BPRD Hell on Earth:The Pickens County Horror

[TheBranMan788]

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/hell...ie-120224.html

interview with Scott Allie

[canadiancomicguy]

Did anyone get the variant cover? My shop only got one and it got snagged before I got there! ) : Can someone show us a scan of it?

[thwhtGuardian]

What a great read, I loved the bit about the prussian vampires during the revolution.

I'm a little sad this is only going to be two issues though.

[Jr. Wormwood]

Picked up the Mignola cover today (along with Joe Golem). Pretty good read! You can see the Mignola variant on the Dark Horse site if you're curious and haven't seen it posted elsewhere.

I like how this story focuses on two "red shirt" agents, but yet nods to previous encounters with the regular cast. The vampire stuff from the 1940's BPRD books was the highlight for me.

I think there's something more to this writer guy, he definitely seems touchy about his work

[thwhtGuardian]

Picked up the Mignola cover today (along with Joe Golem). Pretty good read! You can see the Mignola variant on the Dark Horse site if you're curious and haven't seen it posted elsewhere.

I like how this story focuses on two "red shirt" agents, but yet nods to previous encounters with the regular cast. The vampire stuff from the 1940's BPRD books was the highlight for me.

I think there's something more to this writer guy, he definitely seems touchy about his work

Yeah, I've been really enjoying the stories away from the main cast they've been surprisingly good so far.

I have the same feeling about the historian, there's definitely more to him than meets the eye.

[Middenway]

...OK, this story is gonna read better collected for sure. That ending was just so abrupt. But other than that, I liked it. It feels like set-up for a series of miniseries though...

[Middenway]

From Jason Latour's blog:

I guess since it was let slip in the letters column, barring anything crazy and unforeseen, I will be sticking around to play in the Mignola-verse for a bit. In ways that might surprise you even. I'm really looking forward to it and I hope you are too.

[thwhtGuardian]

...OK, this story is gonna read better collected for sure. That ending was just so abrupt. But other than that, I liked it. It feels like set-up for a series of miniseries though...

Yeah, it wasn't a serious suspense inducing cliff hanger that left you pondering the conclusion until the next issue, it was more of a, "quick turn the page!" short term shock.

I hope it is the beginning of a series of short stories featuring the nonpowered BPRD agents, perhaps building on the vampire subplot. I'd love a series like that.

[Middenway]

Yeah, it wasn't a serious suspense inducing cliff hanger that left you pondering the conclusion until the next issue, it was more of a, "quick turn the page!" short term shock.

If only there'd been a next page to turn to. I really liked this story.

[Middenway]

Orbital Comics interviews Scott Allie.

[canadiancomicguy]

I hope it is the beginning of a series of short stories featuring the nonpowered BPRD agents, perhaps building on the vampire subplot. I'd love a series like that.[/QUOTE]

Yes I hope this trend continues! My local shop found a variant cover. Can someone tell me what the january and February variant covers were?

[Jr. Wormwood]

Can someone tell me what the january and February variant covers were?

January - Lobster Johnson The Burning Hand #1
February - BPRD The Long Death #1
March - BPRD Pickens County #1
April - Lobster Johnson The Burning Hand #4
May - BPRD The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell one shot
June - Baltimore: Dr. Leskovar’s Remedy #1
...
December - Hellboy in Hell #1

[UnravThreads]

...OK, this story is gonna read better collected for sure. That ending was just so abrupt. But other than that, I liked it. It feels like set-up for a series of miniseries though...

I'm not sure about the last sentence, but I definitely agree with the rest. There was a lot of set up, and it just kinda ended. I liked the premise, though!

Gotta say this, though: Anyone cringe a bit when it was the lady who.. um.. at the end? Why couldn't have been the guy for once? :(

P.S. What is it with B.P.R.D. and redheads? There's loads.

[Middenway]

I'm not sure about the last sentence, but I definitely agree with the rest. There was a lot of set up, and it just kinda ended. I liked the premise, though!

Gotta say this, though: Anyone cringe a bit when it was the lady who.. um.. at the end? Why couldn't have been the guy for once? :(

P.S. What is it with B.P.R.D. and redheads? There's loads.

Was Agent Peters a redhead? I thought she was a brunette. As far as I know, Liz and Alice are the only redheads, but I remember thinking the same thing once, so maybe I'm forgetting one or two.

I think her being the one in trouble may have less to do with her being female and more to do with her being a red shirt. This is Vaughn's second appearance, and much of the issue was spent developing his character. If things are going to go badly for Agent Peters as I suspect they are, then it's happening to her because she's less developed. If the story had been about Carla Giarocco (You'll meet her when you start the ongoing Hell on Earth saga) and some random male agent, I'd expect him to be the one with crazy fungus on his leg. That's just a part of economical story telling. Most of the time, the character with the most time investment will survive, because otherwise you end up with bloated stories full of the minutiae of everyone's lives.

We still don't know Agent Peters' fate yet either. Maybe this'll just make her more interesting. I'll reserve judgememt until I've read the whole story. There are more female agents showing up in the series now. Given the mortality rate of the average B.P.R.D. agent, it had to happen to a female eventually.

Keep in mind that this is one of those Hell on Earth side stories Scott Allie warned us about, and as such, it's quite possible that neither agent will survive.

So... at this point I'm undecided. :S

[UnravThreads]

Was Agent Peters a redhead? I thought she was a brunette. As far as I know, Liz and Alice are the only redheads, but I remember thinking the same thing once, so maybe I'm forgetting one or two.

Ash was, at least in her design document by Cameron Stewart, said to be a redhead.

As for the rest of your post; It certainly makes sense from that angle (and quite a few females die :p ), I was just kinda hoping - and now I've woken up, it was a bit presumptuous of me to do so - that it wasn't a case of "oh, the woman has to be the one in trouble". But I didn't know Vaughn had been in it before, or if I'd seen him (not likely) I'd just glossed over him.