From the Editor

Mike Mignola to Illustrate His First Full Length Comic in Five Years
Updated: 12/21/2011
Dark Horse Comics to Publish Sir Edward Grey: Acheron, The Next Chapter in the Hellboy Universe  For the first time in five years, legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is both writing and illustrating a full-length comic book, one which... [more]

Hellboy in Hell #1 Sells Out!
Updated: 12/21/2011
REPRINTS OF HELLBOY IN HELL #1  TO ARRIVE AT RETAIL STORES ON JANUARY 30th! Retailers around the country are sold out of the critically acclaimed first issue of Hellboy in Hell. In response, Dark Horse is reprinting the acclaimed first... [more]

Hellboy Timeline
Updated: 12/21/2011
(Click PDF to Embiggen.) Preorder your copy of Hellboy in Hell #1 at your local retailer today to make sure they'll have enough!... [more]

BPRD Interview with John Arcudi: The Return of The Master
Updated: 12/21/2011
Hitting shelves next week is the next series in the B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth series The Return of the Master. John Arcudi takes on an insiders look at the new series and his work on BPRD as a whole in this interview. Dark Horse Comics: It... [more]

Interview with Cameron Stewart: B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Exorcism
Updated: 12/21/2011
The next installment in the B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth series starts June 27th and we wanted to get a few words in with Writer/Artist Cameron Stewart about Exorcism, his cotribution to the end of the world in the BPRD universe. Make sure you get... [more]

Hellboy: The Fury Motion Comic
Updated: 12/21/2011
War ensues between the forces of good and evil as Hellboy finally confronts the Queen of Blood one on one, setting the stage for a new chapter in Hellboy’s life! Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo conclude an epic collaboration that began in... [more]

Hellboy: The Fury Part 1 Motion Comic
Updated: 12/21/2011
War ensues between the forces of good and evil as Hellboy finally confronts the Queen of Blood one on one, setting the stage for a new chapter in Hellboy’s life! Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo conclude an epic collaboration that began in... [more]

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: The Pickens County Horror #1 - Sketch

Making of a Cover: B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Pickens County Horror #1 by Becky Cloonan
Updated: 12/21/2011
Artist Becky Cloonan is the creator building the atmospheric and moody feeling with her art in the upcoming B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: The Pickens County Horror series that hits shelves March 28th. She generously gave a little bit of her time to... [more]

#BPRD Book Group
Updated: 12/21/2011
Attention B.P.R.D. Agents and Potentials! This Friday, February 24th at 4pm Pacific Time, we launch the inaugural #BPRD book group Twitter Chat! Join us to discuss your favorite B.P.R.D. moments and join your fellow agents to dig into the meat of... [more]

It's All Going to Hell in 2012!
Updated: 12/21/2011
The epic story line that began back in 2010 with B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: New World is coming to a head in 2012. Dark Horse announces the most ambitious B.P.R.D. publishing schedule yet, with five new titles and some of the... [more]

Lobster Johnson Returns in "Tony Masso's Finest Hour" - in Dark Horse Presents # 9
Updated: 07/18/2011
Yet another character from the Hellboy universe will be making an appearance in Dark Horse’s flagship anthology soon, when the 1930s vigilante Lobster Johnson makes his first appearance in Dark Horse Presents #9! In “Tony Masso’s Finest... [more]

The Fury #3 by Mike Mignola
Updated: 07/18/2011
I've been planning this one for a long time. Well, sort of.Almost from the beginning of Hellboy I knew that if the series went on long enough, I would eventually kill him. I didn't know exactly how or when, but I figured that when the time was... [more]

Making of a Cover: B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth--Monsters #1
Updated: 07/18/2011
Welcome to this second installment of "How I Did It." No, it's not the title of the Dr. Frankenstein book found by Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein. "How I Did It" is the process behind the variant covers I was invited to draw for the wonderful... [more]

Making of a Cover: The Fury #1
Updated: 06/15/2011
This week marks the release of Hellboy: The Fury, the craziest take no prisoners story arc of the Hellboy series yet written. We asked Francesco Francavilla to talk about his cover for Hellboy: The Fury #1. Enjoy his thoughts on his process... [more]

