They can be a part of it, if they are properly earned and used, and not overused. The problem is a lot of directors lean on them like crutches and use them at the wrong times.
Mignola is my all time favorite comic writer. I've noticed a few other tropes he likes to employ. - Distant locations, mostly devoid of humans - Trenchcoats and ill-fitting uniforms - A character falling through the ground into a more supernatural realm - Redshirt soldiers and B.P.R.D. agents - Nature vs. Nurture - "Pet the dog" moments where Hellboy is sweet to a kid, animal or scared person - Nazi sci-fi and occultism - Fate vs. Free Will - Settings that could be in an ambiguous time period if the date wasn't given
The BPRD really doesn't consist of Red Shirts, at least in the mainline Hellboy series. I can't speak for the BPRD series, since I haven't read it yet.
@@mr.x6313 B.P.R.D. focuses on an ensemble of old and new characters, but there are plenty of red shirts in the background. It's a great continuation, well worth the read. It has more action and isn't as introspective as Hellboy, but the story telling is great as always.
It seems pretty self-evident that it was used as a "socially-acceptable" way of getting rid of unwanted children during a time when it was no longer acceptable to simply leave "undesirables" in the forest with little in the way of further communal justification. It's deplorable to us now but in the time of the apotheosis of this myth children were more like employees - a labor force - when it came to serfs, the peasantry, and agricultural workers. Christianity still made the act feel abhorrent but where religion prohibits pragmatism creates loopholes in our conscience. Those that need tending slow down work, if work slows down the harvest is less bountiful, if the harvest is less bountiful you wont have enough in your stores come winter, if this is the case when winter arrives you all starve. I never want to see a return to that kind of living.
And to my recollection, the fairy babies are actual babies that are swapped so that the humans will take care of and raise them. Kind of like an animal that lays it’s eggs in another’s nest to be hatched there.
Lol i thought you were talking about the writer when you said he was brought into this world during a nazi occult experiment. I was like damn that must’ve been rough.
I have never read any Hellboy comics, but when I saw Hellboy carrying around the corpse, it seemed familiar. I looked it up, and I guess they borrowed the corpse from this story for the first Hellboy movie. I remembered Hellboy carrying it around. Kudos to the filmmakers for using the source material.
Del Terro done a great job distilling the spirit and vibe of the comics infusing it with recognisable established movie Franchises such as M.I.B. it made sense that the B.P. R.D. and Hellboy were serving in silence and secrecy rather than in the comics they were public knowledge almost like the C.D.C.
couldnt agree more. actually i could; ito doesnt sort of do them, he's perfected them. not exaggerating, he's majorly known for using the comic book medium as a jump scare.
Let’s debate? I don’t think ito does jump scares yes their are some stories were the monsters pop out like the lady in the window or the screaming lady but I would “argue” don’t mean to argue that he does a slow burn with his work with examples like iragami fault and the man in the chair it’s just a slow suspenseful mind fuck
What about falling through the ground/floor into a larger hidden room. It doesn't happen in 'The Corpse' but it does happen a lot in other Hellboy stories.
I want to be a graphic novel writer like him. I want to know how he lasted so long without his work getting boring like most other writers. I liked how its a combo of horror,action, and a little comedy.
I think Hellboy is far more than just a horror comic. It's a pulp throwback modernized correctly. Keep the feelings and history of the 30s and 40s but make it set in the modern day with modern characters and Hellboy is basically a jaded, demonic Conan who plays slightly better with others.
Why is why I love it. For some adults it's Disney movies. For me it's Clash of The Titans, Sinbad , James Bond, Doc Savage, Captain Nemo, War Lords of Atlantis, Journey To The Centre of The Earth, Indiana Jones also Bigfoot and myths and legends. Later I got into Horror which ties in with the monsters and those who fight them. Hellboy distills all this perfectly.
Wow this is great, I've always wanted to learn more behind the myths these stories reference. I'm a big Hellboy fan and you just got yourself a subscriber
Another great video. Regarding what you said about horror in comics, maybe you don't read manga, but Junji Ito is THE MASTER of horror in comics, and his work is also very lovecraftian. Keep up the good work, your videos are great
When you were talking about pacing and the ghost appearing on to the rope, I also noticed that in the panel when the body appeared the rope now had tension on it. That attention to detail was great.
Mignola is one of the best. Thanks. I would even consider his page layouts as a trope. He can use multiple views on one page to tell the story. It's an approach that few artists can do.
