Previous Chronological Mignolaverse thread
>>83325311
Previous Hellboy storytime thread
>>83307512
well that was unexpected
>>83372164
You forgot to add the following to the OP:
>Previous Hellboy in Hell storytime:
http://desustorage.org/co/thread/82467542/
>>83372299
true
thanks op
i liek hellboy
>>83372479
What the...What?
That's it??
And before people loose their shit, Mignola sad stated in numerous interviews that this isn't Hellboy's last story and that he's just taking a year-long break. Also there's plenty of "Hellboy and the BPRD" to come
>>83372359
Credit to the colorist for making this page actually look bright.
There you go
AYYY LMAO
THE MADMAN DID IT
>>83372164
Oh god, I can't look. It's the end.
>>83372562
>>83372510
See. That's what's blurry to me.
Are the other stories going to be set after this one, or before?
>>83372580
before
>>83372479
So...no army of Hell? No dragon riding?
That was...unexpected. So he stays somewhere cozy in Hell, away from everything.
Also,is that the house Edward Grey occupied,the one belonging to the Scotch warlock? It reminds me to Harry Middleton's,from "Darkness calls".
Well,gentlemen,it's been one Hell of a ride. Thanks OP for storytime.
>>83372164
You forgot the soundtrack, OP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oq19fFU0cY
THE SHAPES, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
>>83372580
Hellboy and the BPRD - before
And Mignola has ideas for some stories after Hell, because Hellboy is now the undead, and he loves stories about the undead
>>83372191
EMPEROR ZOMBIE!
>>83372617
I DON'T KNOOOOW
MY HAIR IS ON FIRE
>>83372266
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16083
>"Here's some tother things that happened in Hellboy's life." "Here is background to Professor Broom." "Here is background to Lobster Johnson." And Amelia Dunn, who's never appeared in the comics. There's s a page-long history of her life which has some bearing on Hellboy and may have some bearting on Hellboy in the future. It was just one of those related stories that needed to go into this book.
Did I miss her previously or is this really her first appearence outside of the companion?
>Hellboy in Hell 010 (2016) (digital) (Minutemen-InnerDemons)
http://www83.zippyshare.com/v/jYNUbif7/file.html
>>83372434
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>>83372454
>The City, empty
>All those white seagulls
>White seagulls in Hellboyverse represent free souls
It's beautiful.
>>83372510
>>83372618
Promise me, anons. Promise me there will be more to his story
What where those geometrical thingies? Also, I'm ok with Hellboy once again refusing his destiny, but it was still underwhelming as fuck
>>83372479
Lmao, he just sits back and enjoys the afterlife.
That is... somehow just what you'd expect him to do actually even if it comes unexpected.
It is actually kinda cute. But it doesn't feel like a definite end.
>>83372675
Well, we can't promise you, only Mignola can.
But I'm sure he's interested in following up on this, unless something hits him and he falls over dead.
>>83372318
>>83372343
>>83372359
>>83372367
Where muh mugga Ziz at?
>>83372718
Everybody forgets about Ziz. Doesn't help that he figures more into Jewish mythology.
>>83372677
Those appeared in the short tale "The Wizard and the Snake". Their meaning I cannot fathom, but I think it's something about peace of mind and release from sorrow,by what I understood from said tale.
So, it started with Hellboy wondering in an empty hell and ends with Hellboy kicking back it in an empty hell. Not much was achived.
>>83372778
Yeah, you are kinda right.
But that is kinda what Hellboy would do, he doesn't want to be toyed around with for the sake of some petty power games between dying fractions.
>>83372778
Well, he did make hell emptier. That will probably be important in the grand scheme of things.
So can he leave Hell or not?
Okay, so he destroyed Beelzebub to free the workers.
The workers committed mass suicide.
The army is still dead. The demons all died.
Pluto and his goons still chained, right?
Hellboy then, for some unexplained reason, which I am not satisfied with, renounces his shit AGAIN, goes back to the city, sees that the hollows at the sea side gaining a bit of form to them, I think, sees all the free souls, finally leaving Hell.
