FFFFFFFFFFFF
I'm still reading the original series, I gotta catch up.

>>37267
WHY IS IT SO FAR AWAY???

I agree with you about Corben's art. It just doesn't sit so well with me. But he did Makoma, right? I liked the art for that story... that seemed to fit. Outside of the context of an ancient fable like that, though, it's kinda weird.

That was a really sad issue... especially for Asmodeus.

I really enjoyed the last Hellboy story (the long one, can't remember the title)... what an ending. Jeez. But I'm looking forward to new BPRD even more. That collection of characters is just so close to my heart, I really want to see more of them... without more of them dying.

Yeah, The Bride of Hell was awesome. As for the next mini being in 2010, I just hope that means we're getting a few one-shots in before then. When does the next BPRD mini come out?

I'm not too wild about Corben either. But the story makes up for it.

Posting more found fanart.

>>37368

B.P.R.D.: King Of Fear #01, which will end this latest B.P.R.D. trilogy comes out next Wednesday.

No one shots are planned between January and April.

So, BPRD: King of Fear came out.

Figured I'd revive this thread.

SO, yeah, I liked it. I have a feeling this is not the End for Lobster Johann, and that we'll get to see "THE RETURN TO HUNTE CASTLE!".

I quite enjoyed the first King of Fear too. BPRD is sometimes a little weak on their "intro" issues, but this one did well.
Also, who's the guy Kate was with again?

>>38845
The German police captain who was with them when the shit hit the fan and there were robots, I think. I don't have my back issues here. :(

>>38874
I figured it was him.
Go Kate!

Linking to the old threads for good measure
>>7186
>>16247

And the blurb for the 4th King of Fear:

Beneath the ruins of the Hyperborean temple, Liz is given the most startling visions yet of the end of the world—and Abe discovers his role in it when he finds the link between himself and the frog monsters.
Will Liz and Abe lead the world to apocalypse?

Called it!

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24496

Monster interview with Davis.

>>39932
I CALLED IT I FUCKING CALLED IT THIS WHOLE FUCKING TIME THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME OH MY GOD

>>40594
Woo, bros in calling! *highfive*

Can't wait to see how these little guys stir up the mix.

>>39932
>>40594

GOD DAMN IT I FUCKING KNEW IT TOO

I fucking predicted this back months ago. The second we saw that giant jellyfish thing I fucking knew it, god I knew it and I was right. The thing Abe merged with was one of the Ogdru Hem. In his first mini they even say as much, that it "takes over" men and has in the past but hasn't been seen for many years. Of course not, because Abe was in a fucking tube the whole time.

god DAMN IT If this means Hellboy is going to have to go against Abe I will kill myself.

thread needs more johann.

>>40655
I would probably die from awesome.

But I'm not sure if that would mean they'd go against each other. I mean, Hellboy has that whole "end of the world" thing going on, and now Abe too... It's like they're on the same side anyway, no?

>In his first mini they even say as much, that it "takes over" men and has in the past but hasn't been seen for many years.
I don't remember this at all. Got a scan to back it up? I do remember the "your father *cut to jellyfish deity*" thingy.

>>40658

And a mini art-dump

>>40660
well, they don't say it outright, it's more said throughout the issues. Took me a few reads to get it. If you have it handy or have a library go rent it and reread it. It's basically how he isn't the first person to be "chosen" and how it's been this way through history, you know, "sunken bells are tolling for thee" and all that.

after reading it.... I knew.

Boy I hope they get Johann back. BPRD isn't BPRD without Johann.

>>40673
I'll have to re-read it then. I really shouldn't be having trouble with reading English, but I have to admit I only got most of "The Drowning" after my second read, and some more subtle elements after my third. Apparently I'll need a fourth.

>>40655
That's pretty much what my assumption has been this whole time... or at least what my hope has been. I'm really excited to see how this all pans out. Though I think it would be incredibly awesome for him to duke it out with Hellboy.

