Hellboy/Beasts of Burden, and Whatever Else Might Be On Your Mind

Any comments or questions regarding the Hellboy/Beasts of Burden crossover, or, as the subject indicates, anything else, let me know down below. Buy any comics besides ours? Have tickets to see Pee Wee Herman in NYC? (I'm jealous, if you do). How's your halloween costume going, y'know, that "drunken person" outfit you're working on? Seen any good movies, read any good books for pumpkin season? Finding that thar Throwback Pepsi-Cola easily enough?

Me? Been busy working on the (late, but getting there and looking pretty okay) Yo Gabba Gabba strips, been tired, been on a rotten schedule, been unable to come up with any decent blog posts, been working on stuff I owe people, been junking more of the collection. Been trying to watch the old Karloff Mummy for Halloween, haven't had time to sit down long enough. Halloween is all about Emily nowadays, anyway, which is more than fine, bit I do miss thew ye olde days of Shocktober at the Lawgiver's, watching horror DVD's and running the foul mouth like a busted tap. I have ben able to read some horror books and comics, mostly in short bursts, some Lovecraft-based stories from old pulps and fanzines (partly for Halloween, partly for "mood" research for what I hope will be an eventual Beasts of Burden story centering on Dymphna and some of the non-dog characters), that Fantagraphics pre-code horror comic anthology. Fun stuff. I've been listening to a lot -- perhaps too much - old time horror radio and mystery shows. I'm exhausting the output, delving into UK and Australian and South African series, BBC serials and shows and readings of short stories and whatnot. Been drawing, and at times it gets boring, so I find these old shows quite alluring.

Sort of a poem, that last bit. Sort of a stupid poem. Sit down, Mr. Dorkin. That wil be quite enough of that.

Anyway, I hope folks liked the comic book if they picked it up/read it at the store/pirated it/shoplifted it/borrowed it. My sincere thanks to Mike Mignola for the crossover idea and for lending us his biggest contract star (not to mention his alternate cover), to my partner Jill Thompson for her always wonderful artwork which brings Burden Hill to life, to Jason Arthur for the lettering under pressure, and to our crackerjack editorial team -- Scott Allie, Sierra Hahn and Freddye Lins. Not to mention, thanks to Sarah for her assistance and advice. And anyone else at DHC who had a hand or lent a paw towards getting this nail-biter production of a comic onto the shelves on time, despite the odds against it.

I have no idea when Jill and I are going to get another Beasts of Burden comic done. Hopefully we'll have something out in 2011, fingers crossed. We shall see.

Latersville, gang. Have a safe and happy Halloween. It's the bestest holiday there is.