That's an interesting addition. Thanks! There are certainly other tropes that I didn't get to touch in this particular issue so maybe some day I'll be able to revisit Mignola again.
With all of the creators involved in Dark Horse's Legends imprint; Art Adams, John Byrne, Frank Miller, Walt Simonson, etc, I'm surprised that Mignola saw so much more success than the others. Of course Miller did well, he was already a huge name, but Mignola never saw the kind of fame Miller had until he came up with Hellboy, and that was because he totally committed to the work and his own vision for the character and the world Hellboy represents. Meanwhile, everyone else had to move on... I can't remember the last time I saw a Monkeyman and O'Brian or Madman Comic...
Great analysis! One minor correction though - the faerie / changeling folklore you describe and Mignola referenced, is actually Irish. With that minor change the setting is much more consistent. (I know this seems a little pedantic, but given the deeply contentious nature of the Anglo-Irish relationship, it's an important nuance)
Beautiful video, and very good analysis on the story and the drawing style! Just a little note: the italian word ''chiaroscuro'' can be literally translated in ''light and dark'', but the term itself isn't really translatable: we use this word to indicate a black and white drawing style that involves representing a strong but soft light that produces a soft shadow on the object represented; so, the term doesn't apply to a drawing with strong, defined black and white contrast, but more to a drawing in which the lights slowly turn into shadows through various shades of grey ;)
A strong influence on Hellboy is Jack Kirby’s DC comic DEMON which is also a good example of horror comics in that period. Kirby himself was more of a monster comic book artist before his popular Marvel work. It would be interesting to take a closer look at that period when superheroes were not the dominant genre in comics. Richard Corbin, also one of the best Hellboy guest artists was another great influence. Really, Hellboy is more a mashup of Kirby and Corben.
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Fantastic Hellboy analysis. I think Mignola's vast knowledge of the occult and mythology really adds something that so many other horror stories miss the mark on. To me it's more spooky and fun if it at least has some basis in history and mythology.
So I really enjoyed Hellboy, but the BPRD comic when Guy Davis was artist is my favorite from the Hellboy universe. I enjoyed the moodiness of the series, and the stories were very engaging
Cosmic Odyssey from DC comics is a fantastic example of Mignola's work. Story by Starlin and starring several New Gods. So if you'd like to see Mignola doing Kirby in a pretty epic story, this is absolutely for you!
My favourite comic book series. Hellboy is amazing. Currently I'm not reading the devil you know because I just have no idea how long it is going to be, what the focus is, i just don't have enough information about it. plus, there is the cost. But those Hellboy Library editions are super nice and I love reading hellboy. Super sad that mignola isn't doing the artwork anymore. and he is barely doing any of the covers anymore. at first the hellboy and BPRD books were not bad. but then i just started losing interest in them. nothing compares to the early days of hellboy with that amazing mignola artwork. I also thought Duncan Fegredo's artwork was great too with the wild hunt and whatever else he did.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎵 Introduction and Background of Mike Mignola - Mike Mignola's entry into the industry in the mid-80s, transition to creator-owned title "Hellboy" in 1994. - Mignola's unique blend of styles, likened to Jack Kirby and HP Lovecraft. 01:53 🖼️ Negative Space Technique in Art - Exploration of Mike Mignola's use of negative space in composition. - Emphasis on evoking mood and overall layout rather than intricate details. 04:21 👶 Introduction of Hellboy and Setting the Mood - Hellboy's origin as a paranormal investigator with American roots. - Mike Mignola's mastery in setting the mood through gothic and eerie establishing shots. 06:28 🔑 Myth of Teague Okhane and Supernatural Elements - Introduction to the myth of Teague Okhane and its adaptation in the Hellboy story. - Supernatural elements like the changeling fairy, Jenny Green Teeth, and dream logic. 09:21 📚 Pacing and Horror in Comics - Examination of how pacing is used to create a horror effect in comics. - Effective use of reveal in consecutive panels to build suspense. 12:31 🦴 Kirby-esque Monsters and Visual Elements - Mike Mignola's homage to Jack Kirby through the creation of Kirby-esque monsters. - Recurring visual elements like skeletons, chapels, and graves in Mignola's work. 15:27 🪨 Dream Logic and Supernatural Resolution - Exploration of the use of dream logic in storytelling, drawing inspiration from HP Lovecraft. - Supernatural resolution with Hellboy's timely burial and interaction with the older fairy. Made with HARPA AI
Changed the halfway like to a dislike purely for the Sooperman comparison. How dare you?! You're stealing my childhood. Otherwise pretty good analysis. Newly subbed.
