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Baltimore, Vol. 2: The Curse Bells
(Baltimore #2)
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A horrific ritual will create havoc on a small European town, as Lord Baltimore takes on the twisted blessing of vampiric nuns and an insane warlock!
Hardcover, First Edition, 144 pages
Published
July 13th 2012
by Dark Horse
(first published June 13th 2012)
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Lord Baltimore is on the trail of the vampire Haigus when he comes across a cloister of vampire nuns. Now he must stop the nuns and the magician leading them from cursing the church bells and dooming everyone within hearing range.
Wow. I am impressed. Lord Baltimore and the Curse Bells was amazing. This is my second volume of the Lord Baltimore books and I enjoyed this one quite a bit more than the first.
Lord Baltimore is still on the hunt of Haigus the elder vampire. This time his hunt takes him into Switzerland and Austria. But there is more than just vampires at play. An ancient evil has been awoken in a fallen convent and the Curse Bells may ring once again. This is the premise for Lord Baltimore in this excellent and ...more
Lord Baltimore is still on the hunt of Haigus the elder vampire. This time his hunt takes him into Switzerland and Austria. But there is more than just vampires at play. An ancient evil has been awoken in a fallen convent and the Curse Bells may ring once again. This is the premise for Lord Baltimore in this excellent and ...more
If you have been following my reviews(and there are tens of tens who do) you know you won't get an impartial review on a Mignola book. Love his style, the worlds and the subject matter. I'm a fan, so keep that in mind.
Baltimore's quest of tracking down the vampire, Haigus, takes him to post WWI Europe with vampiric nuns and a "priest" conducting a horrific ritual, Poe's The Bells, and a sadistic inquisitor trying to track down Baltimore for cleansing purposes makes for a dark, bloody, great stor ...more
Baltimore's quest of tracking down the vampire, Haigus, takes him to post WWI Europe with vampiric nuns and a "priest" conducting a horrific ritual, Poe's The Bells, and a sadistic inquisitor trying to track down Baltimore for cleansing purposes makes for a dark, bloody, great stor ...more
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 over by a bunch of slightly unstable nuns and a power mad warlock and finds himself helping out others as well as himself. Once again the illustrations are superb and really capture the story in all its gore filled glory
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Baltimore is still on the trail of the vampire Haigus who turned his family into vampires forcing him to kill them. The trail leads to Austria in 1916 where a gothic convent in the mountains houses Haigus, a warlock, and a number of cursed nuns. But they are not all in cahoots together as Baltimore will find out and the bells of the convent are yearning to ring out once more to the village beneath them...
The second Baltimore volume isn’t as good as the first book, maybe because it’s a smaller s ...more
The second Baltimore volume isn’t as good as the first book, maybe because it’s a smaller s ...more
I'd be completely dishonest, and thus quite remiss, if I was to admit that I wasn't somewhat apprehensive about the quality of Mignola's second addendum to the Baltimore mythos. It's not just the current state of disrepair that the realm of graphic novels has found itself in, and unfortunately I feel as though some of Mignola's recent work- within the realm of the B.P.R.D. has suffered this affliction as well. The ending of the first B.P.R.D. arc suffered from loose threads (some that still have
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Note: I receieved a free copy via Netgalley.
Baltimore: the Curse of the Bells.
I’ve never read Hellboy. I read, a long time ago, Rocket Raccoon which was the absolutely wonderful min-comic series when I was kid. When I picked up the Baltimore book, I was happy to see the connection. Mignola, Golden, and crew have an ability to weave truly gothic tales and refer to great works of literature. It’s wonderful. And this is coming from a reader who was turned off comics and graphic novels for the long ...more
Baltimore: the Curse of the Bells.
I’ve never read Hellboy. I read, a long time ago, Rocket Raccoon which was the absolutely wonderful min-comic series when I was kid. When I picked up the Baltimore book, I was happy to see the connection. Mignola, Golden, and crew have an ability to weave truly gothic tales and refer to great works of literature. It’s wonderful. And this is coming from a reader who was turned off comics and graphic novels for the long ...more
Creepy and bloody, just the way I like it!
