For all Fahfard and the Grey Mouser fans!

[Neil Hill]

http://www.cross-cult.de/ (then click on the link for the Fahfard cover)

My question is, will this book be in gorgeous b/w, or color like the original series was? Also, when will it be made available?

Here's the link to order via www.amazon.de/:

http://www.amazon.de/Fafhrd-Graue-Mausling-Howard-Chaykin/dp/3936480613/sr=8-18/qid=1158348612/ref=sr_1_18/028-3211478-5558968?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

[el seth]

NICE new cover. (right?) Is this the comic or the novel Mike did the art for for White Wolf? When is Dark Horse going to give us more info on those reprints? This whole things a tad confusing.

[Mikolaj]

Thanks for the link, Styg! This realy is a splendid looking cover! I scincerely hope that DH is still up for the reprinting task!

edit:
and I have to say that Cross Cult are the guys who do their work the way it;s supposed to be done! Pure profesionalism!!

[el seth]

Man, I didn't see the interior art preview there... AWESOME stuff.

[Otto66]

I think the next time the CBR board crashes and we have restart
our memberships I'm gonna call myself the GRAUE MAUSLING.:D

WAS IST DAS?!

[Jankenstein]

I think the next time the CBR board crashes and we have restart
our memberships I'm gonna call myself the GRAUE MAUSLING.:D

WAS IST DAS?!

I was kinda hoping you'd name yourself after a steam-powered miner's pick and be an Otto Mattock ;)

[Otto66]

I was kinda hoping you'd name yourself after a steam-powered miner's pick and be an Otto Mattock ;)
Jankenstein = license to pun.:D

My Internet nom de guerre is Otto Pounder. Being from Detroit,
that says it all.

[Donald]

Sounds like it will be in color like the original

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=122572

[Neil Hill]

I guess I should have checked the preview for the book before asking my question about the color or b/w issue. Personally I don't mind that this one will appear in color. This was back before Mike had gone to a heavier emphasis on black, so the color has much more to "say" here I think.

[the last ronin]

Mike said in Toronto that his mini would be reprinted within the next 6 months.

[Neil Hill]

Mike said in Toronto that his mini would be reprinted within the next 6 months.

Which mini are you referring to Ronin?

[alz]

Which mini are you referring to Ronin?

The original Epic ones:

http://www.lankhmar.demon.co.uk/fgm.htm

:)

[Neil Hill]

The original Epic ones:

http://www.lankhmar.demon.co.uk/fgm.htm

:)

Thank you!

[Petersen]

I'm really looking forward to this being reprinted. I have tried to spread the good word about this mini by picking up all 4 of the issues when I saw them on ebay for cheap and then giving them away to friends. Harder to find them all for cheap anymore, so nice to know I can send folks to a shop to buy it new!

And the colors look the same to me..Van Volkenburg(sp?) was the colorist.

I'm also anxious to hear what plans Dark Horse has for future Faf&Mouser stuff

[Neil Hill]

And the colors look the same to me..Van Volkenburg(sp?) was the colorist.

Yeah, and great colors they were to. Granted, I think Mike's current stuff is colored better than anything else he's done, but there's something to be said for that fully painted look.

[Aaron King]

I really enjoyed the colors in the Epic books. Sure, it's not as nice as recent Hellboy colors, but it's much better than the Seed of Destruction colors.

[dogboy443]

...and this from Comics Continuum:


Written by Howard Chaykin, art by Mike Mignola.

Since their first appearance in 1939, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have ranked among the most beloved characters in fantasy. Their rollicking adventures in the fantastic land of Nehwon have influenced the work of some of the best in modern fantasy, including Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett, and countless others.

Chaykin and Mignola's four-issue adaptation of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, long out-of-print, is collected here in a graphic novel for the first time, with new cover art from Mignola.

Dark Horse Comics will be collecting the hard-to-find Lankhmar comics adapations, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, written by Howard Chaykin with art by Mike Mignola! DH Press will be publishing all eight books in the influential Lankhmar series and Dark Horse Entertainment is developing the property as a major motion picture.

200 pages, $14.95, in stores on March 14.

Mk

[Petersen]

A movie? cool!

Can't say how much I like these characters and the Chaykin/Mignola work

[Poe Ghostal]

Sigh. Every last thing I love will become commercialized and hugely popular. First the Evil Dead flicks, then Lord of the Rings, and now Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser....dammit, I wanted to write new comics and a screenplay for F&GM!

At least Lovecraft remains decidedly unfilmable and relatively unmarketable outside the book/RPG range (unless GDT finally gets around to making At the Mountains of Madness, then maybe we'll get an HPL film boom).

I'm going to adapt Leiber's Our Lady of Darkness into a screenplay. That'll show 'em.

[jnapper]

From Dark Horse--

FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER
HOWARD CHAYKIN (W) and MIKE MIGNOLA (A)
On sale Mar. 14; FC, 200 pages; $19.95
TPB, 7" x 10"

Discover the stories that defined the genre of sword & sorcery through the eyes of legendary comics writer Howard Chaykin and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola!