Then goes to a place he never saw in Hell. Did it appear to him because he finally found peace? Wasn't his problem that he might become the monster of the Apocalypse? He STILL has the option to do that. Nothing changed, he just cleared out Hell. I guess in #9 he said he had enough, and he just went to clear any other possibility of him being attacked. What about his wife, then? Did she die too, set free? What about that house? Has it any relevance? What about Ol' Grey? What's with the three shinies? Is that God finally redeeming Hellboy, or what? What about Hecate, she was supposed to meet Hellboy, or what about what Alice told him?
This ending was crap, and pretentious. Fuck it. I'm miffed.
I was expecting something else to say the least. I'm left with so much more questions than I have been given answers.
gotta say in hell has been a letdown. astaroth gets built up for years and goes down like a chump in one issue, we learn hellboy has brothers and sister only to have them killed in the issues their introduced. most of the high profile demons get killed offpanel.
way too much of mignola stroking his poetry fetish. darkness calls and the wild hunt were so much better. this all just seemed so disjointed and underwhelming from everything that came before.
>>83372728
>>83372906
Mignolia just wanted it to end
>>83372930
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>>83372946
>>83372952
>>83372956
Varvara is going to be pissed when she calls forth her demon army.
>>83372397
Black Phillip, no! You promised me butter dresses!
>>83372962
Honestly felt more reading this than the ending.
>>83372845
That's Edward Grey's house, I think. The one where no demon could enter.
About Hecate and Grey... I suppose we'll have to wait and see. Maybe they will show up in BPRD, now that Hell is empty and all.
I'm not even mad. I find this ending beautiful, but leaves too many unanswered questions.
wow
nothing happened
and we'll have to wait 10 years or until mignola runs out of money for a true ending
I never tought Hellboy will ended.
I haven't touch hellboys for years because of 'Mignolaverse'. I like Hellboy when he was just stand alone comic title but with different title come out which share same universe with hellboy like BPRD and Lobster Johnson, I lost interest on it.
I am just back reading Hellboy from 'Hellboy in hell' and how surprised I am Hellboy is ended. yet, it also make me confuse
So should I read another mignolaverse to understand this ending?
like Baltimore, Edward Grey (if I remember his name correctly), BPRD, lobster Johnson, etc?
Is there any link or guide for the 'timeline' or pick up guide for mignolaverse?
>>83373091
Neah, the ending is shit.
>>83372962
I don't get it.
>>83373091
Baltimore isn't in the Mignolaverse. But if you like Hellboy, you def should read the other books too.
ITT: people don't get Hellboy
>>83373091
Baltimore isn't part of Mignolaverse,is a different story. Nice read,though.
>>83373149
Wel y'know, the decision he makes kinda makes sense.
But it still feels kind of...Eh.
>>83373123
I kinda like it tought. I like when hellboy broke his horn. He never changes
>>83373145
is there any guide for it? I think I saw lots of mignolaverse book out there and I don't know where should I start.
>>83373149
Please explain.
>>83373160
Underwhelming as fuck. I was more excited when Abe was finally realizing through the tapes who he is. It was a great sequence.
This just feels lazy.
>>83373178
>>83373123
this post tells quite a lot
why are people saying this is anticlimactic
hellboy has always been like this, this isn't B.P.R.D.
>>83373210
Explain the goddamn thing, then.
>>83373232
This is about destiny and refusing it, it's a freakin afterlife, come on. You can't expect some big cape ending when we're talking about shit preordained from before the beginning of the universe, and a simple guy struggling against it. Hellboy in Hell was pretty much a poem.
Also, from what I gather - as B.P.R.D. continues to struggle, and with that big critter already in Montana (I suppose) something big is bound to happen eventually - if, of course, Mignola doesn't go full grimdark and really kill off humankind to make way for frogs after all.
>>83373198
>Please explain
People act as if it's the last Hellboy story we'll ever get. HB's mythology is pretty much based on the short, mostly pre-Cavendish, stories. We'll get answers, but just not now. Mignola wanted to end In Hell because HB killed Satan, Pandemonium fell and there's nothing else he can do there. It's like with The Storm and The Fury all over again.