Making of a Cover: Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish
Updated: 01/24/2011
Because Dark Horse loves you very, very much we've got a special behind-the-scenes look at Kevin Nowlan's awesome cover for Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish! Hey. You're welcome. ... [more]

Guy Davis Exits B.P.R.D.; Tyler Crook Takes the Helm
Updated: 01/10/2011
Dark Horse Comics announced at Emerald City Comicon that Guy Davis will be leaving B.P.R.D. to focus on his own series, The Marquis, among other projects. Davis has worked as an artist for the Mike Mignola–created miniseries since its third... [more]

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Creative Team at Emerald City Comicon
Updated: 01/10/2011
Get a free and exclusive B.P.R.D. Emerald City Comicon comic at the show while supplies last! As Abe Sapien, Johann Kraus, Liz Sherman and the rest of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense find themselves dealing with dreadful events... [more]

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Oh, My Darling . . . by John Arcudi
Updated: 01/10/2011
John Arcudi is a seriously talented dude. Not only is he one of he most prolific writers working in the industry today, he's also one of the best. Seriously, the man knows his stuff. Here's John now with a quick word on his newest collaboration... [more]

Making of a Cover...Hellboy: Sleeping and the Dead #1
Updated: 01/10/2011
We've got a special treat for you today, dear readers. A behind the scenes look at the making of Scott Hampton's amazing cover for Hellboy: The Sleeping and the Dead #1! SCOTT ALLIE: Scott Hampton’s comment above the sketch of Hellboy’s back... [more]

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Beefing up the BPRD
Updated: 01/04/2011
Before the BPRD: Plague of Frogs Hardcover Collection hits stores next month, check out this helpful post by Dark Horse Publicity Coordinator Jim Gibbons on what you can expect from this handsome hardcover omnibus.   As a once national and... [more]

Making of a cover: Hellboy Double Feature of Evil
Updated: 12/04/2010
Here at Dark Horse, we're all pretty big fans of Richard Corben, especially the amazing work he's done on Hellboy and Conan. Richard was kind enough to take us through the creative process for the amazing cover he did on Hellboy: Double Feature... [more]

DH:HD Just got an Upgrade!
Updated: 10/19/2010
Dark Horse, USA Today, and Toshiba Announce the Next Wave of the Ground Breaking Program! OCTOBER 8, 2010, NEW YORK, NY­—Dark Horse brought the house down today with not one, but two game-changing announcements in the world of digital... [more]

Max Sato, Online Marketing Coordinator
Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and John Severin team for Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever
Updated: 08/03/2010
Title: Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever Creator Info: Writers: John Arcudi, Mike Mignola Artist: John Severin Colorist: Dave Stewart On-sale: February 2011 News: Following up on the success of Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels, Lost and... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Join the B.P.R.D.!
Updated: 03/05/2010
Hello Hellboy readers -- It's a turning point for these books, a series of points we've been building to for sixteen years. We've reached the end of the B.P.R.D.'s Plague of Frogs, and this summer we start the final six-issue arc of the Hellboy... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Things To Come
Updated: 01/07/2010
Samantha Robertson, my Associate Editor on the Mignola books, recently helped me compose a schedule of everything we have coming out between now and the end of 2011. Now, we know some of this will shift, and some will drop away, but it's great... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Helluva Lotta Big Red & The Gang
Updated: 11/13/2009
Having just wrapped up three huge storylines -- Witchfinder, B.P.R.D.: 1947, and The Wild Hunt -- it sure feels nice to deal with some more easily digested tales. You may know that Dark Horse has a program going on right now called One-Shot... [more]

Aaron Colter, Marketing Coordinator
Destruction Comes In a Small Package
Updated: 10/13/2009
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction is now available on the iPhone! Take the first collection of Mike Mignolas extraordinary series with you anywhere! The first issue is available now by clicking here (opens in iTunes), and subsequent issues will be... [more]

Aaron Colter, Marketing Coordinator
Hell On Earth
Updated: 10/01/2009
Previously only available at San Diego Comic-Con and Atlantas Dragon*Con, Dark Horse is excited to announce the public release of the GelaSkins program! Each of the properties and images for the debut line were specifically selected to give the... [more]