Recently I read a comic, Head Lopper. The main character is cursed to lug around the head of witch he decapitated, much like this Hellboy story, The Corpse. Such a great comic-related YT channel. Currently my favorite. Keep it going, skunkape
I kinda wish there were a Hellboy/The Witcher cross-over comic, but I'm not sure how stupid an idea it would be - I know it would be stupid, but it could be a good kind of stupid like that Predator/Batman piece. Perhaps in a sort-of "Slavic Mythology vs. Western European Mythology" kind of premise. Idk. Probably a dumb idea.
Yeah but all the dumbasses pissed on it cause it wasn't PG rated and politically correct, David Harbour did a brilliant job, as did the rest of the cast, they set up for Abe and the undying perfectly, Lobster Johnson was great, Daimio was done perfectly, Alice was hilarious, and while not scary babayaga was creepy af I hope we do see a sequel
The idea that horror can't be properly done in comics is just laughable to me. Perhaps you can't do terror, but horror comes as easily to comics as it does to any other medium. If anything, I've been more scared by comics than I've ever been by movies, games, etc..
To say you cannot do horror in comics is to reduce horror to a jump scare. Horror as a genre (especially good horror) is far more than a gimmick of timing and music, it is about mood, emotion, psychology, and the existential exploration of what causes not just fright but true fear. Mignola is a master Gothic Horror with its atmospheric approach to subconscious dread over lack of true control over one's life and world.
I've seen three reviews of this same story and i gotta say yours is the best.I know you don't answer comments but thanks for this and above all things,Keep Drinking.
I have not read it but I have heard of it. I only know it's an Italian comic about some sort of adventurer. I would guess you're bringing it up because it could be an influence?
skunkape I don't think it is an influence but, with the diversity of comic book authors you have analyzed, I thought it would be nice if someday you read some of Hugo Pratt's work and then analyze it. Greetings and salutations from Guatemala :)
@@ComicTropes Corto Maltese was also a favorite of Frank Miller.He even made a homage by giving it's name to an island that plays a prominent role in The Dark Knight Returns story.
You absolutely can do horror in comics, just get whoever illustrated those scary stories to tell I’m the dark books... seriously scarred my whole generation back in the late 80s-early 90s
Ollie Not Pauly, Wally or even Holly. The “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark “ books were collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz, and illustrated by Stephen Gammell. (I ran over and grabbed my copy off of the bookshelf when I read your comment!) The illustrations are the reason I bought the collected version of those books in the first place- good call!
I read those books in elementary school and the stories in 3 to me got to me the most. The harold story spooked me alot as a kid and I was last in elementary school back in 2007. Read the stories back in '04
Jack Kirby meets German Expressionism in terms of style. Lovecraft in terms of themes.
I like that.
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Jump scares aren't horror.
Welcome to my TED talk.
They can be a part of it, if they are properly earned and used, and not overused. The problem is a lot of directors lean on them like crutches and use them at the wrong times.
I think you don't like jump scares because you think they're TOO SCARY!
@@kgpspyguy no, they're just annoying
@@kgpspyguy they're a cheap trick used to create fake scares in PG-13 horror flicks. Once you rewatch the movie you'll see them coming.
Yeah but what if a skeleton jumpscares you? That would be at least a little horror, right?
Mignola is my all time favorite comic writer. I've noticed a few other tropes he likes to employ.
- Distant locations, mostly devoid of humans
- Trenchcoats and ill-fitting uniforms
- A character falling through the ground into a more supernatural realm
- Redshirt soldiers and B.P.R.D. agents
- Nature vs. Nurture
- "Pet the dog" moments where Hellboy is sweet to a kid, animal or scared person
- Nazi sci-fi and occultism
- Fate vs. Free Will
- Settings that could be in an ambiguous time period if the date wasn't given
Dama Don’t forget...
- Daryl
Isn't "trope" a bit insulting of a word?
@@greysky1252 Nah, there are good and bad tropes. They are only good if you use them right.
The BPRD really doesn't consist of Red Shirts, at least in the mainline Hellboy series. I can't speak for the BPRD series, since I haven't read it yet.
