It’s been years now since Hellboy creator Mike Mignola delivered the finale to that sprawling horror universe, however it appears he nonetheless cannot fairly depart Hellboy and the gang behind. Mignola is returning to the franchise this summer time for a brand new standalone journey referred to as Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey is Gone.
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey is Gone options the gorgeous, painterly art work of Giuseppe Manunta (Artemis). Get a better have a look at Manunta’s work by testing his cowl artwork beneath:
Professor Harvey is Gone should not be fully unfamilair to hardcore Hellboy completists. The comedian is definitely tailored from a prose story written by Mignola’s frequent collaborator Christopher Golden. At this level, even Mignola is struggling to seek out new layers so as to add to the Hellboy universe, however he did see a beneficial alternative to provide visible life to that story.
“I’m an enormous fan of Giuseppe’s work so I used to be thrilled when he informed me he needed to do a Hellboy story—The solely drawback was that I had form of (lastly) run out of Hellboy tales,” mentioned Mignola in an announcement. ”My head is a lot in my new Lands Unknown sequence now that for some time I used to be actually drawing a clean. Then I remembered a plot I had given to Chris Golden some time again. He wrote it up as a Hellboy story for Weird Tales journal (The City within the Sea—Weird Tales subject 367), however that was an unillustrated prose story and there have been (I believed) some terrific visuals in that story so I believed Giuseppe could be a terrific artist to place these on paper. So I reworked that unique story and concept and turned it over to Giuseppe to work his magic.”
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey is Gone might be launched by Dark Horse on August 27, 2025.
As Mignola alludes above, a lot of his inventive consideration today is concentrated on constructing out a brand new fantasy universe referred to as Lands Unknown. Mignola just lately revealed the graphic novel Bowling with Corpses, the primary entry on this universe by way of Dark Horse and his Curious Objects imprint. It was one in every of IGN’s most anticipated new comedian books of 2025.
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