comic book world. It’s only collections and so called “graphic novels” which can make it onto the New York Times bestseller list, there are many fans who are fondly called “trade-waiters,” meaning they only pick up their favorite titles once they’re collected. “As a reader, my shelves were full of short stories and anthologies. To get to do that with comics, well it just worked for me,” Mignola enthused. “Around the time I was doing Hellboy, things really started to be collected more and more. I started to hear people say to me, ‘Hey, I only read these things when they’re collected.’ That was nice, you know? It’s like TV. How many shows do we not watch week in and week out anymore? It’s much more satisfying.”

Though Hellboy has arguably become a cultural phenomenon, his creator is still regularly astonished by the passion and positive response from fans. “I’m surprised every day that people read these things. I never want to take that for granted,” Mignola said, noting that it was a weight off his shoulders when B.P.R.D. was a success. “It was a huge relief, if that’s the right word. It was very nice when the book found its legs. It was fun to write the one B.P.R.D. book I wrote, but when John Arcudi came on board that was when that series just really took off. I’m so lucky to have Guy Davis and to have John, who made that book completely its own thing.”

Since leaving Hellboy in Hell both figuratively and literally, the storyteller has stayed involved in what’s fondly known as Dark Horse’s Mignola-verse. “A lot of those books like Lobster Johnson and Joe Golem, beyond phone calls they’re not gigantic time consuming things on my part. Baltimore and Joe Golem are very much [Christopher Golden]’s books. We have our big conversations periodically and sketch out where things are going. But the real hard work? That’s really Chris,” stated Mignola, expanding on his collaborative process. “When John started working on Lobster Johnson, we had those conversations. But really John is one of those guys who works better when you just leave him alone. The best thing about Lobster Johnson is–though it has my name on it–I get to read it almost like a new reader.”

With Comic-Con International: San Diego looming, Dark Horse has announced three new Mignola-verse titles and these are unique in one very special way: Mike himself is returning to full writing duties with three sets of collaborators. Rasputin: Voice of the Dragon (Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Christopher Mitten, Dave Stewart, Mike Hiddleston), Koshchei the Deathless (Mike Mignola, Ben Stenbeck, Dave Stewart), and Hellboy: Krampusnacht (Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes) will see Mignola take a truly active writing role for the first time since the last issue of Hellboy in Hell in 2016. “It’s been a lot of work,” said Mike. “I really have a full time job again, what with drawing covers as well as writing plots and scripts for these books.”

The three new books aren’t the only thing on the horizon, as Mignola recently shook the comic book world with the announcement of a new Hellboy movie. Directed by The Descent’s Neil Marshall and starring Stranger Things‘ David Harbour as Big Red himself, the film looks to be a move away from the beloved Guillermo del Toro films towards a darker, R-rated vision. Though, as Mignola explained, that wasn’t always the plan. “I would’ve loved to see Guillermo do his third movie and finish that story. But over the years it became very clear that wasn’t going to happen. About three years ago the producers, the screenwriter Andrew Cosby, and I all started working on this new story. Del Toro didn’t want to have anything to do with it, he wasn’t going to direct. He was offered to be a producer, and Ron [Perlman] wouldn’t do it without Guillermo,” Mignola stated.

“So we originally started trying to tie it to the del Toro universe and continue those movies. But once we had Neil Marshall, we thought, ‘Why are we going to try and continue that universe?’ Because a del Toro movie is a del Toro movie, and you don’t want to try and hand a del Toro movie to someone else. Especially someone as great as Neil Marshall. So that’s when it went from being this continuation to being a reboot,” Mignola enthused. “It’s exciting to have another director. It’s exciting to take another path, to take that material and give it another leaning.”