Aaron Colter, Marketing Coordinator
15th Anniversary of Hellboy
Updated: 08/25/2009
If youre a Hellboy fan, you probably already know the wonderful news. Still, something this good is worth repeating. Three cheers for Mike, Guy, Dave, and Cary! On another note, if you havent been reading Wild Hunt, then you must be crazy! The... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
15th Anniversary of Hellboy
Updated: 06/16/2009
This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of Hellboy, and it's staggering how much has happened in fifteen years. The character has grown into all sorts of other media, so that anyone I talk to will have heard of him. That's certainly thanks to... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Making of the cover to Witchfinder #4
Updated: 03/30/2009
When Mike was starting to do the cover to Witchfinder #4, he called me with an idea to get a different effect out of it, something combining his painting and his lineart in a single image. Typically when inked lineart is scanned to be colored,... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Crazy Times Ahead
Updated: 02/24/2009
Heading into a crazy time for the Hellboy books. Guy Davis is just wrapping up B.P.R.D.: The Black Goddess, and then he actually gets to take a breather, as we're heading into 1947, with as hot a pair of twins as you'll ever find in comics,... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Still Pushin'
Updated: 01/13/2009
Hey everybody -- first up, Hellboy is up for some Wizard fan awards, so go vote for Mike, Dave, me, and anything with the word Hellboy, which pops up again and again -- It has been a bountiful goddamn New Year here at Mignola central. Since... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Support Your Local Retailer
Updated: 12/26/2008
I'm writing this on Christmas night, so I can be forgiven for using the same column on the Goon Zone and the Hellboy Zone. But, I think this is appropriate to both. Really, it'd be appropriate to any book Dark Horse publishes. I've been hearing... [more]

Updated: 11/18/2008
Join a live chat with HellboyII Director Guillermo del Toro on Sunday, November 23rd at 6pm (PST). Click here for details. And click here to get an exclusive Hellboy II digital trading card! --Matt Parkinson, Online Marketing Manager Scott... [more]

High-Brow Kollege of Fine Arts
Updated: 09/16/2008
Welcome to the High-Brow Kollege of Fine Arts, where the most obscure of fine art is paid homage through the great tradition of exciting and intellectually inspired graphic literature! In issue #4 of Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D.: The Warning, John... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
In the Chapel of Moloch
Updated: 05/28/2008
The summer of Hellboy's upon us . . . You can tell from the stuff pouring in to the bookstores, from the Hellboy Companion to Darkness Calls to B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs #1. But in the flurry of activity with new material and deluxe reprints, I... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
Hellboy & B.P.R.D. News!
Updated: 03/06/2008
The Hellboy Fan Art gallery is live! Upload your original Hellboy-inspired drawing and view other original Hellboy art in the Hellboy Fan Art Gallery on the official motion picture site! You'll also have a chance to win cool prizes, including a... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
ABE SAPIEN: THE DROWNING
Updated: 12/07/2007
For the very first time, Abe Sapien goes solo in Abe Sapien: The Drowning, written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and featuring the haunting art of Jason Shawn Alexander! To celebrate the launch of this new miniseries, Dark Horse is offering a... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
DARKNESS CALLS CONCLUDES!!!!!
Updated: 10/22/2007
Well, it's been just about forever on this book--between first planning it, announcing it, starting to promote issue one as drawn by Lee Bermejo, and then the art switch to Duncan. But at long last, the final issue of Darkness Calls will be in... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
DARKNESS CALLS ARRIVES!!!!!
Updated: 08/03/2007
Wow. Been a while since I've done one of these. The essay that's occupied this space till now talked about the release of Darkness Calls #1. As I write this, I'm awaiting the final colors on Darkness Calls #5, which is late late late. I hope you... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
DARKNESS CALLS ARRIVES!!!!!
Updated: 05/08/2007
Darkness Calls #1 is finally in stores, after the most incredible wait, for all of us. As much as we love Duncan's work on the book, we wondered if diehard Mignola fans would feel the same way. We were greatly relieved when sales numbers came... [more]

Scott Allie, Editor
HELLBOY COMPANION UPDATE
Updated: 03/02/2007
Later this summer we'll be releasing the Hellboy Companion, a guide to Mignola's work. And the operative word is "later." This book was originally offered last year, but we bumped it back to have more time to get the info straight. Unbelievably,... [more]