Hellboy with kittens

Hellboy with kittens by Kristin Palach. See also: Batman with a pug.

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Link roundup

1. From a long interview with Mike Mignola at BldgBlog:

I’m not going to do any stories that I don’t want to draw—and, for the most part, those are places that also just aren’t particularly interesting for me to write about.

It’s interesting, because the spin-off book from Hellboy—B.P.R.D.—is written by another writer. I have some involvement there, but the books are written by somebody else. You look at that book now, and the current storyline takes place in a trailer park. It’s entirely made of the places I have no interest in writing about—but the other writer doesn’t have my overwhelming love of the Gothic. He’s a much more modern type of writer, so we differ on our choice of locations.

But, now, a haunted bank? You know, that would be cool—but it would have to be a really, really old bank. And preferably a bank that’s been abandoned for a bunch of years, so you have cobwebs and things. I just like those old, spooky settings.

2. Videogum on all the articles about the kid in the Volkswagen Star Wars commercial:

Really, Internet? This seems lazy, even for you. I mean, I know that you’re basically built on a foundation of kittens wearing casts and lazy Star Wars references, but sheesh.

Exactly. Anyone know who directed the video?

3. "400 hungry wolves overrun Siberian town of 1,300."

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Hellboy and Marge Simpson by Michael Lau

Hellboy ("Hellbrian") and Marge Simpson ("Elsa Margaret") by Michael Lau. If I understand it right, thsese were sold in very small quantities at the CRAZYX'MAS show in Hong Kong. Via.

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Link roundup

1. Fascinating insight into how comic book stores manage to stay open:

Having very specific stores in very specific areas in Manhattan has been essential to the current comics industry, the publishing of which is still concentrated within a few blocks, and the industry has done its best to maintain these, despite rising rents, and 9/11 on one hand and late orders and financial problems on the other.

2.Santa/Krampus by M. S. Corley.

3. Hellboy as Santa Claus. And this is a good scifi Christmas pin-up.

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New BPRD member

I don't usually post comic book previews, but since BPRD is easily my favorite ongoing comic, here's a look at B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Gods #1:

As Texas goes to Hell, a group of homeless outcasts--led by a young woman who appears to have second sight--evade volcanic eruptions, mass hysteria, and man--eating monsters. When the B.P.R.D. take notice of this, the results turn out to be deadly.

Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, and drawn by Eisner award winning artist Guy Davis, B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth--Gods is the first arc of the pivotal Gods and Monsters saga.

A B.P.R.D. arc unlike any other, jumping around in time, and introducing important new characters!

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Illustrations by Greg Ruth

Batman, Johann Krauss and more by Greg Ruth on sale at Etsy.

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Doctor Solar vs. a Giant Golden Minotaur (and more)

My favorite covers from the Dark Horse solicitations for October, 2010:


Doctor Solar #3 cover by Michael Komarck:

The dark god Moloch the Devourer pits his demonic hellfire against the thermonuclear fury of Doctor Solar. Whitmore Pickerel, whose power to bring his imagination into existence unleashed the Devourer, conjures the mighty sun-god Surya for protection. But instead, Surya bows before Moloch, and the Man of the Atom faces cosmic-scale war on a second front. With the power of Solar pitted against the god of the sun, can the planet survive?

Fear Agent #31 cover by Tony Moore (?).



Hellboy/Beasts of Burden cover by Jill Thompson




Magnus, Robot Fighter Volume 1




Star Wars: Invasion-Rescues #5 cover by Wes Dzioba (?).



Star Wars: The Old Republic #4 cover by Benjamin Carré (?).

*At Toycutter: Valiant Comics custom action action figures.

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Buffalo Bill and the Outcasts of Yellow Dust City (link roundup)

Gallery of 1,636 German Pulp magazine covers. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Dark Horse's Jim Gibbons enjoys some pancakes with Hellboy.