I'm not sure if they're on the same side, though... I mean, there are so many different forces competing the end the earth. I recall the underground dudes talking about the "left" and "right" hands in Hollow Earth and thinking that maybe they represented different forces... I don't know. I really need to reread all this sometime.

But that would be so cool... Abe as a Big Bad. I mean, those things are conqueror-worm sized big freaking deals.

I just found out Mignola did some delicious covers for x-men back in the day. *slow*

http://master-post.livejournal.com/2140.html

>>40803
Drawing Nightcrawler should be right up his ally.

http://bprd.centerblog.net/

It's all in French so you'll have to brush up your high school knowledge of the language. Or you could just look at all the pictures. The guy seems to have an enormous HB collection and keeps pretty up to date.

Also, Lobster Johnson: he's totally stealing your name ;) .

>>41402
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

I had forgotten about all the frogs raining down the day Caul did (or failed to do?) his thing. It felt important at the time and now... finally... we get to find out why!

I'm inordinately excited about these next few issues.
Then Daimio time! If everyone is alive to enjoy it!

>>42327
I totally forgot about the raining frogs thing.

Guys, guys! We're getting the Mexico story!

>HELLBOY IN MEXICO (OR, A DRUNKEN BLUR)
>During the 1950s, Hellboy caravans across Mexico with a trio of vampire-killing luchadores, finding the undead; evil turkeys; a terrible bat god; and a little too much tequila.

On the other hand, Corben is at is again.

>>43198
I like Corben...

>>43215
I don't mind him, but he still doesn't feel "right" to me.

>>43223
YOU don't feel right! >:(

Also, FFFFFF not having a LCS. I need King of Fear #2 so bad it hurts. Are there any scans?

>>43397
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W0QO3GS0 Have at it!

It was not long enough for me. :(

>>43432
So LJ's afterlife is killing Nazis forever?

>>43435
Pretty sweet if you ask me.

Also the panel of Kate hugging Johann made me d'aaww :3

>>43432
Woo, thanks!
Where do you find these now that the comic vault is down?

>>43530
Found it from a sharethread in /co/

Preview from the next BPRD 1/3

Preview from the next BPRD 2/3

Oh my god oh my god oh my god this is going to be awesome

Preview from the next BPRD 3/3

Shit guys, it's about to go down.

>>44762
...where are you going, why do you need water and where are you going to get it from?

>>44769
He's too badass for details.

>>43198

FFFF, I'VE WANTED THIS FOR SO LONG.

I wish Mignola was drawing it. But Corben's okay, I suppose.

Does BPRD/Hellboy have any kind of fandom somewhere on the internet? When I'm into something I just like to read posts talking about it, debating, speculating, and such, but I can't find any place like that for this. Except CBR forums, but that place is not very active.

>>44980
CBR is all I got, too. There's probably stuff for the movie fanatics, but I wanna discuss the comics :c These threads are the closest I got.

Cool art. I love the little kids one!

Re: image. How the hell do I not notice these things the first time? The one on the left is from the last issue of The Warning.

>>46036
Oh shit.

C'mon Delcourt, hurry with your translations so I can notice these things too. I always seem to miss things when reading on the screen.

Crazy productive Russian Nightcrawler fan, but also did this cute doodle.

http://lm2.diary.ru/

Also, Darkhorse is now doing a special BPRD newletter. Check the Hellboy zone.

Reread the first TPB, and noticed that they already brought up the Abe/frogs thingy.

>>47170
It is driving me CRAZY that they seemed to have all this planned from the start. I can't think of any story so wide-reaching yet so self-contained... I mean, it's so huge but the signs were there and we never even caught on. One of his first pages and it has frogs, Cavendish, a connection... Jeez. I love Hellboy/BPRD!

>>47182
I wonder if he planned it, or went back himself and figured, "hey, I could use this in the future".

>Today's BPRD issue

>>47564
Dear sweet lord this issue blew my mind in ways unheard of previously.

