12-07-2005
rereading the hellboy series after a year + loan to a friend.
i've come to appreciate 'wake the devil' as the finest story thus far. i have yet to read 'Strange Places', the latest story. Wake the Devil's maturity from 'seeds' reminds me of the growth neil gaiman's sandman series achieved from 'preludes' to 'doll's house'. in that series, rose, the protagonist, matures from directionless teenager to self-realized woman(and vortex).
wake the devil hones the rough characters from 'seeds' while also introducing new ones (like roger, the homonuculus, aptly made of clay) who will be shaped later in the series. abe sapien is the only one who is not directly addressed in this book. the rich fields of folklore mignola harvests his stories from is expertly handled here. from the vampire to hecate, the women of thessaly and homonuculi as well as the direct identification of rasputin and the crafting of the baba yaga as his own.
the supporting characters (both good and evil) are equally rich and not "red shirts". kroenen is not the 'boba fett' as portrayed in the Hellboy movie, but a longing, sympathetic character who just happens to look cool - and happens to grow bodies for future nazis.
the coloring is also a mature advance from 'seeds'.
everything in this book is cool and compelling.
and the collected book's intro from alan moore is bible truth in it's own right.
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good story about speilberg's munich:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177902,00.html
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it's too goddamn cold.
mmmmmm, hot chocie (with peeps?)
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