>>83373232
Other anon here, pretty sure the snake and magician are supposed to be stand-ins for father and daughter/(relationships etc.) and how we should focus on the now instead of worrying about time running out.
>>83373231
This is actually a pretty good point, it seems like when epic armies gather things just sorta dissipate, except this time we really didn't even get like a huge sort of event, or rather our point of view of it was so distanced that it didn't really feel that way, even if hellboy pretty much just razed the entirety of hell.
i was so scared that he would not break his horns
>all those freed souls and calming, tranquil hell
10/10 closure, i love you mignola
>>83373204
Thanks anon
>>83373268
Right. What about the connection with the wizard? He accepted his destiny, but he was loved.
Hellboy refused his destiny, but he was hated. Kinda.
>some big cap comic ending
He turned into a giant, fought a few big named monsters, beat the last of the demons, and walked off into the 'sunset'. Come on.
>>83373277
Yeah, but he left so many questions unexplained. It's irritating me.
>>83373284
Fairnuff, I just don't see the relation between Hell.
>>83373284
this
he threw down all the dukes and ministers of hell already, he has the Hand, the Sword will wait for him somewhere in England. We'll probably see the big showdown in the end.
>>83373307
>he turned into a giant, fought a few big named monsters, beat the last of the demons, and walked off into the 'sunset'.
well the way you put that...
>>83372445
that's a magician from The Magician and The Snake, and so are the geometric symbols
>>83373339
Yeah, someone already pointed it out.
Also, isn't that the same stairs the guy who needed to guess the dinner to keep his soul? The snake too?
>>83373307
Well the appearance of the shapes are tied to the death of the magician right? The end of Hellboy is apparently trying to elicit the same sort of message where we've hit the end of Hellboy: it's on it's last legs, thank you for loving it as much as you have but it is leaving.
The ending probably feels less fulfilling because Hellboy barely figures in it.
It's not told from his perspective, the Hellboy we see for most of the time is not the one we are used to and only in the very end does he show up for a few pages.
However as it is not meant to be the true final ending, just a short calm before the storm, it's probably just the intended effect.
>>83373451
I-I want to believe
>>83373451
It doesn't feel finished. It feels like a cliffhanger.
>>83373473
It's basically Mignola telling the readers "Okay, I'm going to do something else for a while now, so Hellboy gets some rest too"
I really liked this, maybe to the point of loving it. To me, this is a good ending. Hellboy could end here and I'd be fine with it.
From what I understand, this issue is about Hellboy finally giving in to his inner demon, letting it out but making it come out in a productive way. He does away with the old Hell. Mops up a few last ends, right? Once he does that, he gets rewarded with a place to rest. What better place to rest than a house that his dad (as references by the quote) would love to live in? We already know that Hellboy loves and admires his dad and now he's got a place with a bunch of books to read up on and become more like his dad.
I loved this issue. Great way to end, or just pause Hellboy. So what if he's not the beast of the apocalypse or Lord of Hell now? He put an end to the old Hell, so there's a new Hell and this Hell is emptier. That can't be a bad thing.
I mean, the only thing I'm getting tripped up on is the fact that he's the king of England, but hey, the King of England living in a house that he loves is better than a palace that he hates.
As for the shapes, I think that might be a hint that Hellboy can now create, should he wish, since everything is made of shapes.
I feel so weird, like, walking out of the theatre, dizzy, a little bit confused
>>83373350
>>83373451
>>83373467
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>>83373498
Hey uh am I wrong about the shapes bit confirming this being the end? Like I want more hellboy just as much as the next guy but for me all signs point to donezo.
>>83373521
I think it would be more what >>83372728 said. It seems about accepting when you have to come to rest.
Though it seems unfair to me to have use symbolism from a completely unrelated one-shot comic but that's the Mignolaverse for you.
>>83373515
I'm just glad that hell is finally over. It is somehow a fitting end to the place. It really just froze over, is emptied and calm.
While hell is on earth hell itself became more of a paradise to Hellboy.
>>83372343
This look like a a Pacific Rim reference.