@@mr.x6313 B.P.R.D. focuses on an ensemble of old and new characters, but there are plenty of red shirts in the background. It's a great continuation, well worth the read. It has more action and isn't as introspective as Hellboy, but the story telling is great as always.
The Changeling myth is actually quite dark, as it was used to explain childern with Down Syndrome or autism
Interesting, have you got a source for this?
It seems pretty self-evident that it was used as a "socially-acceptable" way of getting rid of unwanted children during a time when it was no longer acceptable to simply leave "undesirables" in the forest with little in the way of further communal justification. It's deplorable to us now but in the time of the apotheosis of this myth children were more like employees - a labor force - when it came to serfs, the peasantry, and agricultural workers. Christianity still made the act feel abhorrent but where religion prohibits pragmatism creates loopholes in our conscience. Those that need tending slow down work, if work slows down the harvest is less bountiful, if the harvest is less bountiful you wont have enough in your stores come winter, if this is the case when winter arrives you all starve. I never want to see a return to that kind of living.
And to my recollection, the fairy babies are actual babies that are swapped so that the humans will take care of and raise them. Kind of like an animal that lays it’s eggs in another’s nest to be hatched there.
They also explained baby’s with physical deformities
This is correct, its taught during learning disability care training seminars on the history of institutional abuse
Lol i thought you were talking about the writer when you said he was brought into this world during a nazi occult experiment. I was like damn that must’ve been rough.
Congrats. That would make an excellent character. Using his Nazi given powers to fight evil.
That's rough buddy.
I know it seems weird, but I love how he draws trees, good old fashioned leafless trees like we see in old horror illustrations
Mignola is also responsible for one of my favourite character interactions:
"Well, permit me to say poppycock."
"YOU MAY!"
"...Poppycock."
The amazing screw on head!
I see you're a man of culture as well.
You let American down...
I have never read any Hellboy comics, but when I saw Hellboy carrying around the corpse, it seemed familiar. I looked it up, and I guess they borrowed the corpse from this story for the first Hellboy movie. I remembered Hellboy carrying it around. Kudos to the filmmakers for using the source material.
joefan82 Yup! Strong visual.
Del Terro done a great job distilling the spirit and vibe of the comics infusing it with recognisable established movie Franchises such as M.I.B. it made sense that the B.P. R.D. and Hellboy were serving in silence and secrecy rather than in the comics they were public knowledge almost like the C.D.C.
I don't know man, you know that Japanese dude Junji Ito (I might have misspelled) he sort of does jump scares in comics
couldnt agree more. actually i could; ito doesnt sort of do them, he's perfected them. not exaggerating, he's majorly known for using the comic book medium as a jump scare.
Let’s debate?
I don’t think ito does jump scares yes their are some stories were the monsters pop out like the lady in the window or the screaming lady but I would “argue” don’t mean to argue that he does a slow burn with his work with examples like iragami fault and the man in the chair it’s just a slow suspenseful mind fuck
I always loved Mignola's art, I'm so glad he started his own comic with an original character. We need more Hellboy movies!
careful what you wish for...
we need more animated hellboy movies:( the mid 2000s ones were so fun and well done!
What about falling through the ground/floor into a larger hidden room. It doesn't happen in 'The Corpse' but it does happen a lot in other Hellboy stories.
*taps baby* "your real"
He was real!
What a story to tell them later in life...
That baby looks very confused lol
I want to be a graphic novel writer like him. I want to know how he lasted so long without his work getting boring like most other writers. I liked how its a combo of horror,action, and a little comedy.
I think Hellboy is far more than just a horror comic. It's a pulp throwback modernized correctly. Keep the feelings and history of the 30s and 40s but make it set in the modern day with modern characters and Hellboy is basically a jaded, demonic Conan who plays slightly better with others.
Why is why I love it. For some adults it's Disney movies. For me it's Clash of The Titans, Sinbad , James Bond, Doc Savage, Captain Nemo, War Lords of Atlantis, Journey To The Centre of The Earth, Indiana Jones also Bigfoot and myths and legends. Later I got into Horror which ties in with the monsters and those who fight them.
Hellboy distills all this perfectly.
Kinky stuff in the background.
Wow this is great, I've always wanted to learn more behind the myths these stories reference. I'm a big Hellboy fan and you just got yourself a subscriber
Welcome.
