CBR: Mignola Announces "Hellboy: House of the Living Dead"

[CBR News]

Mike Mignola spoke [em]exclusively[/em] with CBR about "Hellboy: House of the Living Dead," an original graphic novel illustrated by Richard Corben. Discover what Hellboy "doesn't remember" about his time in Mexico!


Full article here.

[thwhtGuardian]

This sounds fantastic, Hellboy in Mexico was a great story and I'm glad it's getting a follow up.

[Janissa]

I just don't see what his fans see in his work. Yes, Mignola is a wonderful ARTIST, but his writing is pure crap. "Hellboy in Mexico" was so boring and so thin in plot that it hardly warranted a whole issue. This could have been done in 5 pages.

What also bothers me about this "milestone" miniseries "The Fury" and "The Storm" for that matter is HOW LITTLE IS ACTUALLY GOING ON. "The Storm" had several UNNECESSARY flashbacks. AND NOW, in "The Fury" we get yet another two page Flashback - REALLY?? It seems Mignola is far too eager to get to the end of the comic. It seems he has no damn clue how to end various storylines he's left dangling.

I predict "The Fury" will have 3 more flashbacks and absolutely no closure for any of the relevant storylines.

PATHETIC

[Arnold Layne]

I'm not as disgusted with the direction of the book as you are, but I do agree that for the past couple of years now, the writing has been rather thin, and the various stories leave me cold. The artwork is always beautiful, whether it's by Nowlan, Corben, Hampton, Fegredo, or Mignola himself, but as far as an engrossing read, it falls short. This character and series could be so much more.

[Oskar Von Strange]

F*$#.YEAH.

Now I guess I'll go watch some El Santo movies, to keep me busy.

[thwhtGuardian]

I think that opinion comes from viewing Hellboy as a typical comic book, when structurally it's more akin to a long form novel.

Your typical comic book's continuity is in essence a string of individual, stand alone, adventures placed in an almost artificial order to create the sense that the character has a chronological life. The structure of Hellboy though is very different, it's not just a collection of individual stories grouped together to form a continuity, there really is a continuous narrative with one story naturally flowing into the next and referring to events and characters from the past.

So while an abundance of flash backs would be detrimental in a typical comic, it's not so in Hellboy. In your typical comic flash backs usually just serve as exposition dumps or to pad out an issue, but because Hellboy is one long story these flash backs really serve an actual purpose in affecting an actual sense of mood and fleshing out the world of the story as a whole. So while the Fury might seem like a slightly disappointing read on a issue to issue basis, when read in the context of the overall story they are really good and do a lot in exploring the world of Hellboy.

[Clayton]

I am so excited to see that this Mignola/Corben combo doesn't end. They are such a perfect fit. Vampire turkeys!

Also, the change in format sounds awesome. I wonder how big this first one will be.

[Arnold Layne]

I want to see another Hellboy/Goon crossover, this time a big-ass extravaganza, drawn by Corben. That would be stellar.

[Skib]

I just don't see what his fans see in his work. Yes, Mignola is a wonderful ARTIST, but his writing is pure crap. "Hellboy in Mexico" was so boring and so thin in plot that it hardly warranted a whole issue. This could have been done in 5 pages.

What also bothers me about this "milestone" miniseries "The Fury" and "The Storm" for that matter is HOW LITTLE IS ACTUALLY GOING ON. "The Storm" had several UNNECESSARY flashbacks. AND NOW, in "The Fury" we get yet another two page Flashback - REALLY?? It seems Mignola is far too eager to get to the end of the comic. It seems he has no damn clue how to end various storylines he's left dangling.

I predict "The Fury" will have 3 more flashbacks and absolutely no closure for any of the relevant storylines.

PATHETIC

Good gracious. Who crapped in your cheerios this morning?

I'm relatively new to the Hellboy world and I will admit that it took me a couple of reads to "get it". Now I can not get enough of it.

Like "thwhtGuardian" stated, this is not a typical comic book. Hellboy is something quite wonderfully different.

[PaddyN]

PATHETIC

Then don't waste your money on it... problem solved.

Personally I can't get enough. Hellboy in Mexico was one of my favorite reads of the last few years. Could Mignola have told it as a 5 page story, sure... but it wouldn't have the depth, emotion and lovely pacing that it does as a full length issue. And that's what makes it work. It's another glimpse into the past to see what shaped Hellboy into the man he is today.

I can't wait. I love the Corben/Mignola pairing. They work so well together. and it keeps getting better.

*edit: Oh, forgot to mention, great post above thwhtGuardian. I couldn't agree more.

[Kees_L]

I just don't see what his fans see in his work. Yes, Mignola is a wonderful ARTIST, but his writing is pure crap.

Look, either you wanna know what people see in it, or I take it your ranty statement as posed here just makes no sense whatsoever.

As a fan, what I like about Mignola's writing will be how his stories unfold themselves, never in a generic or 'to be expected' manner, but with genuine mystery and with a most speaking uniqueness to them.

In this sense, Mignola's stories seem but intricately striking and moving and 'happening' actually, for me at least.

I'd say that unique and innovative storytelling will be more powerful and more telling for me than generic, unoriginal or bland stuff - stuff which in or outside of superhero comics, there seems quite a bit of.

I couldn't understand your problem I guess. If you don't like Mignola's stuff, don't read it then, as whining about it won't do anyone any good.

[Pizawle]

Best comic news of the year thus far. Hellboy in Mexico was one of the best single issues last year.

[Ben Akers]

Looks great. The more Hellboy the better.

[ScotsScribbler]

I reckon Hellboy goes to hell to meet the family.

As for thin story in The Fury, I love it, but I was disappointed not to see more of the knights against the bad guys.

Also that Ogdru Jahad the huge thing at the end of the universe was scaled all the way down to a sizeable dragon.

I loved recognising Edinburgh Castle hit by the storm.

And Hellboy and BPRD are the only comics I'm watching out for right now.

Love collecting Mignola.

[adamac1]

Awesome!!!