Admittedly, I’m not a huge comic book fan, I enjoy the horror stuff and have always loved Superman, but generally, It’s a medium that has never really tripped my trigger. I attended the Chicago C2E2 Comic and Entertainment Expo over the weekend and covered the show for Horror Society and had a really great time. I’ve got some news bits for you guys that I thought might be of interest to us genre fans from Dark Horse Comics, who seem to be putting out some really great stuff. There’s a new graphic novel on the way for the beloved Hellboy entitled Hellboy The Midnight Circus from Mike Mignola and returning artist Duncan Fegredo, read on for more details.
From The Press Release
Following up on a collaboration which spanned multiple series, leading up to Mike Mignola’s return to both writing and drawing his beloved demon, artist Duncan Fegredo returns to tell a story about a young Hellboy’s first brush with hell.
In this beautifully drawn fifty-six-page graphic novel, a young Hellboy runs away from the B.P.R.D., only to stumble upon a weird and fantastical circus and the few demons from hell who inhabit it.
“This one owes a lot to Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes (pretty much my favorite circus story of all time), but even more to Pinocchio—especially all the spooky, disturbing bits Disney left out. And the work Duncan is doing here is just flat-out amazing,” said Mike Mignola.
“Growing up is tough enough, even when you don’t know the weight of the world rests on the future of your yet-diminutive shoulders. Mike has woven a tale of coming of age for the young Hellboy made all the more poignant for knowing his future. Wonderful, magical, terrifying, this is epic Hellboy on a smaller stage,” Duncan Fegredo added.
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus arrives in a beautiful hardcover format similar to the previously released Hellboy: House of the Living Dead (created in collaboration with legendary artist Richard Corben in 2011). This new tale arrives on shelves on October 23, carrying a retail price of $14.99.