Interesting premise.
World: The art is well done, this book's tone is set by the art and it's pretty grim and dark. The world building is solid, there is more context and information on how the world works and that's something the last book needed. The new pieces here with the nuns is interesting and the lore and the alternate history is always great.
Story: The Nazi Dumbo was a bit much, that part lost me a bit it overall it was a fun read. It's grim and dark and even for a fan of Mignola this ...more
World: The art is well done, this book's tone is set by the art and it's pretty grim and dark. The world building is solid, there is more context and information on how the world works and that's something the last book needed. The new pieces here with the nuns is interesting and the lore and the alternate history is always great.
Story: The Nazi Dumbo was a bit much, that part lost me a bit it overall it was a fun read. It's grim and dark and even for a fan of Mignola this ...more
"There may still be some of those vampire nuns..."
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This was more creepy than Baltimore: The Plague Ships, and that's saying something. Baltimore is still on the hunt for his one-eyed, scarred vampire nemesis, but he comes across a cult of demented nuns who follow an occultist bent on rebirthing a powerful sorceress.
I think this series is for readers who loved the Monster of the Week type programs such as Night Gallery or Thriller, or even episodic television like The Incredible Hulk where our lone hero conquers a different situation each week. ...more
I think this series is for readers who loved the Monster of the Week type programs such as Night Gallery or Thriller, or even episodic television like The Incredible Hulk where our lone hero conquers a different situation each week. ...more
Total old school gothic horror and vampire hunting fun. Vampire nuns?? Some proto-Nazi nutbar enslaving Haigus to harvest his vampire blood, and reanimating Helene Blavatsky (only tiny) and making her his servant? Yes please. Lots of creepy nastiness here. Love everything about this series, hope Lord Baltimore goes on hunting Haigus a while longer. I had to circle back on this one, having read them out of order, but they're so self contained, it wasn't a big problem (though it showed the inquisi
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Hard to go wrong with Mignola and Golden. Here we have the continuing saga of WWI vet and vampire hunter, Lord Baltimore. As ever, he seeks the ancient vampire Haigus, the monster responsible for the murder of Baltimore's family. Along the way we also get a necromancer with dreams of a brainwashed army, theosophist Madame Blavatsky resurrected as a bloody homunculus, cursed bells, forest demons, and a horde of vampire nuns. Mignola wears his influences on his sleeve and we get bits of Matthew Le
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I was expecting something similar to The Little Sisters of Eluria when the cliff notes mentioned the vampire nuns. I was pleasantly surprised by the avenue the author took. Truly beautiful work.
My one complaint, Baltimore has lost some shadow. I remember his face darker and more dangerous in the first volume. He hasn't gotten his revenge so I see no reason why he would have changed. I could be wrong. It has been a long while since reading the plague ship.
My one complaint, Baltimore has lost some shadow. I remember his face darker and more dangerous in the first volume. He hasn't gotten his revenge so I see no reason why he would have changed. I could be wrong. It has been a long while since reading the plague ship.
In this second book of the series, Lord Baltimore continues the hunt for his nemesis--the ancient vampire Haigus. But both Baltimore and Haigus are unexpectedly sidetracked by a twisted church filled with vampire nuns and an evil warlock. This book is MUCH darker than the first. The horrific rites and rituals, and all those creepy cursed nuns, covered the whole thing with a shadow.
We still don't get any more background or development on Baltimore. But I guess I'm okay with it, since the story is ...more
We still don't get any more background or development on Baltimore. But I guess I'm okay with it, since the story is ...more
I liked this one actually quite a bit better than the first volume, just because it wasn't treading back over as much ground from the novel. Ben Stenbeck remains my favorite non-Mignola artist working on Mignola properties, and I really liked the spots where the story touched on other weird creatures that were waking up in the world. Also, Stenbeck's pin-ups in the back were spectacular. I just with the Free Comic Book Day issue had been included. Hopefully it'll be in the next collection...