What you guys think?
>>83373588
I think Mignola just likes giant monsters duking it out.
>>83373576
Exactly. This issue isn't bad at all.
>>83373515
I'm a big fan of "the hero can finally rest" endings.
>>83373576
Wait did Hellboy really just end when hell freezes over. Fuck.
>>83372956
What a cute story.
>>83373599
No, see...he is friends with Del Taco and here is is fighting a dragon like kaiju and a Gorilla like kaiju, like in the middle of the movie.
>>83373652
I think it was.. last issue that it was shown that hell is really growing cold and it was already depicted with elements of ice and snow before that.
>>83374004
Let's just hope that this doesn't go full Ice Age.
>>83374030
>Ice Age
>HB is chilling in his house
>suddenly scratching noise in the wall
>Scrat shows up with a bunch of nuts
>they share them around a fire
Although
>Scrat
>sharing
But what happens to the souls of people who are currently alive? There seems to be an element of the old Sandman "you go there because you feel you need to", so now that Hell appears to have closed shop where do they go?
>>83373936
Never been done before
>>83374100
I think they can go, but its' not under Satan's jurisdiction
I know it's the hero's rest. Just like how Roger ended, but it feels like a horrible fate to be forever locked away like that. Sure it's bliss, but I'd still feel trapped and I'd rather have oblivion.
So, I'm sad. Hellboy and Roger are both just waiting for eternity, alone, without their loved ones. I know that's just how it is. Death is death. I just wanted to see Hellboy hug Liz and Johann, telling them it's all going to be okay, and that they can do it. I want a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann scene, when they all remember Kamina.I know that's not the style of the writers, I'd just feel better. This feeling is good too. :(
>>83374118
So what, any day now there's going to be a lot of awkard skeletons standing at Hellboy's door wondering if the new boss wouldn't mind coming out and giving them a poke with a pitchfork, if its not too much trouble?
>>83372318
One punched out like a bitch. He must have been thinking hell I got his two brothers and uncle in one shot, I got this nigger.
>>83374152
Well, we see how Hell works while the aristocracy is gone in these 10 issues. I bet nothing much changes. Souls waste away like Hellboy would've. Some remain there, and live their lives like it's actual life. Like why wouldn't you? Then there are the ones smacked into Hell's army. Stuff like that.
>>83374100
Hell is still Hell, but now you get to be bored for eternity (or until the New World arrives,at least) or go to Heaven.
>>83374150
He still holds the Hand, and the army of Hell of which the Hand grants control is still down there, somewhere. He's where he wants to be. I think soon he will learn about the status of things up in Earth and react. His fate is to fight the Ogdru Jahad among the ashes of the old world,anyways.
>>83374235
What if that doesn't happen? Mignola said he won't get out of Hell. The Hand means nothing. He's nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing at all. Nothing at all.
>>83374235
The Not-Heliotropic Brotherhood that went on the Giant hunt were after the hand as well, weren't they? Are they not still about?
>>83373652
>Hellboy ends when hell freezes over
I like this more than I should
>>83374152
>>83374205
My theory is that the "common dammed" are just the ones turned into fishes and them into the hell army.
The souls and skeletons on the City all seem to have one thing in common: they were involved into supernatural shenanigans or demon pacts before dying, which set them appart from the "common dammed".
We also know by Johnan origin story that not all souls have the same qualitties, and some are more powerful than others.
So I believe that the common people will probably still go to the river. But I'm curious on what that ancient Whatcher is doing now, would he still be building the army?
>>83374262
There are still some powers interested in him finishing off the world. The Brotherhood of Ra, Hecate...and The Hand still has its powers, and it was stated in cannot be taken by force, but given voluntarily, and the world needs to end. Maybe he will give it up to someone.
>>83374263
Last we saw of them they were still willing to take a part in the end of the world. I don't think they've given up yet.
>>83374262
I wondered about that... I mean, he can't get out of hell, fine. But Earth is essentially hell now, and there's hints that the new earth won't really be anything like the old one. Old-hell is basically dead, consumed by Hellboy's apocalypse, just like the old Fae lands are dead and all the old people gone. Maybe Hellboy does break the walls down and annex earth so that there's always something left at the bottom to catch the things that fall into the abyss.
