With the creation of his character, Hellboy, Mike Mignola has spawned a world of projects including animated and live action movies, as well as a wealth of brilliant merchandising. Mignola first broke into the business over 20 years ago doing comic books, which will always be his first love. He has been crafting Hellboy stories for over ten years and is just now reaching the middle part of Hellboys life. Hellboy continually evolves into a more complex and interesting character, and Mignola's infinite...
Hellboy has always been my favorite comic since it came out. Ive always loved mignolas very angular artwork and plain colors, no photoshop effects or 1000 layers of shading, just great art and great storytelling. Ive also always been a fan of HP lovecraft, vampires, fairy tales and old war stories so maybe thats why the stories are so enjoyable for me.
The only thing I cant stand are the hellboy books drawn by some other artist, I really cant stand anyone elses rendition of hellboy.
Ill be honest though, the movie was a real disapointement and while I think the hellboy character was pretty spot-on, the rest felt like it was thrown together in half an hour. Id much rather see a small animation series then a cgi movie...
courtneyriot
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Los Angeles, CA
AUG 11, 2006 06:00 AM