Since their first appearance in 1939, Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have ranked among the most beloved characters in fantasy. Their rollicking adventures in the fantastic land of Nehwon have influenced the work of some of the best in modern fantasy, including Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett, and countless others.

• Chaykin and Mignola’s four-issue adaptation of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, long out-of-print, is collected here in a graphic novel for the first time, with new cover art from Mignola.

• DH Press will be publishing all eight books in the influential Lankhmar series and Dark Horse Entertainment is developing the property as a major motion picture.

[Otto66]

Uh, PG? Ya may want to check this site fer Lovecraft movies.
http://www.thelurker.com/

[Gary_B]

Beautiful!

Morna managed to track down the original Chaykin/Mignola run on ebay but I'm buying this TPB for sure.

[Poe Ghostal]

Uh, PG? Ya may want to check this site fer Lovecraft movies.
http://www.thelurker.com/True, there's a whole cottage industry of Lovecraft films. I'm thinking more in terms of mainstream films with national releases. "Herbert West, Reanimator" isn't really a classic Lovecraft tale, which may be why it makes for a decent movie. The Resurrected is better, but again, what I want to see is At the Mountains of Madness or "The Dunwich Horror" done with a real budget.

Dagon was all right, but it's a little too far from the original story. It should have been set in New England.

Anyway, my post was intended to sound like hyperbolic sour grapes, i.e., "funny." It's hard to get that across on the Internet sometimes.

[Otto66]

Yep, hyperbole, irony, sarcasm and knowing smirks are all
tuff to convey in a posting.
My post was just ta point to the listing for the existing
Lovecraft movies.

[Petersen]

Thank you Dark Horse!!
I really like the Mignola/Chaykin books, so glad they will be back in print as a single item.

I have tracked down a few of the Lieber books and enjoyed what I read.

Motion picture? wow! I'm curious who will be the creative team on this.

[Neil Hill]

I have the original issues as well, but they are beat to s**t and I could use a nice all-in-one place TPB for perusing. Thank you DH!!

[Neil Hill]

Speaking of upcoming Mignola related books and material, has anyone seen a cover pop up yet for the next Hellboy pocketbooks novel Dragon Pool? I'd love a peak if someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks!

[dogboy443]

Found this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Pool-Hellboy-Christopher-Golden/dp/141650785X/ref=sr_11_1/002-9298497-5888009?ie=UTF8

But nothing on Chri Golden's site as of yet:
http://www.christophergolden.com/

Mk

[Neil Hill]

Found this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Pool-Hellboy-Christopher-Golden/dp/141650785X/ref=sr_11_1/002-9298497-5888009?ie=UTF8

But nothing on Chri Golden's site as of yet:
http://www.christophergolden.com/

Mk

Thanks Dogboy! I knew about the Amazon listing, but I wasn't aware that Chris posted the covers on his site. I'll keep checking there.

[parrish]

I am glad to see that coming out.

I just saw a set of the original series go for $71.00 on ebay...sheesh.

I think I can get a set for $20.00 from a shop a couple of hours away from me, if anyone is interested in the serial format of it. I'd have to double check, though.

[absenter]

I saw the GN show up on the home page at Dark Horse, but didn't see it show up on my LCS website. Is it still coming out Mar. 14/tomorrow?

[Donald]

It's not on Diamond's ship list for this or next week, although the next week's list is usually incomplete.

[Donald]

My FLCS has it on the ship list for this week, the 21st.

[Petersen]

Even though it wasn't on this weeks list, I still went to the LCS knowing I'd get BPRD and hoping against hope that F&GM would be in. I was serriously bummed when it wasn't. But I'm very glad to hear it will be out this coming week!!

Wasn't there mention of a new ongoing series??

[Neil Hill]

In honor of the pending release of the Fahfrd trade, I went back through the original four issue series and oogled the artwork. Man, that is some damn fine Mignola artwork in that series!

[Monkey Fluff]

Wasn't there mention of a new ongoing series??

Yep. Conan-style.

[David Glassey]

Is Darkhorse also rereleasing the novels?

[Gary_B]

Is Darkhorse also rereleasing the novels?


From Dark Horse--

FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER
HOWARD CHAYKIN (W) and MIKE MIGNOLA (A)
On sale Mar. 14; FC, 200 pages; $19.95
TPB, 7" x 10"

Discover the stories that defined the genre of sword & sorcery through the eyes of legendary comics writer Howard Chaykin and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola!

Since their first appearance in 1939, Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have ranked among the most beloved characters in fantasy. Their rollicking adventures in the fantastic land of Nehwon have influenced the work of some of the best in modern fantasy, including Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett, and countless others.

• Chaykin and Mignola’s four-issue adaptation of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, long out-of-print, is collected here in a graphic novel for the first time, with new cover art from Mignola.

