I have never read any Hellboy comics, but when I saw Hellboy carrying around the corpse, it seemed familiar. I looked it up, and I guess they borrowed the corpse from this story for the first Hellboy movie. I remembered Hellboy carrying it around. Kudos to the filmmakers for using the source material.
I think Hellboy is far more than just a horror comic. It's a pulp throwback modernized correctly. Keep the feelings and history of the 30s and 40s but make it set in the modern day with modern characters and Hellboy is basically a jaded, demonic Conan who plays slightly better with others.
I want to be a graphic novel writer like him. I want to know how he lasted so long without his work getting boring like most other writers. I liked how its a combo of horror,action, and a little comedy.
To say you cannot do horror in comics is to reduce horror to a jump scare. Horror as a genre (especially good horror) is far more than a gimmick of timing and music, it is about mood, emotion, psychology, and the existential exploration of what causes not just fright but true fear. Mignola is a master Gothic Horror with its atmospheric approach to subconscious dread over lack of true control over one's life and world.
Lol i thought you were talking about the writer when you said he was brought into this world during a nazi occult experiment. I was like damn that must’ve been rough.
What about falling through the ground/floor into a larger hidden room. It doesn't happen in 'The Corpse' but it does happen a lot in other Hellboy stories.
When you were talking about pacing and the ghost appearing on to the rope, I also noticed that in the panel when the body appeared the rope now had tension on it. That attention to detail was great.
Wow this is great, I've always wanted to learn more behind the myths these stories reference. I'm a big Hellboy fan and you just got yourself a subscriber
The Changeling myth is actually quite dark, as it was used to explain childern with Down Syndrome or autism
Jack Kirby meets German Expressionism in terms of style. Lovecraft in terms of themes.
I have never read any Hellboy comics, but when I saw Hellboy carrying around the corpse, it seemed familiar. I looked it up, and I guess they borrowed the corpse from this story for the first Hellboy movie. I remembered Hellboy carrying it around. Kudos to the filmmakers for using the source material.
I know it seems weird, but I love how he draws trees, good old fashioned leafless trees like we see in old horror illustrations
I always loved Mignola's art, I'm so glad he started his own comic with an original character. We need more Hellboy movies!
taps baby
I think Hellboy is far more than just a horror comic. It's a pulp throwback modernized correctly. Keep the feelings and history of the 30s and 40s but make it set in the modern day with modern characters and Hellboy is basically a jaded, demonic Conan who plays slightly better with others.
I don't know man, you know that Japanese dude Junji Ito (I might have misspelled) he sort of does jump scares in comics
I want to be a graphic novel writer like him. I want to know how he lasted so long without his work getting boring like most other writers. I liked how its a combo of horror,action, and a little comedy.
To say you cannot do horror in comics is to reduce horror to a jump scare. Horror as a genre (especially good horror) is far more than a gimmick of timing and music, it is about mood, emotion, psychology, and the existential exploration of what causes not just fright but true fear. Mignola is a master Gothic Horror with its atmospheric approach to subconscious dread over lack of true control over one's life and world.
Mignola is my all time favorite comic writer. I've noticed a few other tropes he likes to employ.
Mignola is also responsible for one of my favourite character interactions:
Jump scares aren't horror.
Lol i thought you were talking about the writer when you said he was brought into this world during a nazi occult experiment. I was like damn that must’ve been rough.
What about falling through the ground/floor into a larger hidden room. It doesn't happen in 'The Corpse' but it does happen a lot in other Hellboy stories.
When you were talking about pacing and the ghost appearing on to the rope, I also noticed that in the panel when the body appeared the rope now had tension on it. That attention to detail was great.
I particularly love his use of existing myth.
What a great baby you found! Excellent casting.
Wow this is great, I've always wanted to learn more behind the myths these stories reference. I'm a big Hellboy fan and you just got yourself a subscriber
Mignola is one of the best. Thanks.