Books by Mike Mignola
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review 1: This was an excellent purchase. I don't like single-issue comics--too easy to damage, not great for re-reading--so I look for the graphic-novel bound versions as a rule. I'd read the books contained in this larger volume, but this compilation is even better because it contains so...
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review 1: Really enjoyed reading this graphic novel. It was a little dark, but you really can't beat a story with WWI German vampires in it. I thought Lord Henry Baltimore was an interesting character as well. His story was a little dreary, but his personal war against evil is his redeemin...
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review 1: Mignola manages to reference Dickens, Milton and Macbeth in this volume with tongue in cheek. Hellboy is also his trademark sarcastic, deadpan self which is enjoyable. Overall, the plot feels scant with Hellboy wandering through hell while meeting up with characters from his past...
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review 1: When you find something, anything, by Mike on a shelf unexpectedly several things happen in the span of a few seconds --Did I make the sound of a dying whale playing the tuba?Yep, it's the national anthem of my people. Did I scare anyone next to me?I pretty much frightened the en...
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review 1: I actually really liked how disturbing this graphic novel was. It's got that creepy, on-the-edge-of-your-toes feel to it. From vampires to demons, from monsters to shape-changers, from vampire nuns to human sacrifice... What a crazy story! Lord Henry Baltimore's character develop...
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review 1: I liked every story presented in "The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects". It was a unique collection of stories. "The Amazing Screw-on Head" short story had just the right type of humor to it, and I loved how Mike Mignola illustrated his daughter's story "The Magici...
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review 1: this was really great. I love Mignola's art, so this was a treat. What I found interesting was the serial feeling to the chapters. There was a little repetition that twinged my neck each time (and they are obvious lines that get repeated). Each chapter felt like a new issue o...
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review 1: This book, a direct continuation of volume 9 ("1946"), continues to make the mistakes of its predecessor. The first issues focus largely on a forgettable group of interchangeable soldiers (not unlike the group from the last volume) who are completely dispensable to the story most...
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review 1: Fun. Another Hellboy spin-off, although you had to be really paying attention to remember Grey. More enjoyable than Lobster Johnson (though I personally enjoy the pulps more than Victoriana). Very Mignola, & that is a good thing - this is very Lovecrafty with a touch of Poe (&...
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review 1: The great thing about Hellboy is that, even though there's a larger story at play, Hellboy books usually are broken up into "Meanwhile" stories that break continuity. This is why Hellboy books always feel fresh, while at the same time we get introduced to exciting new characters,...
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review 1: This is so much weaker than the novel preceding it. I don't think it is a spoiler to mention that the Baltimore novel doesn't feature Lord Baltimore very much, and he definitely isn't in the forefront of the story often. Instead, he floats along in the margins of the story slow...
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review 1: Within in the past year I've come back to reading the stories of Mike Mignola. The first book back was Joe Golem and the Drowning City he wrote with Christopher Golden and I really enjoyed that one. The next was about the puppet catechism and I've been reading the Abe Sapien comi...
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review 1: Mike Mignola lends his stylish art to a new generation of tales with a look at a plagued-devastated Europe. During the bloody skirmishes of World War I, vampiric creatures stirred among the dead of the battlefield. The lone survivor of a conflict, Lord Henry Baltimore found himse...
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review 1: "exploding zeppelins" в анотації – то трохи перебільшення. там вибухнув тільки один дирижабль. більше й не було, зрештою.ідея хороша: герой мимоволі розв'язує війну між людьми й вампірами (які щось середнє між вампірами у класичному розумінні й зомбаками; принаймні на то виглядає...
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review 1: For years now I've been meaning to pick up the stories for side characters in the BPRD and Hellboy universe and it is great to finally purchase and read the Lobster Johnson volumes. He is a delightfully simple character who has one goal: to make evil doers feel the claw of justi...
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review 1: This is getting monotonous, but yes, this is another good volume of the series, with the team doing their best to fight back against barely comprehensible menaces and maybe, possibly scoring a slight victory, but at the same time not sure if their pursuit of what they think is ri...
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review 1: Mike Mignola has been an "artists' artist" since he first blew everyone away in the mid-late eighties, emerging from behind a Walt Simonson/Jack Kirby fusion with his now unmistakable atmospheric and angular chiaroscuro style. Just as he was becoming one of the biggest names in c...
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review 1: Oh Hellboy, you're in it now. After having sacrificed his life to save the Earth from a Hell on Earth scenario, our average joe hero finds himself falling into his birth land. Here Mignola gives us a somber, lonely and stark view of the Land of the Damned. And it's here Hellboy c...
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review 1: ARC Provided by NetGalley Hell. A living Hell. That’s the best way to describe the current condition of the world. Strange and deadly creatures haunt the landscape and they hunt the humans they encounter. But there are survivors. A strange young woman named Fenix is able to ...