• DH Press will be publishing all eight books in the influential Lankhmar series and Dark Horse Entertainment is developing the property as a major motion picture.

Dark Horse Press has started printing the Lankhmar books already. There are three on their website so far.

http://www.darkhorse.com/search/search.php?frompage=userinput&sstring=lankhmar&x=38&y=18

[Brisco]

Unfortunately, after all the great covers recent editions of these books have had (Steranko, and before that MIGNOLA), Dark Horse have opted for some really unappealing graphics for their covers. I don't understand that! Why not use the Mignola art, since they presumably want to cross-promote them with the TPB of his stuff. If White Wolf won't license it, get him to do new covers! That would make ME buy 'em again, for sure.

Wasn't there also talk about reprinting the original Howard Chaykin-drawn comics in a new trade as well? I've never seen those, so I'd like that too.

Brisco

[Monkey Fluff]

Unfortunately, after all the great covers recent editions of these books have had (Steranko, and before that MIGNOLA), Dark Horse have opted for some really unappealing graphics for their covers. I don't understand that! Why not use the Mignola art, since they presumably want to cross-promote them with the TPB of his stuff. If White Wolf won't license it, get him to do new covers! That would make ME buy 'em again, for sure.


Damn straight. I've bought the original White Wolf hardbacks volumes 1 and 2 instead... mmm, Mignola.

[Petersen]

Found an interview on Wizard's site with Mignola about the reprinting of F&GM

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/003830482.cfm

[alz]

Unfortunately, after all the great covers recent editions of these books have had (Steranko, and before that MIGNOLA), Dark Horse have opted for some really unappealing graphics for their covers. I don't understand that! Why not use the Mignola art, since they presumably want to cross-promote them with the TPB of his stuff. If White Wolf won't license it, get him to do new covers! That would make ME buy 'em again, for sure.

Brisco

Wow ... those covers really don't appeal to me.

F&GM is what made a Mignola fan out of me when they were on the stands. Love that sense of arcane detail. It really seems to be his environment.

[absenter]

It was interesting to have Mike confirm that there was a lot of evolution going on in his burgeoning style during this series. From what I've seen of it, I definitely felt as though I could see him trying out a lot of what would go into the aesthetic of Hellboy.

I found the source material kind of inaccessable when I checked the previews at Dark Horse (and agree that the cover art is pretty lame), but I guess it deserves a chance as everyone seems to speak reasonably highly of the stories.

[Mikolaj]

Sometimes i don't understand Darkhorse. These new covers are so medicore and common it's just sad... I know that one shoulnd not judge a book by the cover but it's the cover that makes'em stand out on the shelves. These ones look like one of the many common fantasy crap that piles up in many used books shops.

[Neil Hill]

I know that one shoulnd not judge a book by the cover.

Wow, I do that all the time! Probably why I only read Hellboy novels these days. :D

[Subotai]

Picked it up. A sweet read (including that elusive final issue) and definitely leaves you wanting more.

Mr. Mignola, Mr. Chaykin, I think it would go over so well....

[Monkey Fluff]

Got me a copy too. I already own the four original comics, but this is a damn sexy trade. DH really make nice TPBs. Can't wait to reread these bad boys in all their glossy glory.

[mgs]

it's a really nice looking trade. didn't know it was from a while ago, but one look instantly tells you it's a mignola book.

[absenter]

Just finished this this morning over some java. What a great run of reads! It struck me how similar the story structure was to what Mike said he originally had in mind for Anung: dudes/dude what go travel around and get involved into minor scrapes with deities, ghosts and adaptations of local lengends (almost like a badass Johnny Appleseed or something, forgot the character Mike referenced). The stories were really tight and yet overall the arc was so loose and playful. Mike gives the characters and the spaces they inhabit such personality and life and you can really see his style coalescing towards what would show up in the first runs of Hellboy (even seems like you can see what looks like the inspiration for scenes from The 3rd Wish in the underwater cavern). All in all, I really loved it. Good on ya Messrs. Mignola and Chaykin and good on ya Dark Horse for rereleasing these.:D

(may have to eat my words about the source material!)

[Neil Hill]

I'm just glad that with the reprinting of this wonderful material so many new Fahfrd fans are being created! I practically had to beg, borrow, and steal the 4 issue series when I obtained the issues (in the end a friend basically ended up dropping them in my lap for free) back in the day, but with the new reprinting, more and more new people are coming on board daily.

[Asa]

I can't find this anywhere.All my comic shops sold out.I hope dark horse is printing more.

[rhboyd]

Keep trying.... it's SO pretty.... well worth picking up... the new cover blows me away...

luv,
-r!

[Asa]

Keep trying.... it's SO pretty.... well worth picking up... the new cover blows me away...

luv,
-r!
I'm still trying. No luck in my neck of the woods, maybe I can try in Vegas.I'm going there next week, anyone know of any comic shops over there I can try.