Another great video. Regarding what you said about horror in comics, maybe you don't read manga, but Junji Ito is THE MASTER of horror in comics, and his work is also very lovecraftian. Keep up the good work, your videos are great
I've read Yon & Mu and Uzamaki by Junji Ito. He's good.
Junji Ito is a hack.
I think Hellboy would be more fit for a television or animated series
Gruagach is a Irish name and is pronounced "Groo-eh-goch" rather than the "Grow-gatch" than you would suspect (not to sound like a know-it-all)
We're talking about one of the most unique and expressive art styles in comics and you have rob liefeld's captain america on the wall, I love it 😂
When you were talking about pacing and the ghost appearing on to the rope, I also noticed that in the panel when the body appeared the rope now had tension on it. That attention to detail was great.
And the hanged man is gone again in the panel where HB meets the three fairies carrying the corpse.
What a great baby you found! Excellent casting.
Mignola is one of the best. Thanks.
I would even consider his page layouts as a trope. He can use multiple views on one page to tell the story. It's an approach that few artists can do.
That's an interesting addition. Thanks! There are certainly other tropes that I didn't get to touch in this particular issue so maybe some day I'll be able to revisit Mignola again.
I particularly love his use of existing myth.
With all of the creators involved in Dark Horse's Legends imprint; Art Adams, John Byrne, Frank Miller, Walt Simonson, etc, I'm surprised that Mignola saw so much more success than the others. Of course Miller did well, he was already a huge name, but Mignola never saw the kind of fame Miller had until he came up with Hellboy, and that was because he totally committed to the work and his own vision for the character and the world Hellboy represents. Meanwhile, everyone else had to move on... I can't remember the last time I saw a Monkeyman and O'Brian or Madman Comic...
Great analysis! One minor correction though - the faerie / changeling folklore you describe and Mignola referenced, is actually Irish. With that minor change the setting is much more consistent. (I know this seems a little pedantic, but given the deeply contentious nature of the Anglo-Irish relationship, it's an important nuance)
There are legends of changelings in English folklore.
A lot of Europe has the same folklore of babies replaced by fairies and is common to all of the UK. The word fairy is actually drived from French btw
Beautiful video, and very good analysis on the story and the drawing style!
Just a little note: the italian word ''chiaroscuro'' can be literally translated in ''light and dark'', but the term itself isn't really translatable: we use this word to indicate a black and white drawing style that involves representing a strong but soft light that produces a soft shadow on the object represented; so, the term doesn't apply to a drawing with strong, defined black and white contrast, but more to a drawing in which the lights slowly turn into shadows through various shades of grey ;)
N. Tomorse Agreed. What Mignola does is more in line with the concept of 'notan'.
Should be taking swigs of Hellboy Hell Water. 66.6 proof.
Pop up, or jump scares are horrible trope in horror movies.
A strong influence on Hellboy is Jack Kirby’s DC comic DEMON which is also a good example of horror comics in that period. Kirby himself was more of a monster comic book artist before his popular Marvel work. It would be interesting to take a closer look at that period when superheroes were not the dominant genre in comics.
Richard Corbin, also one of the best Hellboy guest artists was another great influence. Really, Hellboy is more a mashup of Kirby and Corben.
I'm surprised they made a whole comic series based on that lousy 2019 movie.
SMH
This is sarcasm, right?
@@crystalalumina
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Mignola is so classy and one of my biggest inspirations. Love this episode.
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If you do Hellboy again, the story with Darryl the wendigo is a must
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When Hellboy held the faerie with the iron reminded me of the story of St. Dunstan and the Devil.
Dalton Rife Mignola pours through untold numbers of myth and folklore books. I bet he got the idea from that story.
There's another Hellboy story which addresses that tale directly.
17:53 Wow. That baby looks identical to the one in the book.
I got most Hellboy comics on paper, including this one, but I love to hear other people talking about them, I always discover new things
Junji Ito. Nuff said to naysayers of horror comics.
Haha your baby looked insulted he was like " waddya mean I'm real, I ain't no fugazi"
Just want to be clear: not my baby. I don’t have any kids.
look at Eduardo Risso's art
in my opinion his use of negative space is far
more creative that Mignola's
To each their own. Risso is great and I'm a fan. I just happen to be a bigger fan of Mignola.
Fantastic Hellboy analysis. I think Mignola's vast knowledge of the occult and mythology really adds something that so many other horror stories miss the mark on. To me it's more spooky and fun if it at least has some basis in history and mythology.
