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A review by bearded_ginger
Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola, John Byrne
4.0
Oh this was fun. My only previous experience with Hellboy previously was the excellent Del Toro movies and more recently, the horrible reboot. But the ideas of a big red bruiser investigating the paranormal is so incredibly in my wheelhouse i had to finally dive in.
First, the story is as much fun as i could have hoped for. Hellboy and his buddies go up against all sort of Eldritch evils and fantastic beasties and I loved his personality and interactions with his teammates. What i wasn't expecting was such great world building. I thought this would be something closer to a monster-of-the-week book, but there's a strong longform storyline here where ever story beat matters, and it made for a really rich and satisfying world to explore.
Then the artwork is absolutely incredible. The use of colour, and heavy black lines and shadows create a lot of depth to artwork that is at first simplistic. It's not like any other artists, and each panel is is filled with amazing little details. I especially loved the panels that flashed sculptures on the walls watching events unfold which gave me The Exorcist and The Haunting of Hill House vibes (the original B&W version)
I will absolutely be picking up the rest of this complete collection. I am a Hellboy convert.
First, the story is as much fun as i could have hoped for. Hellboy and his buddies go up against all sort of Eldritch evils and fantastic beasties and I loved his personality and interactions with his teammates. What i wasn't expecting was such great world building. I thought this would be something closer to a monster-of-the-week book, but there's a strong longform storyline here where ever story beat matters, and it made for a really rich and satisfying world to explore.
Then the artwork is absolutely incredible. The use of colour, and heavy black lines and shadows create a lot of depth to artwork that is at first simplistic. It's not like any other artists, and each panel is is filled with amazing little details. I especially loved the panels that flashed sculptures on the walls watching events unfold which gave me The Exorcist and The Haunting of Hill House vibes (the original B&W version)
I will absolutely be picking up the rest of this complete collection. I am a Hellboy convert.