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| Hellboy Mike Mignola Sketchbook 2008 |
P1-3: Witches from "Darkness Calls", One of the Women of Thessaly, from "Wake The Devil", Koschei the Deathless, from "Darkness Calls". Hellboy Character sketches by Mike mignola
P 4-6: Koschei the Deathless, from "Darkness Calls", King Vold (I think), from "King Vold", A generic zombie Knight Templar-guy, probably a character guide sketch for "Darkness Calls" (drawn by Duncan Fegredo).
P7-9: Hecate, Witch-Queen from "Wake The Devil", More generic zombie Knights and Hell Boy. Covers and Sketches
P10-12: Koschei the Deathless, Hellboy with Generic dead guy, Hellboy. Sketches
P13-15: Gruagach, the pig-guy, with the box containing the dismembered body of
Nimue, Queen of Witches, both from "Darkness Calls" & "The Wild
Hunt". Background figures are two of the "weird little people" (as
Hellboy describes them), from "The Corpse" - one of the best Hellboy
short stories, and an excellent place to start for beginners of the
Hellboy mythos (imho!).
(Thanks Lorenzo), Hellboy, ??? (not Sure). Sketches
P16-18: Sketches
P19-21: Sketches
P22-24: Mike Mignola Sketches
P25-26: sketches
Inside Back Cover and Back Cover (couldn't get the Cream color exactly)
Until Next Time
Thanx SO much for posting these sketchbook images. I've been a HUGE fan of Mr Mignola's work ever since discovering him in 1996, thanx to The Comics Journal #189. As his comics work has dwindled since he got involved with the movie biz, it's always a treat to find any of his drawings. Anyway, I can help identify most of the characters featured here, so here goes:
ReplyDeleteP1: Witches from "Darkness Calls".
ReplyDeleteP2: One of the Women of Thessaly, from "Wake The Devil".
P3 & P4: Koschei the Deathless, from "Darkness Calls".
P5: King Vold (I think), from "King Vold".
P6: A generic zombie Knight Templar-guy, probably a character guide sketch for "Darkness Calls" (drawn by Duncan Fegredo).
P7: Hecate, Witch-Queen from "Wake The Devil"
P8 & 9: More generic zombie Knights.
P10: Koschei the Deathless.
P11: Generic dead guy!
p12: Hellboy (easy, that one! lol).
P13: Gruagach, the pig-guy, with the box containing the dismembered body of Nimue, Queen of Witches, both from "Darkness Calls" & "The Wild Hunt". Background figures are two of the "weird little people" (as Hellboy describes them), from "The Corpse" - one of the best Hellboy short stories, and an excellent place to start for beginners of the Hellboy mythos (imho!).
ReplyDeleteP14: Everyone's favourite big red guy.
P15: Dunno.
P16: Again, dunno, but could be one of the Lords of Hell, or possibly Gruagach in the form he took to impress his human lover (in "Darkness Calls")?
Okay, I can see I'm gonna have to go dig out my copies of "Darkness Calls" and get back to you!
Thanks Lorenzo for the Help with the Hellboy Character names. Looking Forward to the rest of them getting named properly.
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