Though Mike obviously couldn’t disclose very much–as the film is almost in production and the details are under lock and key–he did share some really exciting news with Nerdist. “It’s very dizzying when you’ve been banging this story idea back and forth for all these years, and suddenly you have someone making it. And they’re making it tomorrow! And everyday there’s a new development,” Mignola gushed, continuing with praise for his new production team. “So Joel Harlow (Logan, Pirates) is doing the makeup effects and just last Friday I went to his shop. I got to see the sculpts of the new version of Hellboy, and then the next day David Harbour was in there doing makeup tests. So it’s very, very exciting. [Joel] is so excited and so enthusiastic.”

It’s not just Harlow who’s excited by the world of Hellboy. The film’s star has been in constant contact with the character’s creator. “[David] is super excited about being Hellboy and he wants to make sure he gets it right. He’s texting me Hellboy questions about his history, about what the character would think about this or about that. It’s really exciting to be back and see this thing come together,” confessed Mignola.

We’re excited to see anything and everything Mignola has coming down the pike. If he’s selling, we’re buying.

Images: Dark Horse Comics, Netflix, Celador Films

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Mike Mignola‘s Hellboy is one of the most beloved cult comic book characters of all time, and Guillermo del Toro’s double bill of devilishly smart, practical effects heavy 2000s movies—Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army—cemented the character’s place as a pop culture classic. Now that we’re aware of a new vision of Mignola’s definitive demonic do-gooder coming our way in Neil Marshall’s Hellboy, (previously Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen) it’s our mission to find out everything there is to know about the newest incarnation of the trench-coated, cigar-chomping, Nazi-punching icon that is Hellboy.

Latest Updates

Update 02/28/2019: As we move ever closer to Hellboy’s release, we’ve received a look at some brand new and very serious posters in the lead up to a new trailer that will be released tonight.

Update 12/19/2019: Just in time for Christmas we were blessed with a very strange trailer for Hellboy which seems more like Guardians of the Galaxy than the dark gritty reboot we were promised so it’ll be interesting to see what happens when the film hits next year.

Update 08/21/2018 – We’ve been hungrily waiting for more news about the yet to be titled Hellboy reboot that is hitting screens early next year, and luckily star David Harbour has been chatting about Big Red over at Vanity Fair. “It’s a classically complicated hero. He’s a creature that was meant to bring about the end of the world, and he just sort of wants to be a good guy. He’s got that complexity to him. He’s also a monster who lives among human beings, so he’s in a sense fighting for human beings against his fellow monsters, and yet the humans hate him because they fear him and they think he’s weird looking and everything.” Harbour explained.

He also compared his new red hued hero to his fan favorite character on Stranger Things . “There’s that question of, why am I fighting this battle? Just because of some sense of justice, or some sense of good? It’s a really interesting question that sort of is at the core of him, that he struggles with . . . I know that Mignola, Neil and Lloyd all watched Stranger Things and saw that in what I did there, which is similar. He has a heart that’s really good and with a lot of this crusted-over stuff. What I’m dealing with in Hellboy is a lot different, bigger in a certain way. It’s very Shakespearean. It’s demons and witches and stuff like that. But it has a similar core to a dude who’s trapped in horrible circumstances who’s just trying to be a good guy.”

Read below for the rest all the gory details on the new Hellboy movie…

Who is Hellboy?

Created in 1993 by comic book writer-artist Mike Mignola, Hellboy A.K.A. Anung Un Rama is a demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists looking to change their fortunes in World War II. His arrival was heralded by a fireball which appeared in the ruins of a church, and he was rescued by United States military and Professor Trevor “Broom” Bruttenholm, who gave him the moniker “Hellboy.” The Professor raised him on a New Mexico airbase that housed the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD).

An almost ageless demon with the mind of the mind of a teenage boy and the attitude to match, Hellboy soon became the primary agent for BPRD. “Big Red” teamed up with a variety of human and quasi-human characters to protect Earth from supernatural foes. Some of his most regular allies include a pyrotechnic named Liz Sherman, an amphibian humanoid called Abe Sapien, and an ectoplasmic psychic known as Johann Kraus. Hellboy is unique in the world of comics as Mike Mignola and publisher Dark Horse Comics told one continuous and contained story over 24 years with the two main title books, Hellboy and Hellboy in Hell. Mignola ended Hellboy’s journey on the page in 2016, but this new filmic incarnation means we haven’t seen the last of the “Son of the Fallen One” yet.