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review 1: The reading order that I used:*The Black Flame #1*War on Frogs #1*Revival (War on Frogs #5)*War on Frogs #2*War on Frogs #4*The Black Flame #2-6*War on Frogs #3This volume was published way after The Black Flame but contains flashback stories from that story arc...it was decent.I...
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review 1: As the title suggest, the story is set in the early days of the B.P.R.D. and features Trevor Bruttenholm (pronounced Broom)as the main protagonist. In this story he travels to post-war Berlin to try and seek any information about his young ward Hellboy. He finds himself stymied a...
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review 1: The B.P.R.D. is Hellboy without Hellboy, but don't let that dissuade you in the slightest. With a fantastic cast of disturbed non-humans, the B.P.R.D. is one of Mike Mignola's most ingenious creations, and this volume, "Being Human," collects a ton of content that serves as an in...
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review 1: More Hellboy-style adventures for Abe, with him meeting various monsters and/or demons, which is all nice enough, but nothing mindblowing. There's a pretty good story illustrated by Peter Snejbjerg that introduces the character of Iosif, who would go on to lead the Russian SSS, w...
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review 1: I am really really enjoying this series so far (and yes I know I've only read two so far but still). Here we find our anti-hero continuing on his quest to hunt down and destroy the vampire that took his leg and his family. He ends up in a small European town that has been taken...
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review 1: At this point in my life, I'm starting to wonder if I would ever pick up a Mignola book and NOT like it. His art style mesmerizes me still to this day, and the writing while it is simple, is incredibly complex and tells amazing stories of horror and mystery. I am sad it took me t...
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review 1: I am conflicted on this one. The illustrations were great. I enjoyed them. The stories themselves were either a complete mess or wonderful satire. The problem is that I am not totally sure which one. Looking at the reviews, it would seem that most lean one way or the other. Becau...
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review 1: I saw this at the library today, and while I do own it, I checked it out. My copy is hopelessly buried in a 35-year comic collection.This third read-through of the book brought a smile to my face. So many good lines, a turnip as a prison, gorgeous Mignola artwork. Everything come...
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review 1: This is an enjoyably dark collection of tales from the mind that created Hellboy beginning with the Amazing Screw-on Head, which finds the title character battling demons from inside a turnip with the aid of Mr Groin and Mr Dog. This collection also includes The Magician and the...
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review 1: The Amazing Screw-On Head is a masterpiece. Arguably one of Mike Mignola's finest achievements, this collection, including the short The Amazing Screw-On head story, as well as "other curious objects," is something I can only recommend to everyone. Perhaps twice. Actually, you mi...
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review 1: Not nearly as satisfying for me as a complete arc written and drawn by Mignola, but that appears to be a thing of the past. I find I still enjoy the Hellboy character and world as written by Mike Mignola, while Richard Corben and Duncan Fegredo both bring a strong and distinctive...
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review 1: this book is only 163 pages long - and it didn't really start til like page 100. There is a good, simple, creepy short story here that either, 1) an editor didn't condense or 2) an editor loved the story and wanted it extended to a novella. Either way - it was a mistake. I almos...
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review 1: Excellent storyline, and fast pacing. I enjoyed every minute of this read. I like it so much this book is going to be one of my keepers. It goes on the shelf (somewhere) until I can read it again or pass it on to a good friend. The book itself is well-made, and the dust jacket is...
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review 1: When I read a Mignola-related graphic novel I always expect excellence, and I am rarely disappointed. This collection did not disappoint. Nor was it my absolute favorite. Just another run-of-the-mill, amazing, page-turning Mignola book. It's a testament to the storytelling that I...
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review 1: Any fan of HELLBOY, whether in film or in the comics, knows that Abe Sapien is one of the closest friends the big guy has. They also know that Abe has been around a long time and while just as brave as Hellboy, he's not quite as ready to just run into the action without thinking...
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review 1: This collection is meant to mark the close of one lengthy chapter for B.P.R.D. (that would be the frogmen) and open another. And it's certainly a spectacular way of doing it. I'll be honest, I'd been getting a little tired of the frogmen, so it's kind of nice to see that they won...
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review 1: Okay, more stories by non-Mignola artists. The first few are great. But the last one, I wasn't too keen on and it felt like a terrible place to take up volume 12's ongoing story from. In any case; short stories. Pretty good except for the final one. Don't read this volume between...
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review 1: *2nd Reading*I really love Hellboy, but these last several TPB have made it harder to love. After the Conqueror Worm Storyline or so these one-shot collections become demonstrably better than the longer form ones (because Hellboy is always at his best when fighting Nazis). As suc...
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review 1: "CAAAMAAAZOOOTZ!" Richard Corben gets to take over like half of the book this time (and this is a pretty large book compared to previous volumes) and I am grateful for it. I love that Mike Mignola has gone out for a host of great talent for these stories as it's always wonderful ...