Isn't that Archie comic framed behind a bit...gay ?.?
Thats the point
Ugh ...grunt....wow that's audacious.
I think of it more as a folklore comic.
So I really enjoyed Hellboy, but the BPRD comic when Guy Davis was artist is my favorite from the Hellboy universe. I enjoyed the moodiness of the series, and the stories were very engaging
I was frustrated with a page I was working on and this really helped. Thanks!
"And I'll respect this going down my throat."
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
Cosmic Odyssey from DC comics is a fantastic example of Mignola's work. Story by Starlin and starring several New Gods. So if you'd like to see Mignola doing Kirby in a pretty epic story, this is absolutely for you!
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My favourite comic book series. Hellboy is amazing. Currently I'm not reading the devil you know because I just have no idea how long it is going to be, what the focus is, i just don't have enough information about it. plus, there is the cost. But those Hellboy Library editions are super nice and I love reading hellboy. Super sad that mignola isn't doing the artwork anymore. and he is barely doing any of the covers anymore. at first the hellboy and BPRD books were not bad. but then i just started losing interest in them. nothing compares to the early days of hellboy with that amazing mignola artwork. I also thought Duncan Fegredo's artwork was great too with the wild hunt and whatever else he did.
Very enjoyable. I like this style of artwork.
I can pore over the pages forever. If I were to get a tattoo, it'd probably be a design from Mignola like a sun or moon.
8:23 junji ito is the only artist who’s jump scared me with a page turn
I never liked super heroes. It's just not my thing, but I love love love comics like hell boy, bprd, etc
"I was going to give my inheritance to your cousin the bailiff, but ever since you brought that prostitute home I've had a sudden change of heart!"
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🎵 Introduction and Background of Mike Mignola
- Mike Mignola's entry into the industry in the mid-80s, transition to creator-owned title "Hellboy" in 1994.
- Mignola's unique blend of styles, likened to Jack Kirby and HP Lovecraft.
01:53 🖼️ Negative Space Technique in Art
- Exploration of Mike Mignola's use of negative space in composition.
- Emphasis on evoking mood and overall layout rather than intricate details.
04:21 👶 Introduction of Hellboy and Setting the Mood
- Hellboy's origin as a paranormal investigator with American roots.
- Mike Mignola's mastery in setting the mood through gothic and eerie establishing shots.
06:28 🔑 Myth of Teague Okhane and Supernatural Elements
- Introduction to the myth of Teague Okhane and its adaptation in the Hellboy story.
- Supernatural elements like the changeling fairy, Jenny Green Teeth, and dream logic.
09:21 📚 Pacing and Horror in Comics
- Examination of how pacing is used to create a horror effect in comics.
- Effective use of reveal in consecutive panels to build suspense.
12:31 🦴 Kirby-esque Monsters and Visual Elements
- Mike Mignola's homage to Jack Kirby through the creation of Kirby-esque monsters.
- Recurring visual elements like skeletons, chapels, and graves in Mignola's work.
15:27 🪨 Dream Logic and Supernatural Resolution
- Exploration of the use of dream logic in storytelling, drawing inspiration from HP Lovecraft.
- Supernatural resolution with Hellboy's timely burial and interaction with the older fairy.
Made with HARPA AI
I have to admit , i have never read a Hellboy comic book. But now is in my to do list. Thank you for this video.
Changed the halfway like to a dislike purely for the Sooperman comparison. How dare you?! You're stealing my childhood.
Otherwise pretty good analysis. Newly subbed.
Recently I read a comic, Head Lopper. The main character is cursed to lug around the head of witch he decapitated, much like this Hellboy story, The Corpse.
Such a great comic-related YT channel. Currently my favorite. Keep it going, skunkape
Yeah, Head Lopper is a lot of fun.
Well the creator of Head Lopper has said that Hellboy is a massive influence on him.
Agreed
I doubt you will see this, but you should check out Brian Pullido and Steven Hughes Evil Ernie, and Alan Grant and Simon Bisley's Lobo!
I kinda wish there were a Hellboy/The Witcher cross-over comic, but I'm not sure how stupid an idea it would be - I know it would be stupid, but it could be a good kind of stupid like that Predator/Batman piece. Perhaps in a sort-of "Slavic Mythology vs. Western European Mythology" kind of premise. Idk. Probably a dumb idea.
Great vid, also... the panel on the top left corner.... the time when Namor got Spidey's spidey intstinct.