Who is Hel(l)ming Hellboy?

After years of talks about a third installment in Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy movie series, lead by fans and Hellboy himself Ron Perlman, and a del Toro Twitter poll to see if there was still fan interest in the movie.

Informal poll (let’s see how many votes we get in 24 hours)
Hellboy III

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) January 18, 2017

Mike Mignola sent shockwaves through the comic book world when he announced there would be a new R-rated film focused about the well-meaning demon without del Toro or Ron Perlman, the actor considered by many to be the definitive Hellboy.

Leading to a bittersweet Twitter love in between del Toro and Perlman

I LOVE you too Perl- https://t.co/94ljKRb6VI

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) May 9, 2017

Though this interaction made it seem like their may be friction between the two camps, Ron Perlman recently posted a picture of himself at dinner with renowned nerd and comedian Patton Oswalt, plus the brand new “Big Red” David Harbour!

So who will be taking the helm of the newest incarnation of Big Red himself? That would be English director Neil Marshall, the man who made the female focused cult horror hit The Descent and his break out B-movie horror comedy hit Dog Soldiers. Marshall’s genre background hints that this celluloid vision of Hellboy will lean heavily into its horror roots.

And accepting that a portal to the netherworld doesn’t crack open and render Earth as we know it the spoils of a fiery hellscape at some point during the next year, we’ve got ourselves a surefire release date for the new Hellboy movie. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Lionsgate will release the film on January 11, 2019, ostensibly in an effort to combat the deep winter chills and post-New Years blues with some hot, demonic fun. Mark your calendars!

Cast and Crew

It’s been a couple of months since we got any solid Hellboy news but in a recent interview with Collider, David Harbour opened up about his time on the movie, and bringing the world of Mike Mignola’s cult comic to life. Harbour shared the experience was far from easy stating, “It was the hardest shoot I’ve ever done, primarily because there are just so many stunts in it. It’s a very action-packed movie.”He also waxed lyrical about the theatrical scope and emotional resonance of Neil Marshall’s reboot.

“To me, it’s very Shakespearean. I grew up doing regional Shakespeare and when Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, there’s something about that that you don’t really do in film anymore. We rarely see an indie film where you have an emotional pathos where somebody sees a ghost. This is a palette where you can have demons and ghosts and big creatures and things that are epic, in that way. That was super fun!” Harbour said.

Holy Smokes! It’s Hellboy. David Harbour has clearly been hitting the crossfit, and this darkly lit promo shot shared on the Hellboy official twitter once again leans into the hard R rating that the creators have been so passionate about.

Holy crap #Hellboy #FirstLook pic.twitter.com/dpryXiHDHE

— Hellboy (@HellboyMovie) September 13, 2017

In an exclusive from The Hollywood Reporter, it’s been revealed that Hellboy’s adoptive father, Professor Broom, will be played by none other than American Gods’ very own Ian McShane. The splendid British character actor has been winning rave reviews for his portrayal of Mr. Wednesday in the hit Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s cult classic bestseller. McShane’s casting leans heavily into the more serious tone that Hellboy: RotBQ’s R-rating promises. With memorable appearances in Deadwood, American Horror Story: Asylum, and Babylon 5 as well, McShane already has a huge fanbase who’ll undoubtedly be exhilarated by this latest news.

We finally have our Major Ben Daimio! Variety reports that Daniel Dae Kim is in talks to play the character in Lionsgate’s upcoming reimagining of Mike Mignola’s cult comic.