>>47579
I had no words after I finished reading, apart from "ffffffuuuuuuuuuu--". The cover is worrying me. A tadpole transforming into a frog... things are going to get bad :(

What concerns me:
-The King of Fear asks Abe to think on it... while he lives. Though Black Flame seems to be diverging from whatever the original plan was.
-They referenced Hellboy. Is Abe the monster Hellboy was to bring into the world? Is he a second plan that will bring it into the world now that HB's decided not to?
-Liz's "mentor" wanted to fight the forces of Black Flame and the King of Fear. Abe's with them now and it seems he has a pretty important role to fulfill. Now will Liz have to deal with him?
-Are those giant bowls of people?

But I really enjoyed happy Black Flame :D and how oddly friendly he is with Abe, who is apparently always the last to find out about EVERYTHING, including his destiny.

Now I have to go and reread The Black Flame to figure out what Abe hasn't figured out yet. Also, where have we heard about "the spider and the fly" before (other than the poem)?

>>47584
I want him to suffer, though. I know this might be a little over the top since it is fiction, but I FUCKING HATE Black Flame for taking Roger away...

>>47584
Also wasn't the demon guy from Wild Hunt part of something to do with a fly. Fly ring, right? I dont have my back issues here or I'd research...

Sage for double post.

>>47584

If I recall correctly, the fly is a house in Hell, Referenced in The Wild Hunt. The demon that Hellboy fought on the bridge is a Lord in the House of the Fly.

perhaps the spider refers to another house in hell? I have to do more research on this sort of mythology.

But man, this issue was... Holy fuck.

Also, I'm glad they're doing more with Black Flame, and expanding more ont he Dagon thing from Universal Machine.

>>47170

It might be Mignola going back, as he originally had a different origin for Abe in mind.

Holy shit, guys, I found it. Where we last heard about the Spider and the Fly. It's from The Island #2. This issue also has tons about The Black Goddess, the new race of man (the frogs), and the bit about taking strength from the Ogdru Hem in the air to raise the Ogdru Hem out of the ground.

And I don't know, but these all look like they're the same thing. It could be just similar monster design, but... do you see the resemblance?

>>47591
They all share elements of eels and crustaceans, and spiders for the numerous eyes. The bottom-right creature is lacking the eyes, though.

>>47584
I really like how this issue managed to incorporate some humour.
"I knew I would regret teaching him English..."

I'm still figuring the big picture of this issue out, but man, shit's going down. Really need to reread some issues.

>>47632
I feel like I need to reread EVERYTHING. It all goes back so far. Maybe I'll just wait til this arc is over, then make a day of it!

And you're right, it's been a while since BPRD was funny. It was pretty refreshing. And even though it's obvious the King of Fear wants to destroy all mankind, I felt pretty bad for him as he slowly realized Black Flame was betraying him. If that's what that was about. Still, it's odd he though Abe knew what was going on already. Did he also think that back when he specifically told him that he'd make a mistake?

Man, no comics out there today make me ask so many questions and go digging around in old issues. I love it!

Haha, wow. Excuse the probable extreme lateness of this, but look at all this name-dropping from the 3rd issue of Witchfinder. Cool!

>>49253
Follow-up: Oh my god, why didn't I read this before? This is AWESOME.

>>49253
Ffff- I'm trying to be patient here and wait for the trade... don't tempt me, anon.

>>49281
It'll be well worth the wait to have it all collected in one place. You can do it, anon!

More Abe in June.

>>49445
Oh hi, Oannes/Dagon in background :) I'm excited about this one, I liked Snejbjerg's art the last time around.

Pic unrelated, but awesome.

>>49458
>Johann
>plate with Pamcakes indicating Hellboy
I still want to see these two actually meeting each other in the comic... someday.

Well, I've scoured Pixiv yet again and have returned with a small picspam of what I liked :)

I just wish there were more comic fanart, Japanese or not.

D'aww. Ugly-ass baby.

I love this one!

I think it's a girl.

Should...not...want...