>>83374327
Well, we have the world tree. The myth goes that the gods went into the tree, and came out of it after Ragnarok, right? Hellboy being Thor/Odin, it might happen?
>>83372164
Oh god I can't...I can't...
Here we go
>>83374356
The new world tree is in England,which has been implied to be the last surviving part of the Old World that will go the next one.
I think >>83374352 is onto something; Hellboy doesn't have to get out of Hell to release the Army, and they're the ones with the ability to bring down the walls between Heaven,Hell and Earth. If Hell extends to everywhere else, Hellboy technically wouldn't get out of Hell when he fights the Dragon.
So hellboy cleans up whats left in hell and now all the souls there are free and it's now empty and calm? Also England is in the safe zone eye of the storm if you will and will be getting a free pass into the new world the rest of the world is in hell mode and still some things haven't been answered.
>>83372278
That third panel, kek
>>83374484
And when Varvara confronts the big 7in1 and calls on her powerful legion the portal will open up to a big empty nothing with maybe a single dead soul eating a sandwich.
>>83372303
Holy shit whaaaat
>>83374503
I have know idea how Mignola can inject humor on these situations.
>>83374173
>If Levianthan hasn't swallowed Hellboy's uncle over a pretty dispute, Hell would never have been destroyed.
Levianthan was probably feeling like a fucking idiot on that panel.
Do you guys think that Pluto will show up anytime? Seems like a big cock tease.
>>83372479
what do the tree floating shapes mean?
>>83374516
True I'm only guessing the other stories will cover up everything else and conclude what will become of earth. Right now what we know is that all of hell is now empty and silent.
>>83374582
When do the other issues come out maybe they will have answers we all seek.
>>83374601
Read the thread.
>>83374455
Oh fuck you. That'd be way too perfect. I want that so much.
Also, what about the Hand crumbling in England?
>>83372510
...
Ok, I'm not saying that was disappointing cause damn the artwork's beautiful, but...
this explains BUTTFUCK NOTHING
>>83374699
My issue with the issue exactly.
>>83374668
The Heliopic Brotherhood's seer said about it that Hellboy and The Hand were one and only, so wherever HB goes the Hand goes with him; the hand that crumbled was just a "projection" if you will. The real deal is in Hell.
>>83374699
I think that the shapes are the only thing kind of unexplained.
>>83374484
Abe's going to England soon
>>83372510
>this isn't Hellboy's last story and that he's just taking a year-long break.
Damn well he deserves it, hell is now vacant and we still got to see if team human can outlast the apocalypse.
Anyone got a list on who is alive and dead and that includes EVERY ONE I think the last few demons left is val and hellboy now and witches hecate
HOLY SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT THE VAMPIRES ALL HIDING OUT. How many of them are left!?
>>83374760
>HOLY SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT THE VAMPIRES ALL HIDING OUT
this might actually get followed up when the twins stop doing comics for fraction and finish umbrella academy
>>83372946
Omg that's cute
>>83372906
The afterlife and otherworlds are probably confusing temporal messes where everything struggles to keep sapient awareness. Things happen swiftly or slowly and it all runs together in a blur.
Hell was well on it's way to breaking down before Hellboy even showed up. Off screen isn't necessarily a bad thing.
>>83372956
Awww
>>83374760
>HOLY SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT THE VAMPIRES ALL HIDING OUT. How many of them are left!?
...fuck,it's true.
>>83374789
In that case we'll have to wait a while. Casanova is back this week.
>>83374760
>>83374789
>>83374825
What the hell they can even achieve at this point? Wasn't them building an army of some sort?
Those guys are wasting so much time that will end up having to fight frogs...but frogs don't know how to defeat vampires. ...
>>83374881
Don't they?
Seems to me the frogs just need to rip and tear to kill everything. I mean, they basically have the blessing of the Ogdru Jahad - the vampires do not.