The Hawaii 5-0 star–Kim recently left the CBS show after the network refused to pay him the same as his white co-stars–will be replacing Ed Skrein, who left the Hellboy reboot after an outcry at the whitewashing of the beloved Japanese-American B.P.R.D member who has the power to turn into a jaguar when in distress. Though this is a definite step in the right direction it’s important to note that Daniel Dae Kim is a Korean-American actor, rather than Japanese-American like Daimio. Though this is progress it’s clear that Hollywood still has a long way to go.

A Deadline report has announced that Resident Evil‘s Milla Jovovich is in talks to play the ex-titular Blood Queen, in Neil Marshall’s reimagining of Mike Mignola’s cult classic comic. Who is the Blood Queen? What does this mean for the recently announced Resident Evil reboot? Is Neil Marshall secretly Paul WS Anderson in disguise? Keep your eyes peeled for more announcements coming thick and fast out of the Hellboy camp, as they are set to begin shooting any day…

News continues to roll out of the Hellboy camp with an exciting new potential addition to the cast. American Honey’s Sasha Lane, is according to a Hollywood Reporter exclusive in talks to join the movie! Her breakout role in Andrea Arnold’s indie hit about a group of teens selling magazine subscriptions in the Midwest garnered her rave reviews and she would be an intriguing addition to the film, especially as it’s quite likely that she would be playing Liz Sherman Hellboy’s love interest and on/off leader of the BPRD…

Penelope Mitchell best known for her roles in Hemlock Grove and The Vampire Diaries has joined the ever growing Neil Marshall helmed reboot as Ganeida an “elder witch.” Mitchell has horror chops from her previous two television roles so it’ll be very exciting to see what she brings to the proverbial table.

At the end of September THREE new cast members were announced, joining the ever growing roster of stars are Sophie Okonedo, Brian Gleeson, and Alistair Petrie. According to Deadline, Okonedo will play Lady Hatton, “A resident seer at the Osiris Club, an ancient English club dedicated to uncovering supernatural mysteries,” Petrie is playing Lord Adam Glaren, “A high-ranking member at the club,” and Gleeson will play Merlin, the renowned Arthurian wizard.

In the comics the Osiris Club is a mystical secret society obsessed with Hellboy and have often been a part of some of his strangest adventures. So this addition is an interesting one, suggesting that this R rated incarnation will still be steeped in the gothic folklore of the source material.

In an exclusive interview with Nerdist Hellboy creator Mike Mignola revealed that Hellboy’s iconic look will be created by Oscar winning make up and effects artist Joel Harlow! You’ll likely know his incredible work from Logan, Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Trek.

Casting Controversy

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that British ex-Game of Thrones alumni Ed Skrein would be taking on the role of Major Ben Daimio, a Japanese American member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense or B.P.R.D. The news was met with wide spread outrage and disappointment, as fans struggled to deal with yet another example of Hollywood whitewashing.

Only a few days later in an unprecedented move, Ed Skrein stepped down from the role via a powerful statement on social media in which he explains that he was unaware of Diamio’s background–which in a Hollywood studio system terrified of leaks is a surprisingly normal situation–and stated, “it is our responsibility to make moral decisions in difficult times and give voice to inclusivity.” Hopefully the role of Ben Diamio will now go to a Japanese American actor, and Hollywood will be taken to task for not thoroughly examining casting choices.

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— Ed Skrein (@edskrein) August 28, 2017

A Darker Vision of Hell

The team are obviously aiming to get away from the PG-13 fantasy adventure tone that del Toro and Perlman’s beloved collaboration established over a decade ago. Not only do Andrew Cosby’s comments confirm the film’s darker direction, but Neil Marshall explained his R-rated aspirations for Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen on a new episode of the Post Mortem podcast.

