I LOVE Mike Mignola. He has an amazing way of making the things in his comics just....cool, and cool in a "First time you read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and wanted a Nautilus of your own"-type of cool). When I first read Hellboy I wasn't expecting the dive into mythology, Cryptozoology, and the Occult that the stories took, but was extremely pleased when they did. Amazing Screw-on head is a high point of Steampunk in comics, with equal parts horror, adventure, a little Romance, with a very generous helping of surreal mixed into the pot...everything that makes Steampunk great.
Alas, I haven't read The Witchfinder yet. Not the mini series showcased here, the one that came before it, Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels:
Mike Mignola teams up with artist Ben Stenbeck (B.P.R.D.: The Ectoplasmic Man) for a look into one of the Hellboy universe's greatest enigmas: nineteenth-century occult investigator Edward Grey! In one of Grey's first cases as an agent of the queen, he goes from the sparkling echelons of Victorian London to its dark underbelly, facing occult conspiracies, a rampaging monster, and the city's most infamous secret society: the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra.
It sounded cool, but it isn't a Weird Western. However if Mike Mignola had had his hands on it, it was bound to be good. Then I head about the sequel, and my head went through the roof. Edward Grey follows the Heliopic Brotherhood to the Old West!
In the hellish frontiers of the American Wild West, nineteenth--century occult investigator Edward Grey hunts down a fiendish member of the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra. What he finds is a town harboring bloodthirsty criminals and terrible supernatural horrors!
Wow, that sounds REALLY cool, I'm sold. Mignola doing an Old West occult story with a kick ass British Occult Investigator? Sounds amazing.
Mike Mignola and John Acula did the story, while the great John Severin did the artwork (with Mignola doing the some of the covers) It was released this past Wednesday (February 2nd) and its costs $2.99
Also, CBR: The Comic Book Resource site has posted a 6 page preview which you can see HERE.
As soon as I'm able to get my hands on a copy, Ill give you guys a review!
5 comments:
Sounds cool. The first Witchfinder limited didn't really hold my interest for reasons I can't quite put my finger on, but this has an interesting concept.
I hope its good, Its nice to see some variety to Weird Westerns and not so many Zombies :D
Ooooh, must get. BIG fan of Mike's. Big big big.
Thanks for the heads up. It's cool seeing Arcudi working with Mignola again, though I wish Mike was drawing more stuff himself.
Hey since I'm posting, I thought I'd give a heads up on this. It's a Weird West animation made by 6 students. It's pretty good stuff!
http://vimeo.com/17914974
Thank you Shonokin, Posted about The Backwater Gospel today! :D
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