Also, I wonder what Bromhead is up to. I hope we get a sidestory of his experience in hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4
thread theme?
he can finally rest
>>83372445
>>83372454
>Mfw all the souls of hell are in peace
do you think Bruttenholm would be happy with this ending?
>>83372445
>>83372479
Are the shapes actually god?
>>83374760
Well Blondie went on a vampire hunting spree in the 40s and became a vampire himself. I think he may be the reason vampires are so rare these days.
from humble beginnings
>>83375294
Hellboy didn't end up the destroyer of all mankind, he did his part in keeping it safe so that it could stand a chance against the Ogdru Hem and then even in his death he cleaned house in hell and essentially freed all the mortal souls trapped there before finding a semblance of peace.
to monkeys with guns
he had quite a run
>>83374881
Vampires are the children of Hecate,and we know for sure she's got to be released "at the end of days"; a vampire army can come in handy.
hopefully he can still get a drink in Hell
>>83372303
When did that happen?
I was hoping he'd get reunited with his dad.
>>83375774
Dad ain't in hell.
>>83375628
This page here is fucking gold.
>“Mike Mignola is probably the most influential artist in comics since Jack Kirby. His way of creating beautiful compositions and his edgy and elegant style transcend our media and earn him a place among the greatest artists of our era. His work should be admired and celebrated forever.” — Rafael Albuquerque, Ei8ht, American Vampire
>“Twenty years ago I looked at Mike’s art on Hellboy and thought to myself: ‘I love his style, with his sharp angles, thin lines and large black areas, and it seems quite simple and fast to do. I’m going to copy him.” I never regretted being so wrong about something.
>“It may look simpler than some art styles over-rendered in useless details, and may look faster than artists who ink with brushes and use lots of crosshatching, but the real hard work behind those drawings is inside the artist’s head, mixing the world with his imagination and translating it into those incredible drawings. The most amazing aspect of his craft are all the limits, boundaries and rules that he set for his drawings and how hard it is to draw everything under those rules and make it all work together. His art and storytelling are striking, bold, elegant and unique. So Mike is the real guy to blame, because he misled us by making it look so damn easy.
>“Mike has had a huge, undeniable impact on the comics medium, as he has influenced generations of young artists, and will continue to do so, even if they don’t want to try to copy his art style. What he has achieved as an artist is paired only by Kirby and Toppi, and like those two, there’ll never be someone like him.” — Gabriel Bá, Daytripper, Two Brothers
>“Mike Mignola defines what it is to be a comics creator in the purest sense of the form and word. Everyone I know who makes comics, from the most populist mainstream artist to the most punk-rock indie creator, reveres him as the gold standard. He invented a universe that ONLY he could have invented and produced it in a style ONLY he could have produced it in. A completely uncompromised vision of a world that would not exist if not for him, characters that would not exist if not for him, all in a style that could not be created by anybody BUT him.
>“Almost no one I know who makes comics can go right back to their own writing or drawing after having read one of his works, because there is something so compulsive and hypnotic about his style that everyone that comes in contact with it has to shake it off before they can go back to their own work for fear of pale imitation. The only other person that does this is Will Eisner.
>“Mike is so excellent, so consistently, that my fear is that people may take it for granted. Do not. He is one of the great comic legends of all time, and we get to watch him live.” — Brian Michael Bendis, Powers, Civil War II
>“From another cartoonist’s viewpoint there is plenty to admire about the work of Mike Mignola. His writing is sophisticated, yet childlike, but certainly not childish like much in comics. His comic art is beautifully simple, so simple that other cartoonists think they can emulate his style, which is futile. He is one of the best. Congratulations on your masterpiece Hellboy in Hell, Mike.” — Richard Corben, Heavy Metal, Den
>“Asking me to write a few sentences about Mike Mignola’s work is near impossible. A few sentences is not enough, but I’ll try.
>“Mike has never been complacent in his work. He has continued to grow, explore, and refine his craft. His influence is worldwide. I know because I have lived on several different continents and met well-known artists in the medium of comics who have been influenced and inspired by his work. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, he is one of the most flattered artists working today.
