Five years ago, Mike Mignola's Hellboy In Hell came out and wowed Mike Mignola fans. With the recent release of the Library Edition of Hellboy In Hell, I dug up a little something I wrote and an interview I did with Mignola. Over the years, his work has remained timeless and his style consistent. Check out what he had to say.
January 11th, 2013
It's nice when a comic creator finds himself loving the character or the book he's working on so much that he just doesn't want to quit. Mike Mignola is that guy. I had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Mignola recently, and he had much to say about Hellboy In Hell, his current series, and how he likes being able to do what he's always wanted to do... draw monsters. I got the feeling from our conversation, that after telling stories about the same character for 20 years, Mignola is rewarding himself by opening up his own playground of unlimited surrealism wherein he can create and destroy, twist and evolve, and draw all the monsters he wants. Trust me, he's off to a good start with this new title, and the playing has only just begun.
Hellboy in Hell visits old friends and enemies, a puppet show version of A Christmas Carol, and takes a look at the circumstances behind Hellboy's birth. It explores the details of the character that make him human while he wanders around a strange and fascinating place surrounded by demons.
Mike Mignola and I also spoke about the covers for the classic Batman story arc, "Dark Knight, Dark City" and the 3 issue Batman Elseworlds series, The Doom That Came To Gotham. His writing on the Elseworlds series and art on the covers for both stories, reflected a dark Lovecraftian flare in his style that made Mignola a fitting choice for his work on Batman. Years later, fans still ask when he's going to return to working with the "Dark Knight Detective."