CBR: CCI: Hellboy, The B.P.R.D. & Beyond

[CBR News]

Creator Mike Mignola confirms his return to interior art on Hellboy, discusses what mythic influences are shaping the future of the long-running serial and shares an exclusive look at upcoming cover art.


Full article here.

[MurderFace]

The best panel yet.
This made me giddy!

[DannyWetts]

Mignola back on interiors -- best news all day!!

[Toygeek]

You know, if it weren't for the fact that they get a lot of Hellboy/Mignola comparisons already, I'd say that a perfect guy to draw that new Lobster Johnson mini was Scott Wegener from Atomic Robo.

[marcjohn]

I attended this panel at SDCC, and though the panel was quite enjoyable, it was a low-point for me, at this year’s Comic Con. My disappointment had nothing to do with the panel itself, but with the fact that I lost my kid’s sketchbook after attending this panel.

I am absolutely sick about losing the sketchbook.

While I was attending the BDRP panel, my son, Luke, and his brother (who left his sketchbook in the car) were playing outside the convention center at the make-shift, amusement park erected to promote the “Clash of the Titans” DVD release. Because Luke would be running around and playing, I was holding the sketchbook for him.

I’ve been taking Luke to SDCC and other comic book conventions since he was an infant. And both he and his brother have been collecting sketches since he was five.

After attending the Hellboy panel from 5:00pm-6:00pm, I couldn’t have been out of the room for more than five minutes before I realized I didn’t have the sketchbook. Upon this realization, I immediately went back to the room and hurried to the spot where I was sitting…

But it was gone.

The Hellboy crowd was replaced by those waiting for the 6:00pm, Gene Rodddenberry panel. Those who were sitting in the vicinity of where I previously sat said they hadn’t seen the book. It was hard to resist my inner-voice telling me to “rip open their bags and backpacks” to disprove the horrible thought that someone in the room was concealing my son’s property- claiming it as the ultimate 2010 Comic Con memento! …But I refrained.

The sketchbook was gone…

When I told Luke his sketchbook was gone, he was heartbroken. We checked lost and found before leaving the convention center on Saturday, and again before leaving the convention center for the last time on Sunday.

No one had turned it in…

I tweeted about the loss the same night it was lost (Sat), and tweeted some more the next day (Sun). Artist Duncan Fegredo (who was part of the Hellboy panel) was nice enough to retweet our plea to return the sketchbook, but unfortunately, there’s been no response.

I can understand one’s desire to keep the sketchbook… my son had collected some pretty cool art, by some pretty big name artists. Tim Sale, Erik Larsen, J Scott Campbell, Bruce Timm and more, all contributed pieces. Numerous hours were spent waiting in line. And with the attention span of a small child-you couldn’t begin to imagine what those hours felt like to him…

He was very proud of his sketchbook. It’s been to show-n-tell a couple of times, and whenever someone new came to our house, Luke had always been quick to show it off.

I’m telling this story in hopes that the person who picked-up the sketchbook reads this, and does the right thing… If you picked up the sketchbook, or know the person who picked up the book, I beg of you… PLEASE make sure it gets back to its rightful owner…

Anyone who knows anything about our missing sketchbook, please tweet to @marcjohn or send me a message.

The sketchbook’s contents may have monetary value, but you cannot begin to imagine the sentimental value it holds for a 10-year-old boy who has spent half his life filling its pages…