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review 1: This is a decent story that gives more credence to the "Occult-Nazi-fighting" aspect of the Hellboy universe. Herem Lobster Johnson is introduced as a fighter for justice against Nazi spies and saboteurs on American shores. Mignola tempers the absurdity of such a superhero with t...
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review 1: The series seems to keep plugging along, and yes, it's still pretty good. Two stories in this volume; the first sees Devon trying to escort the psychic girl Fenix back to BPRD headquarters and fighting some monsters along the way, and the second wraps up Captain Daimio's story as...
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review 1: Tanti racconti brevi che culminano in un paio di storie davvero interessanti. Mignola si conferma ancora una volta un grande autore, la sua capacità di sfruttare ambienti e temi horror strizzando l'occhio al thrilling ed al puro intrattenimento rendono molto piacevole anche una l...
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review 1: Lobster Johnson is a fine example of the pulp magazine hero from the 1930s and 1940s. He's a figure of darkness. His back story is unclear. He wears the same outfit all the time. He has a easily identified signature--a dark blue claw on his leather coat and a burning claw mark on...
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review 1: I remember reading this story in the single issues and having a hell of a time keeping track of what was going on from issue to issue. Reading this all as one volume has given me a new respect for the story. This is kind-of the last volume of Hellboy in a lot of senses, no matter...
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review 1: The End. Hmm. I think that I would recommend reading all of these collected trades in one go. This one just came out a few months ago, and as I look over the my 'read' comics shelf, I see that the last time I read a storyline TPB (as opposed to the last two, which were side story...
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review 1: And thus I'm all caught up with Hellboy, at least for the time being. Pretty awesome stuff in this volume, as the story that had been building for the last few volumes comes to a head, with Hellboy facing the evil queen/goddess Nimue as she gradually transforms into a dragon as t...
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review 1: Ainsi donc les aventures terrestres du plus humain des démons s'arrêtent là.C'est un choc, en quelque sorte.Parce que malgré tout le destin qui gravite autour d'Hellboy, je m'étais habitué à sa forme particulière de nonchalance. Et le voir finir dans ce tome qui n'est qu'une imme...
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review 1: For me, this is the weakest volume of the B.P.R.D. series thus far. As many of the other reviews have said, the strength of the series comes from it's collection of characters that you care about. Unfortunately, they are left by the wayside to tell this tale of Professor Brutte...
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review 1: Awesome apocalyptic horror. The team is starting to fragment even as they face two new threats, one who seems to be an evil ally and another that may spell the doom of the human race. An old friend is recently turned and now missing, and a longtime squad member is starting to fla...
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review 1: When I see Duncan Fregredo's name on something I expect pretty epic stuff now thanks to this and Darkness Calls. Fregredo continues to emulate Mignola while at the same time making everything bigger and louder. Mignola himself is doing his best work on an overall arc here in my o...
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review 1: I love the Mignola-verse, but "Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever" left me underwhelmed. The premise behind this volume is that our Victorian-era foe of the supernatural heads to the Wild West to track down a missing (and possibly evil) British Lord. There Gray g...
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review 1: Hellboy comes out of hiding to take part in the Wild Hunt where giants are hunted and beheaded. This leads to a bigger story where his life's purpose is brought up, his heritage is revealed, and his destiny is presented to him. A new enemy, a dead blood witch, is raising an army ...
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review 1: Being the middle act in Hellboy's final act, there's a lot of floating between point A and point B going on in this volume. I've always enjoyed Hellboy's struggle with the 'demon inside' and his struggle with wanting to be a hero and fearing he was something else. His growth and ...
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review 1: Не скажу, що аж така захоплива історія, як попередня, але може це тільки мені здається, що автори вирішили підлити трохи романтики в звичний коктейль із загрозливих прогнозів і боротьби за "власний шлях" усупереч фатуму?
review 2: Nothing is as it seems when giants ri...
review 2: Nothing is as it seems when giants ri...
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review 1: This library edition truly stands out from the others. While Mignola may not be drawing all the stories anymore, the quality of the stories is as good and often better than many of the others that make up the Hellboy canon. There are so many exceptional short stories in here. ...
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review 1: Since this is book 6 of the series, you've likely read the other books and ready for the continuing story. If you haven't read the other books in the series, this will probably be confusing and a lot of the punch will be lost since you won't have backgrounds on the characters fr...
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review 1: With this volume, BPRD is just treading water. Nothing important happens in any of the three stories included here. Just redshirts getting offed, and not in ways that further the overall story. The Pickens County Horror is something about vampires and mist, but never really de...
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review 1: ...And then some giant crabs attacked.Any story that has this happen somewhere in the plot is automatically awesome. I would recommend starting with book one of this series, but if it isn't handy, pretty much anyone can jump right into this volume three and they won't be lost.Of ...
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review 1: Mignola and co. continue to amaze with their incredible journey from X-Filesy funtime to straight-up apocalyptic hellscape. These stories focusing on lesser characters we've had the last few years makes for a refreshing change of pace, and it's especially rewarding to have as man...