2. Super Mario slugs a piranha plant. Via.

3. Jubilee and Deadpool paper toys.

*Previously: Silly pancake sculptures.

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New Mike Mignola art (link roundup)

Cover to Hellboy: Masks and Monsters TPB.



Cover to Solomon Kane Volume 2: Death's Black Riders TPB.



Cover to Hellboy: The Storm #2. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The "bling ring" that robbed celebrity homes in Los Angeles was busted after a member boasted at a party and a CNN employee passed on the tip to the police.

2. Russel Crowe does not appreciate being accused of giving Robing Hood an Irish accent. (Other than Alien and Blade Runner, which are both about 30 years old, I've never enjoyed a Ridley Scott movie. Should we be excited about his new Alien films?)

3. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen soon the be a movie:

[Ewan] McGregor will play Fred, the scientist who's stuck in a hen-pecked marriage. Fred suddenly finds himself put under tremendous pressure to help a sheik introduce salmon into Yemen, to score a public relations victory for the embattled British government.

The book is $12 at Amazon.

*Previously: Al-Hajarah in Yemen.

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Red Riding Hood with a sniper rifle (link roundup)

Lady with a longrifle by Horia Dociu.

And a few more links:

1. Yori from Tron pin-up.

2. Thoroughly-skewered Hellboy by Dan Hipp.

3. Burger King's Tendercrisp Garden Salad has significantly more calories and fat than KFC's Double Down.

4. "This was our challenge to CNN iReporters last weekend: Go to the ATM, get $10, and see how far it can take you." Here are the results. Via.

*At Toycutter: Playmobil Hellboy figures.

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Mike Mignola has a new website

Mike Mignola has a new website with various art for sale. It's a little barebones so far and has no rss feed, so I took the liberty of turning the welcome page art into a widescreen desktop wallpaper. He's on Twitter, too.

*Previously: Steampunk Hellboy.

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Bugs Bunny/Hellboy mashup

Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd meet Hellboy and The Goon in this drawing by Jason Quinones for Chris Haley.

*Previously: Steampunk Hellboy.

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Steampunk Hellboy

Steampunk Hellboy made as a commission by Chris Stevens.

*Previously: Leave it to Hellboy.

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Narwhals love donuts (link roundup)

Narwhal and donuts print by Jamie Fales on sale at Etsy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Mute Button pacifier on sale at Amazon. Via.

2. Hellboy slot machine. Via these sites.

3. Photo of people enthusiastically clapping. (In case you ever have need for such a photo.)

*Previously: Meet Swoopoo, a cross between eBay and slot machines.

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Leave It To Hellboy (and more)

Leave it to Hellboy, The Dark Side, Showgirls, and Kessel Runner - - a few gems from a recent switched franchise photoshop theme at Fark.

*Previously: Slave Leia nose art.

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Gotham (link roundup)

Apparently a great photo of New York skyscrapers from the Life gallery, but I couldn't find the image.

And a few more links:

1. Abe Sapien sculpture/diorama.

2. Mr. Freeze redesigned.

3. Jabba and Slave Leia Twitter icon.

*Previously: Slave Leia pillow fight.

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Tales of the Gold Monkey (link roundup)

I've been trying to find age appropriate shows for my oldest and was thinking back to what I watched when I was roughly his age. Anyone else remember Tales of the Gold Monkey?

And a few more links:

1. Star Trek lady with short skirt and phaser.

2. Lobster Johnson redesigned.

3. Let's all get a flu shot illustration.

*Previously: Indonesia claims sole ownership of the bird flu.

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Angus MacLane's Lego CubeDudes

Hellboy, T-1000, Aquaman, Shipwreck, Robocop, Mazinger Z, Dr. Horrible, and Hannibal Smith. Believe it or not, just a tiny sampling of the Lego CubeDudes posted by Angus MacLane.

*Previously: Mazinger plus Superman equals Japanese Superman.

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