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A review by zare_i
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus by Duncan Fegredo, Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart
5.0
This was an interesting book.
Hellboy, kid, teen, lives surrounded by adults at all times (various agents and scientists from BPRD). Living in such surroundings it is no surprise he considers himself to be one of the team so when he gets put to his place he takes it very hard. Since he is in a very sensitive teen years (when almost anything will annoy the teen :) ) this results in his rebellious escape one night when he comes across the mysterious circus advertising marvels and show from midnight to the crack of dawn.
Puzzled he decides to see the circus show but very soon he will find himself in company of monsters that will tease him to [by reacting to their actions] do what he was meant to do on Earth from the beginning - open the gates of Hell.
Excellent story, I especially liked parallels with the Pinocchio, both aspiring to become true boys but making errors on the way to achieving their goal - errors that scare them and sometimes scar them but errors that are nevertheless part of the growing up.
Art as always is very beautiful, Duncan Fegredo is truly an excellent artist.
Highly recommended to all fans of Hellboy and/or eerie stories.
Hellboy, kid, teen, lives surrounded by adults at all times (various agents and scientists from BPRD). Living in such surroundings it is no surprise he considers himself to be one of the team so when he gets put to his place he takes it very hard. Since he is in a very sensitive teen years (when almost anything will annoy the teen :) ) this results in his rebellious escape one night when he comes across the mysterious circus advertising marvels and show from midnight to the crack of dawn.
Puzzled he decides to see the circus show but very soon he will find himself in company of monsters that will tease him to [by reacting to their actions] do what he was meant to do on Earth from the beginning - open the gates of Hell.
Excellent story, I especially liked parallels with the Pinocchio, both aspiring to become true boys but making errors on the way to achieving their goal - errors that scare them and sometimes scar them but errors that are nevertheless part of the growing up.
Art as always is very beautiful, Duncan Fegredo is truly an excellent artist.
Highly recommended to all fans of Hellboy and/or eerie stories.