>“I also think he is one of the most important talents to have worked in the field and he stands alongside of Hal Foster, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Osamu Tezuka, Alex Toth, Jean “Moebius” Giraud, Frank Miller, Katusuhiro Otomo, and Akira Toriyama. … He writes with unpretentious profoundness. A poet with the pen and the pencil. He is just a magnificent talent — and very funny too!” — Geof Darrow, Shaolin Cowboy
>“There may be some fans who aren’t aware of the significance of Mike receiving the 2016 Spectrum Grand Master title. It’s important to know that this honor is not really an award. It’s not something Mike won in a competition. For over 20 years the title has been bestowed annually to an outstanding artist. This year, the title was bestowed to Mike by a group of his peers who have deemed his life’s work to be of the highest quality. His name now ranks with other Grand Masters such as Frazetta and Moebius, and his art will forever be a benchmark for future artists to be inspired by.” — Gary Gianni, Monstermen, Prince Valiant
>“Mignola is a living legend. I’m sure it makes him uncomfortable as hell to hear things like that, but it’s true. In Mike you have something truly remarkable. Not only is he one of the finest and most influential artists of our era, he’s also the creator of a comics universe that has been fulfilling his personal vision for more than 20 years. Dozens of comics companies have been born, grown old, and died in that time. Thousands of creator-owned comics have come and gone while Mignola continues to orchestrate a story world of the highest caliber.
>“If he moved to a tropical island today and painted only for pleasure for the rest of his life, he’d still have achieved things nobody in this business will ever match. Fortunately for us, a tropical island would bore him to tears after a week. I can’t wait to see the art that his ‘time off’ will produce, and to read the stories that his brain will invent in the meantime.” — Christopher Golden, Snowblind, Baltimore
>“Mike Mignola and his work mean so much to me, it’s hard to put into words. As a kid discovering comics, his work stood out in the days of the lingering “Marvel style,” which had become stagnant and expected. There were a few guys who could light a new fire then. Mike was one of them and this was even before his distinctive style we know from Hellboy.
>“As an influence, Mike has been with me since my first days. As his work developed into the heavy solid blacks we know of today, I only became more mystified at how he could break the rules and make them work with new ones. Slowly I got to know Mike. He was kind enough to excuse my fandom, and we’ve become pals. He and his wife and partner, Christine, have been supportive of my efforts to learn the craft and they have shown me humility and kindness in the face of fame and geek worship.
>“I’ll miss Hellboy, and yet I feel ready to let him go. To see Mike create the full life of a character is rare thing in comics, a truly awesome task I am grateful to have witnessed. I’m looking forward to Mike’s paintings and what insanity he’ll dream up next.” — Michael Avon Oeming, co-creator and EP of Powers
>“The greatest compliment you can give to an artist is to say they’ve influenced other artists. Mignola has done that. I feel no other artist in comics has had a more positive influence on the art of comics since Jack Kirby. Because he didn’t influence kids to put a bunch of useless crosshatching all over everything. None of that flashy crap. Without pretension he showed us effective panel layout and page design, abstract storytelling, use of positive and negative space. The meat and potatoes of comics. But other than that, he’s a blight on society and should be destroyed.” — Eric Powell, The Goon, Hillbilly
http://13thdimension.com/farewell-for-now-mike-mignola-see-you-down-the-line/
So if Mignola just is taking a break from this 20 year story he's been telling, why are people treating this like it's the last Hellboy story ever? I mean we're still gonna get stories set in the past with him, and Mignola's made it pretty clear that Hellboy's story will continue past this point after he takes a breather from it for a little while.
>>83375664
Seems that he discovered how to activate a power form.
>>83375990
People heard "Mignola is leaving Hellboy so he could paint in his basement" and branded it as "MIGNOLA DONE WITH COMICS. BECOMES A RECLUSE. HELLBOY ENDS FOREVER. PANIC"
>>83375990
>So if Mignola just is taking a break from this 20 year story he's been telling, why are people treating this like it's the last Hellboy story ever?
4chan is full of dumb people that exagerate everything with few information on the subject, even on Hellboy threads.