Great read! More please.
Alongside Guillermo Del Toro's Strain, this the best vampire fiction out there for those of us who can't stand sparkly, weepy vampires. Bloody good time!
Una maravilla. Tengo que conseguir el 1.
Beautifully done! Defnitely in keeping with the spirit of the story from the book.
I'm enjoying this series. The hero, Lord Baltimore is continuing on his journey to find Haigus, and avenge his family. But he has several obstacles in his way...for one the Inquisitor. I think he's really one of the villains in the story. Of course religion plays a huge part in it and even in the story I'm pissed that this man is using religion and god against people. I won't go on a rant but I seriously don't like this character and I hope eventually Baltimore deals with him.
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Cursing the bells to make anyone who hears them a slave seemed a bit of a roundabout convoluted way of doing things. I liked that the vampire nuns weren't really evil and were hopefully forgiven. I also thought it funny that the evil midget witch kept reminded me of the evil midget in Don't Look Now and that was her design basis! The reporter was a little too earnest and Baltimore being thwarted again was good. Despite loving his "story" I still find him personally annoying, though not as annoyi
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I am enjoying the hell out of this series. Mignola is delivering fantastic work, and it's solidly in the horror realm, with gory scenes like that of Madame Blavatsky being birthed through a victim's stomach after being resurrected from ashes and the blood of an ancient vampire. The artwork is gorgeous with a subdued color palette enhanced with bright splashes of blood red. The panel layouts are pleasing and simple, and easy to navigate. I am hooked on the characters and the story line, and I eag
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This series is far more solemn than most of Mignola's other books, except maybe the Witchfinder series, but the sober tone makes it no less enjoyable. I won't lie, at times I do miss the adventure, bombast, and humor of Hellboy, but Golden and Mignola weave a compelling tale of vampires and revenge, divorced from the baggage that comes with setting it in an established universe. Steinbeck's art is a perfect fit, and Dave Stewart's muted and de-saturated colors perfectly convey the gothic tone.
Ak bol volume 1 skvelý setup pre kvalitnú sériu, nebolo nutné dlho čakať, kým sa to poriadne rozbehne. Príbeh The Curse Bells posunul dobrodružstvá Lorda Baltimora o level vyššie. A to aj vďaka tomu, že sa začali riešiť záležitosti v oveľa širšom kontexte. Baltimorov súboj medzi tým, či dá prednosť osobnej pomste, alebo záchrane nevinných, z neho robí komplexného hrdinu, ktorý nie je až tak jednoducho čitateľný. A ten inkvizítor! Na facku.
Lord Baltimore sigue su cruzada de venganza y se topa con un pueblo plagado de vampiros, un convento que encierra a un hombre que le dice a unas monjas que el puede arreglar el mundo y una invocación muy jodida, todo ilustrado magistralmente por Steinbeck,que acá se sale con sus vampiros religiosos, la tortura del inquisidor, las peleas a manos completas, paginas llenas de terror y las campanas que te hielan la sangre.Muy contento con la serie.
Great followup to volume 1. The art continues to be incredibly striking with the simple shaded grays and red. The story continues to ramp up with revelations and intensifications that feel natural and organic to the story's progression as well as truths about this world. I loved the villain twist at the end (that I honestly should have seen coming sooner than I did).
Lord Baltimore continues his pursuit across Europe for his hated enemy. The Vampire, Haigus, always seems to be a step ahead. In this edition, joining the story with more than a small interest is the Inquisitor, Andre Duvic and a "War Correspondant" Simon Hodge. I'm really digging this. Not much more to say.
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Mike Mignola was born September 16, 1960 in Berkeley, California and grew up in nearby Oakland. His fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age (he doesn't remember why) and reading Dracula at age 13 introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore from which he has never recovered.
In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began wo ...more
In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began wo ...more
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