“We’ve been granted permission to do it R-rated, which for me is just like taking the cuffs off. It’s like, okay, so now we can just make the movie we want to make. It’s not like I’m going to force it to be R-rated, but if it happens to come out that way, just because of my own sensibilities, then fine. And nobody’s going to stop us. So, that’s the main [difference]. And I’m sure, obviously, the success of things like Deadpool and Logan have not hurt that cause. But, also, when you go back the original material, it is kind of bloody, so I’m going to embrace that.”

The director also made the exciting statement that the film would rely heavily on practical effects rather than CG.

“It’s definitely going to be as practical as we can possibly make it. I love to do stuff in camera whenever I possibly can, and use CG as the amazing tool that it is, to enhance or expand upon the world, but not to use it to replace reality, when you can do it [for] real.”

The Queen of Blood, Nimue first appears in the ninth arc of Hellboy, and is an incredibly powerful witch, who like Hellboy was conjured into life by some nefarious occultists looking to destroy the world–and Hellboy–as we know it. For fans of the book this is an exciting development as it hints at some of the more fantastical and darker moments of Hellboy’s past including some literal armies of the dead and Hell itself. If they do take inspiration from these stories as the titles suggests it could fit very well into the new R-rated vision of Hellboy.

Andrew Cosby will be on screenwriting duties alongside Christopher Golden and Mignola himself. Though details are scant, Cosby did reveal that their script has a far darker tone in a chat with Silver Screen Beat.

“I can’t really talk about specifics with regard to the story, which they’re keeping a pretty tight lid on at the moment, but I can say that this is a darker, more gruesome version of Hellboy,” Cosby said. “Neil said from the very beginning that he wanted to walk a razor’s edge between horror and comic book movie, which was music to my ears, because that’s what I was shooting for in the script, and precisely what Mignola does so well with the comics.”

At this years SDCC we got to see David Harbour in his first official Hellboy appearance, signing at the Dark Horse booth! Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter Harbour revealed that Hellboy is his favorite comic book hero.

“I really do think those Mike Mignola Hellboy comics are so beautiful and he’s such a hero for America that we live in today,” Harbour says. “I definitely think Hellboy is an antihero. He was kind of born into it. It wasn’t something like Batman where he chooses to go and fight crime. He was just born this weird half-demon spawned by Nazi occultists and saved by these dudes who tried to raise him right.

“For him, it’s a sense of discovery. His actual destiny as a ‘hero’ is to end the world. He is the beast of the apocalypse. So, in a way, his struggle to be a superhero is to just not do the thing that he’s destined to do.”

It looks like we will not only be seeing the return of ‘Big Red’ but also his B.P.R.D buds, in a recent interview with Newsarama Mignola revealed that the supernatural team would be returning in the Neil Marshall helmed R-Rated reboot “The B.P.R.D. figures into the movie. I don’t want to say who is and who isn’t in the movie,” Mignola hinted “I think it’s fair to say, however, that the primary focus is Hellboy and not a B.P.R.D. team movie.”

Production and Distribution

Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen is being made by Millennium Films, who’ll be the third studio to produce a Hellboy film after Revolution Studios/Columbia Pictures and Relativity Media/Universal Pictures. Millennium is a heavily action focused studio probably best known for the 2008 Rambo sequel, the Expendables franchise, and the recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboots. If Hellboy: RotBQ hits its mark, it could easily become the company’s biggest film ever.

Lionsgate is in final negotiations to distribute the film, continuing the franchise’s tradition of having a different studio distribute each movie. Lionsgate have helmed some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises including The Hunger Games. Though they are also well known for huge horror hits like the Saw series and indie horror favorites like Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen director Neil Marshall’s cult classic The Descent. This could fit incredibly well with the R Rated horror tinged movie that the creative team have hinted at.

So are you excited to see this hellish new R-rated of Mignola’s iconic creation? Do you miss Perlman already? Let us know in the comments?

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Almost every superhero worth their salt has various product tie-ins, from t-shirts to surfboards to you name it. But only one superhero has not one, not two, but three alcoholic beverages named after him: Mike Mignola’s demonic superhero Hellboy.

