Comic Relief with Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola

In Comic Relief, Paste chats with some of the most influential writers and artists in comics about their work and the comics that inspired them. Introduced in 1993, hulking paranormal investigator Hellboy spent the majority of his life battling mythological monsters and his looming destiny as the Beast of Revelations, created to lead the armies of the abyss. Writer and artist Mike Mignola crafted a post-modern treasury of folklore, myth, and religion, illustrated in angular panels dripping with atmosphere and action. The comic ushered decades of gothic and pulp influences into a streamlined narrative that reintroduced the macabre to a...  read more