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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb

by Mike Mignola

Following Hellboy's strange encounter with the new residents of the Crooked Man's home, a young spiritual sensitive still feels that something bad is going on in the old Virginia mansion . . . and she's right. Prepare for monsters and mayhem in the second half of Mike Mignola's return to the story of "The Crooked Man," with artist Zach Howard and colorist Dave Stewart!

Genres: Comics

Comic

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

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 working for Marvel Comics, first as a (very terrible) inker and then as an artist on comics like Rocket Raccoon, Alpha Flight and The Hulk. By the late 80s he had begun to develop his signature style (thin lines, clunky shapes and lots of black) and moved onto higher profile commercial projects like Cosmic Odyssey (1988) and Gotham by Gaslight (1989) for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser (1990) for Marvel. In 1992, he drew the comic book adaptation of the film Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps Comics.

In 1993, Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created Hellboy, a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. While the first story line (Seed of Destruction, 1994) was co-written by John Byrne, Mike has continued writing the series himself. There are, at this moment, 13 Hellboy graphic novel collections (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien and Witchfinder), three anthologies of prose stories, several novels, two animated films and two live-action films staring Ron Perlman. Hellboy has earned numerous comic industry awards and is published in a great many countries.

Mike also created the award-winning comic book The Amazing Screw-on Head and has co-written two novels (Baltimore, or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire and Joe Golem and the Drowning City) with best-selling author Christopher Golden.

Mike worked (very briefly) with Francis Ford Coppola on his film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer on the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and was visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). He lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, a lot of books and a cat.

Reviews

[Storm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hellboy "I don't know what but SOMETHING is going on in there."

This is the continuation of the return to Appalachia and to the legend of the Crooked Man, banished by Hellboy and Tommy a while ago. The strange little girl who has powers like Tommy (now an old man) did, powers she is employing to help Hellboy in various ways. The antagonists are of course up to all sorts of NO GOOD, and have to deal with Hellboy who stands in the way of their success. Kudos to Zach Howard because the art is absolutely beautiful again. With a little tighter editing this could easily have been 5 stars. It does however feel like this is setting up for more stories involving Sara, the special, strange little girl. I would not be opposed to reading more of her future adventures.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure if I even read the first issue. This was fun, nonetheless.

[Sophia K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this needed more than two issues. I hope they continue the series