Last year, we told you about a new brand of Hellboy wine that was hitting stores, and before that, a draft ale with his name on it was also produced. Now, Big Red is also getting his own brand of Hellboy Hell Water Cinnamon Whiskey. So take that, Wolverine.Officially announced by Dark Horse Comics, XXX Distillery LLC and Prestige Imports LLC, this is the first ever whiskey based on Mike Mignola’s legendary comic book hero Hellboy. Hell Water Cinnamon Whiskey is a craft distilled, small batch, naturally flavored cinnamon corn whiskey retailing for $19.99 for a 750ml bottle. The 66.6 proof (heh) Hellboy Hell Water Cinnamon Whiskey is available nationally and can be ordered at www.hellboyhellwater.com.

In a statement, Dark Horse Comics Publisher Mike Richardson said, “At 66.6 proof, Hellboy Hell Water packs a punch worthy of Mike Mignola’s iconic creation. It’s appropriate that Hellboy Hell Water Cinnamon Whiskey was made in the Smokey Mountains.” Teddy Jones of XXX Distillery added, “We’re very excited about the success and potential of our hand crafted whiskeys, especially that of Hellboy Hell Water Cinnamon Whiskey.”

With a new movie reboot on the way with Stranger Things‘ own David Harbour playing Hellboy, the heroic demon spawn certainly has plenty of reasons to celebrate with a nice bottle of whiskey this year.

Will you be getting the latest Hellboy branded alcoholic beverage? Be sure to let us know down below in the comments.

Images: Dark Horse Comics

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It wasn’t too long ago that fans of Mike Mignola‘s supernatural superhero Hellboy all had their hearts broken when director Guillermo del Toro—who directed the original Hellboy and its sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Army—went on record and told fans via his Twitter account this bit of bummer news:  “Hellboy 3 Sorry to report: Spoke with all parties. Must report that 100% the sequel will not happen. And that is to be the final thing about it.” Cue Hellboy fans everywhere crying in our cereal.

Well, good news and bad news now, all you Hellboy fans. Bad news: there will never be a third Hellboy film from Guillermo del Toro starring Ron Perlman as “Big Red.” The good news? Comic book creator Mike Mignola has just announced via his Facebook page that Hellboy will indeed return to the big screen, in a new movie reboot from Game of Thrones director Neil Marshall, starring Stranger Things‘ David Harbour.

Shortly after Mignola broke the big news on Facebook, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the production company Millennium was in negotiations for producing this new reboot with the working title of Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen. The film has a script by Andrew Cosby, Christopher Golden, and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and longtime publisher of the character Dark Horse Comics will be producing as well.

Now, we can officially say no one saw this news coming. While it is sad that del Toro won’t be directing again, an all-new iteration of Hellboy doesn’t sound so bad. Neil Marshall is a very promising director, and if David Harbour can’t be Cable in the X-Men universe, than I can’t think of a better fit for the character outside of Perlman. And considering the movie has a director and a main star, it means this version is fairly far along in the pre-production phase. So we’ve gone from “no more Hellboy on screen ever” to “Hellboy, coming soon to a theater near you” in record time.

While it’s a bummer than Ron Perlman won’t get the chance to play the character once again, this re-casting just means that Hellboy has joined the upper echelons of the the greatest comic book heroes of all time. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, almost all the most iconic superheroes have had portrayals from different actors at this point. Heck, even the Hulk and Spidey have had three actors play them in less than 15 years. This news just means that Hellboy has joined their ranks.

What do you think of this Hellboy news? Excited about a reboot, or no GDT, no Big Red for you? Be sure to let us know your thoughts down below in the comments.