Hell Boy's character reminds me on Geralt the Witcher from Sapkowski. same inner struggle in both of them.
Doppelganger faeries were more Scots and Irish mythology than English.
Yeah but all the dumbasses pissed on it cause it wasn't PG rated and politically correct,
David Harbour did a brilliant job, as did the rest of the cast, they set up for Abe and the undying perfectly, Lobster Johnson was great, Daimio was done perfectly, Alice was hilarious,
and while not scary babayaga was creepy af
I hope we do see a sequel
Man, my mom would say stop drinking alcohol... Why not drink gazpacho instead?
Thank God you've given up the alcohol part of this channel. It was really dragging you down.
The idea that horror can't be properly done in comics is just laughable to me. Perhaps you can't do terror, but horror comes as easily to comics as it does to any other medium. If anything, I've been more scared by comics than I've ever been by movies, games, etc..
Your jokes are terrible.
It makes me happy.
To say you cannot do horror in comics is to reduce horror to a jump scare. Horror as a genre (especially good horror) is far more than a gimmick of timing and music, it is about mood, emotion, psychology, and the existential exploration of what causes not just fright but true fear. Mignola is a master Gothic Horror with its atmospheric approach to subconscious dread over lack of true control over one's life and world.
I've seen three reviews of this same story and i gotta say yours is the best.I know you don't answer comments but thanks for this and above all things,Keep Drinking.
Thanks, now I dont have to wonder why I love both Superman and Hellboy in an almost fanatical level.
We always pronounced it "Char-ra-scoro" in Nigeria, when I was young.
I hate the idea that people push that you need a jump-scare for horror to work, that's not horrifying, just scary
Dude did you even wash that mug? The barcode sticker on the bottom is pristine.
I got the corpse on free comic book day when i was a kid a year after the first movie came out.
Good book.
Hellboy is genus. It's the only comic worth spending money on.
And this seemingly one off story is a giant part of the Bloodwitch story…its amazing to read it all for the first time
I agree it's the loss of detail style and the toned down colors my absolute favorite
Watching this inspires me to reread my hellboy trade paperbacks !great video
Awesome.
17:54 Wait.. isn't that aluminium foil? That's not iron! 😂
He also provided art style for Disney's Atlantis the lost empire
Have you ever read Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt?
I have not read it but I have heard of it. I only know it's an Italian comic about some sort of adventurer. I would guess you're bringing it up because it could be an influence?
skunkape I don't think it is an influence but, with the diversity of comic book authors you have analyzed, I thought it would be nice if someday you read some of Hugo Pratt's work and then analyze it. Greetings and salutations from Guatemala :)
Julio Godoy Laparra I began reading up on Hugo Pratt last night and I will definitely be reading Corto Maltese soon. It sounds great.
@@ComicTropes Corto Maltese was also a favorite of Frank Miller.He even made a homage by giving it's name to an island that plays a prominent role in The Dark Knight Returns story.
Is that baby your child or nephew?
Wtf r u drinking? Lol it looks like orange playdoe
My favorite character is *Chris Greenteeth*
I like this. I'm a big fan of Mignola's arts too.
Great episode. The new board game is also very good.
I assumed the fairies dug the grave for him.
Please do SAVAGE DRAGON!!!
I love this video. One of my favorite Hellboy stories is "The Chained Coffin" that kind of sets the stage for the whole series.
fuck what a good youtube channel.
I have the same glass my guy. For whatever reason they are insanely comfortable to hold onto.
you tapped the baby with aluminum.
They need to.make a decent Hellboy. Video game
Hellboy in Mexico got me into the comics
it's a little robert crumbish.
You absolutely can do horror in comics, just get whoever illustrated those scary stories to tell I’m the dark books... seriously scarred my whole generation back in the late 80s-early 90s
Ollie Not Pauly, Wally or even Holly. The “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark “ books were collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz, and illustrated by Stephen Gammell. (I ran over and grabbed my copy off of the bookshelf when I read your comment!) The illustrations are the reason I bought the collected version of those books in the first place- good call!
I read those books in elementary school and the stories in 3 to me got to me the most. The harold story spooked me alot as a kid and I was last in elementary school back in 2007. Read the stories back in '04
One of his best works of Mignola besides (Gotham by Gaslight) was with Submariner !
that spaghetti sauce has got a kick to it
My favorite comic ever