CBR: TO HELLBOY AND BACK: Mike Mignola

[CBR News]

CBR's new series covering Dark Horse's growing Hellboy universe in 2010, creator Mike Mignola muses on the growing tapestry and dark themes of Hellboy and unveils exclusive art from "B.P.R.D.: King of Fear."


Full article here.

[Mike Cross]

Nice interview..the only thing it gives away is that Mike is planning a neat sounding Hellboy story..good stuff.

[Jelio]

Does it say the name of the story, or just that its neat?

-Jeremy

[Kees_L]

Well, the more interviews with Mike Mignola, the better for me. So YAY! for that.

Although this is a bit of a tongue-sprainer for me:

It's almost appropriate how the stories of the Hell-born hero [...] and of the Bureau [...] have come together outside the spotlight of most comics fans and commenters.

Will that be true? I'd think Hellboy and the BPRD will be under attention? Maybe not as much as they likely could be - especially among typical superhero-fans, but superhero-fandom won't make up all of the comics' audience?
I bet everybody liking Kaluta or Wrightson or Mark Schultz or Stan Sakai, or pulp / oldschool strip buffness, might be enjoying Mignola as well?

And this:

As Hellboy's world is built on the darkest, most unsettling myths and monsters in history, the line's ability to creep up and shock readers with its tone and impressive size should come as no surprise.

I personally wouldn't say those myths to being especially dark or unsettling 'particularly or pivotally'.
More rather it seems to me that the World of Hellboy and the BPRD, will be the first graphic story setting, to truely embrace and engage real myths and folklore, without remaking such into what it wouldn't be.
The stories and characters of Hellboy will be uniquely their own thing, but they seem to be portrayed amid a historical and worldwide tradition and setting as lush and rich and enticing as you'd ever gonna find.

But maybe that's just me.

[DirkStar]

But the books speak for themselves. Yeah, I like Mignola interviews, but really, what's he going to say? Mignola's Hellboy and B.P.R.D. don't need "event" hype. All you have to do is say, "New book coming out." and that's excitement enough.

These are my two favorite titles each and every month. As tight as money is these days I always have enough for these books and always will. Mike keeps making comics worth reading reading and the crew surrounding him are top shelf creators in their own right.

Mike, you're a genius and as long as you're making books, I'll keep reading and loving them.

[thb]

Ditto what DirkStar said. Well put, my fine feathered friend.

[Neil Hill]

Decent interview. I liked the line about Mignola being like Zeus, casting thunderbolts at an unsuspecting village! Leave it to Mike to use a mythology analogy to describe his storytelling style.

[Jankenstein]

I bet everybody liking Kaluta or Wrightson or Mark Schultz or Stan Sakai, or pulp / oldschool strip buffness, might be enjoying Mignola as well?

That's a whole lotta awesome compacted into one sentence.

[JoshuaIzzo]

That was a great read, and I look forward to the next installment.

Like a lot of ther folks, I just need to knwo that a new issue, or a new series is coming, and I'm already sold.

I used to buy more than 40-50 dollars a week on comics, and since I moved to the west coast, I've dropped every title except for the Mignola-Verse and it's associated titles. The universe created is that compelliong that I can just keep reading and re-reading the books and be totally happy!

Josh!
www.joshuaizzo.com

[TheFolklorist]

I personally wouldn't say those myths to being especially dark or unsettling 'particularly or pivotally'.
More rather it seems to me that the World of Hellboy and the BPRD, will be the first graphic story setting, to truely embrace and engage real myths and folklore, without remaking such into what it wouldn't be.
The stories and characters of Hellboy will be uniquely their own thing, but they seem to be portrayed amid a historical and worldwide tradition and setting as lush and rich and enticing as you'd ever gonna find.

I agree completely with that. Mignola engages mythology and folklore on its terms. He doesn't darken it up for street cred. like the folks at Zenoscope or try to make it more contemporary like Willingham does with Fables.

Obviously both of those things are going to happen with any story as time goes on and it can be fun to watch (in certain cases) and is always interesting to analyze but what I like about Hellboy is that it's a series that really seems to respect the roots of these stories and wants to return to that, rather than constantly update the theme.

[Greg Anderson]

Still got my fingers crossed for some Haitian folklore/mythology characters...