Images: Dark Horse Comics / Universal Pictures

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Update: It was just a month ago that we were charged with hope about the possibility of seeing a third Hellboy film from director Guillermo del Toro. The filmmaker and ostensible social media junkie hit Twitter to ask fans to vote on whether or not they’d like to see a new installment to the long dormant franchise, whose most recent entry came out nine years ago. To little surprise, del Toro’s 100,000-vote requirement was met (and then some), and he pursued a conversation about the prospect with the Hellboy character’s original creator, comic book writer Mike Mignola, and with Hellboy‘s screen star Ron Perlman. And while this seemed like enough to get us amped up for an inevitable threequel, del Toro hit us with the bad news this morning:

Hellboy 3 Sorry to report: Spoke w all parties. Must report that 100% the sequel will not happen. And that is to be the final thing about it

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 21, 2017

Not a lot of room for interpretation there. Disappointed though we all may be, perhaps the most overbearing emotion right now is curiosity. Why, if del Toro, Mignola, and Perlman were all willing to discuss the new venture, would it be rendered such an impossibility? Who’s driving the “No” train, and what rationale are they using for fuel? We may never know what’s keeping Hellboy 3 from coming to be, and may indeed always ponder that question. But at least we have a new Hellboy graphic novel hitting shelves this spring to satisfy our Big Red fix.—

Hellboy fans, you did it! Guillermo del Toro’s Twitter poll passed 100k votes sometime in the night, and the beloved cult director will be sitting down with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and the red guy himself, Ron Perlman to discuss a third film.

We have gone past the 100K votes. I will arrange the sitdown w Ron & Mignola to talk HBIII. No gurantee but we will discuss. Wish us luck!!

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) January 19, 2017

I spoke with Ron Perlman. He's in for the sit down. Will approach Mignola next. Will keep you posted. Very moved by your love of pt I & II

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) January 19, 2017

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Director Guillermo del Toro’s pair of Hellboy movies didn’t quite make the kind of money that the X-Men or Batman films did, much less the later Marvel Studios movies, but they have a special place in the hearts of nerds everywhere regardless. Based on creator Mike Mignola’s quirky cult graphic novels from Dark Horse Comics, Hellboy is about a demon spawn raised on Earth as a baby, who nevertheless fought on the side of good for the B.P.R.D., or the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.

Starring veteran actor (and frequent del Toro collaborator) Ron Perlman as the titular hero, neither 2004’s Hellboy or 2008’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army were major box office hits, (the second film had the misfortune of opening a week after The Dark Knight), but fans have always hoped that somehow, a third Hellboy film would somehow see the light of day.

Now Guillermo del Toro, who is riding high thanks to the success of his Netflix series Trollhunters, has given fans another glimmer of hope that a third chapter in the Hellboy saga could actually become a reality. The director took to his Twitter on Wednesday, January 18, to ask fans just how badly they wanted to see another Hellboy movie, and if they voted “Yes” to the tune of 100,000 likes in 24 hours, then del Toro would have a serious sit down conversation with both Ron Perlman and creator Mike Mignola about making this a reality. You can see Guillermo del Toro’s tweet down below:

The HELLBOY III is our chance to vote the right way in 2017! If 100k votes come in 24 hours I promise to have a sit down w Da Perl & Mignola

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) January 18, 2017

Informal poll (let’s see how many votes we get in 24 hours)
Hellboy III

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) January 18, 2017

As I write this, the poll is very nearly there…but if you really want to see Hellboy get a proper conclusion, you’re going to get on Twitter yourself and vote “Hell Yes!” to another chapter in the sage of Big Red, Abe Sapien, and the rest of the B.P.R.D. gang. (And even then, no guarantees.)

Are you as stoked as we are about the possibility of another Hellboy movie making its way to theaters? Let us know down below in the comments!

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In most horror franchises, the main draw is the monster/murderer/mysterious thing that goes bump in the night. You watch a Friday the 13th movie to see Jason brutalize dumb idiots around Camp Crystal Lake. You watch a Nightmare on Elm Street movie to see Freddy Krueger ridicule people before slaughtering them in their dreams. You watch a zombie movie to see hapless, faceless nobodies get torn apart by the undead. On the other end of the equation, it is actually quite difficult to pull off a true horror hero—one who really connects with the audience.

