There are places dark and moist, invisible to the unsuspected eye, places quiet and away from the city lights, in those places terrible things are living. And then there are really dark places, like that village in Alaska where once every year the night lasts for 30 whole days, you know which, the one those vampires invaded for a field trip, Barrow, that’s the one! After the first limited series by Steve Niles (Criminal Macabre, Hellspawn, The Nail, The Creeper) and Ben Templesmith (Singularity 7, Silent Hill, Wormwood, Fell) and its great success there were many more spin offs, even the worst of them at least a decent reading. This is the latest one, coming up on May, 30 Days of Night – Eben and Stella!
In the finale of 30 Days of Night – Dark Days Stella brought her husband back from the dead but not quite as she expected, he returned a little more hungry than she thought he would. This series will fill in the gaps between Dark Days and Return to Barrow, a twisted tale of love, depravity, and hunger (from the official site) by Steve Niles and Kelly Sue DeConnick in the story and Justin Randall in the art.
It might not be the original masterpiece my Templesmith and Niles but personally I find it rather difficult to stay away from such a title, it’s horror comics at their best and you don’t meet that every day. The vampires remind me of the way Brian Lumley described them in his Necroscope, the art follows the general outlines of Templesmith’s work and the story is really carefully written, not only the main scenario but also the secondary tales and characters. So run to your closest comics store, NO NOT YET, IN MAY, damn he’s gone…
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Two years after The Island, the last chapter of the Hellboy saga, this April Mike Mignola returns with a new six-issue miniseries promising to push H.B. toward the next major point in his life. This time the art is made by Duncan Fegredo (Enigma, Ultimate Adventures) and Mignola’ s greatest character’s return thrills fans all over the world, no more half measures and BPRD issues, this is the real thing!
The creators are still pretty laconic about the scenario of the series; witches all over the world are seeking Hellboy but this time not just for revenge. Every new Hellboy release is a significant artistic event, concerning not only comics but also literature lovers. It’s a rare mixture of horror pulled out of Lovecraft’ s pages, folk myths and legends, action and the search of an outcast for meaning and purpose. Every issue released in the past was sold out in no time and this will be no different, it’s not a coincidence that the writer waited almost two years for an acclaimed series that would sell even if he lowered the quality standards, but he didn’t and that’s the main reason he deserves all the respect from his readers.
After 3 Eisner awards, countless others, spin offs, mini-series about the secondary characters, a movie and a second one being made, toys, animations and who knows how many more paraphernalia, don’t loose the unique opportunity to witness the return of a great character the way we first met him, through comics. And may the great Cthulu help us!
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