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>>83376070
Not even just on 4chan. The comic shop across the street from my apartment has a fucking line at 8am for a 9am opening with a big Hellboy poster on the door.
Whatever. I dig this as an ending to Hellboy in Hell and a setup for whatever happens next.
![eb4d8f3d0a[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/kkldJzY.jpg "eb4d8f3d0a[1].jpg")
man, this'll bum me out for a week.
at least, in the end, hellboy was still up to no good.
![cf2da45623[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/8B4L91q.jpg "cf2da45623[1].jpg")
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>>83375954
Fuck man, I agree with all these guys, it's almost impossible to copy his style.
Anyone else feel everything has more gravitas when drawn in a Mignola-similar style?
(Thinking of that one Harley Quinn story storytimed yesterday)
>>83372164
Is this the final issue?
>>83375795
>>83375628
This is honestly one of my top 5 favorite pages in all of comics
>>83372303
>>83372318
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>>83372359
God I fucking love the Kirby krackle so so much.
There's something about it that makes scenes so much better and heavier
>>83376481
For now yeah.
I imagine we'll get a new title whenever Mignola decides to keep the story going though, so this is probably the last issue of "Hellboy in Hell"
>>83372303
>>83372318
>>83372343
>>83372359
Somehow I'm reminded of Yasunori Miyazawa's animation
Sadddd
>>83374760
>Anyone got a list on who is alive and dead and that includes EVERY ONE I think the last few demons left is val and hellboy now and witches hecate
Now I want to see a BPRD story where they go to bust some demon worshipers and when they arrive the worshipers are all freaking out going "wtf why isn't my sacrifice to moloch working this has never happened before"
My only disappointment is that we did not see Ed Grey
Did the shapes kill Hellboy?
>>83377306
He....is already dead dude. The shapes are a symbol of the end of a journay.
>>83377619
They said he could die again though in that issue he got sick
>>83377721
No, I suppose the Furies were just sucking the sense of identity from his soul, so he would become an empty, anonymous husk somewhere in the City.
bump for important storytime
>>83372377
"He wields a mighty hammer!"
"Is he Thor?!"
Just started rereading from the beginning, god I love this series
>>83378006
Fuck, I didn't even realize.
I wish I'd saved my Hellboy beer for this day
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/hellboy-in-hell-10/
Mark Tweedle's review is up, basically the scholar of the Mignolaverse
Chronological anon, what's up, what's up with the 2007 8 folder? A Cold Day In Hell #1 has got an untitled folder inside it with plenty of pages in some messy order.
>>83372434
Hellboy my nigga, you still be you. Dad would be proud.
>>83379203
*I meant the 2007 7 folder.
>>83372377
Is this the first time he used The Right Hand's power?
>>83379381
Wish we could see more of it
Can you storytime the previous issue?
I can't remember how it ended.
Are we ever gonna see that asian version of hell he keeps talking about
>>83380339
We may yet. I sort of doubt HB's story is totally finished.
>>83380826
>>83382091
Best page
>>83382047
She is pretty strong huh? What was she again? Half demon or which vampire?
>>83382210
Bottom panel is stunning, I love Mignola's quirk of making characters transform throughout dialogue scenes
>>83382127
Wait....was she the snake all this time? I mean, their snake from the magician story?
>>83374152
That would be a tipycal mignola moment
>>83382185
My bet is that when Hellboy discover what is happening in the world, he will try to help with the hell army, and will need to swim right there and take his crowm back.
>>83374516
>the portal will open up to a big empty nothing with maybe a single dead soul eating a sandwich.
"....hi."
>>83382354
No. That's green. This is red.
>>83382286
People keep saying this. Why? I don't get it.
>>83372423
>wears coat and cigarette again
did he grow attached to his stuff so much that it became part of his soul?
according to the solicit for BPRD #144 Varvara and Iosif are going to Hell
>>83382786
Personally think it adds to the dreamlike atmosphere of Mignola's Hell
>>83382798Brosif nooooo! D_:
I like how Hellboy basically destroyed hell and all the dicks in it mostly by just showing up