But it does happen. There are definitely series that have heroes who go toe-to-toe with the evil lurking in the shadows. These are people we’d want in our corner if something supernatural came to our town. What separates a lasting, likable hero from the usual horror movie protagonists is personality, brains, and style. Some rando good guy who just happens not to get killed does not a compelling hero make; we need someone who can hold the frame and possess the wherewithal and gumption to bump back.

For the purposes of this list, we’re focusing on horror movie heroes who appeared in three or more films (thus constituting true franchise players) and who are the proper protagonists of each of their outings. So while there are great horror movie heroes out there who appeared in one or two movies, or heroes who were in three movies but maybe died early on in one of them, they’re all sadly out of contention. Also, this is for movies only, so while Buffy is easily the best horror hero, she’s really more a TV character than a movie one.

Ashley J. “Ash” Williams

The reason the Evil Dead franchise exists at all is because of Bruce Campbell’s goofy braggart with perhaps the worst luck of any character in film history. After starting out as a massive coward who trips into being the destroyer of the Book of the Dead, Ash went on to be a raving lunatic, and later an arrogant Errol Flynn wannabe, all with his trusty chainsaw hand and boomstick at his side.

Share your favorite heroes from horror movies in the comments below!

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Visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro adores obsesses over creatures almost as much as we do. Each new entry into his catalog delivers lavish production value, a fetishistic eye for the tiniest of details, and unforgettable beasties. From a creepy metal beetle to an epic rain-soaked brawl between robot and monster, the director’s imagination seems to have no end. His latest creation, Crimson Peak, is a beautiful, creepy period piece steeped in gothic lore with plenty of bumps in the night.

The story concerns a witty, young American heiress named Edith (Mia Wasikowska) who’s been haunted by the ghost of her mother ever since she was a child; a spirit that comes to her in hear dreams warning her to “Beware of Crimson Peak.” This ghastly apparaition is very del Toro: gruesome, penetrating, but also a bit sad.

The filmmaker has a long history of such creatures so we’ve assembled our six favorites, including ghouls, beasts, demons, and even one of the human variety…

6. Split-face Vampires, Blade 2

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Of course a vampire isn’t just a ‘vampire’ in a del Toro film. Not even in a silly over-the-top Marvel sequel starring Wesley Snipes as the Daywalker. Years later, this is still one of the best CGI-enhanced creatures ever.

5. Abe Spaien, Hellboy films

Funny, lithe, weirdly adorable, and not at all a bad singer. Doug Jones’ on-screen representation of the comic character is a great example of del Toro’s love for strange and unusual outsiders.

4. Mama, Mama

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True, del Toro only served as executive producer for director Andrés Muschietti feature film based on his own short story, but the shadowy ghost that everyone remembers is pure del Toro, which slithers across the floor like the insects in Hellboy. This is also most likely the spiritual prototype for the spectral matriarch in Crimson Peak. Either way, this mama unnerves.

3. Santi, Devil’s Backbone

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One of the creepiest characters in the director’s canon is also his oldest and most sympathetic. Things are never quite forgotten in his films.

2. Lady Lucille Sharpe, Crimson Peak

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As Lady Sharpe, Jessica Chastain commands the screen every time she appears, often just out of reach. Is she pure evil, or as is often the case in del Toro’s films, just misunderstood? Her ring feels like a nod to the beetle in Cronos.

1. The Pale Man, Pan’s Labyrinth

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Could it be anyone else? By far, of all the weird, crazy beings hatched from Guillermo del Toro’s mind, The Pale Man reigns over all, just as he did with those delicious treats for little Ofelia. Those pair of eye hands can’t be unseen. Ever.

What are your favorite creations by this master of fantasy, sci-fi and horror? Sound off in the comments!

Feature Image Credit: Criterion

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