Usually I’d welcome you to the latest news update, but I’m not doing the news this month. My heart wasn’t really in it. Don’t worry, we’ll still be showing the solicitations for January, but before we get to that, I want to pay tribute to Kees Lagerweij.
Those of you that used to be on the old Dark Horse Hellboy forum back in the early 2000s would probably know him. You’d also know him from the CBR Hellboy forums, or perhaps the recent Mike Mignola’s Art fan page on Facebook. If you listen to the Hellboy Book Club podcast you’ve certainly heard his name. He would regularly write in.
Kees was always an active fan in the Hellboy Universe community, and always ready to welcome newcomers. When I was first getting into the comics, he was one of those helpful fans that showed me the ropes. Before Mignolaversity’s Hellboy Universe Reading Order, I created a rudimentary publishing order list back 2009. Kees helped me put it together.
He helped a lot of people. He was always engaged in growing the community around these comics in positive ways. Just check in on those fan communities I mentioned above and you can see he had an impact on us.
Kees, you will be missed.
19 December, 1974 – 16 October, 2018. R.I.P.
B.P.R.D.: THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #12
Written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie
Illustrated by Christopher Mitten and Laurence Campbell
Color by Dave StewartOn sale January 2, 2019
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
OngoingThe B.P.R.D. desperately grasps for a plan to save humanity from a deep-seated danger, while Hellboy is visited by an old acquaintance with new information.
JOE GOLEM: OCCULT DETECTIVE
THE DROWNING CITY #5 (of 5)
Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
Illustrated by Peter Bergting
Color by Michelle MadsenOn sale January 9, 2019
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesWho will wield the enigmatic and unlimited power of Lector’s Pentajulum, and to what end?
Attacked by the mad Dr. Cocteau’s henchmen, Joe Golem and Molly are separated, leaving Joe mortally wounded and Molly taken prisoner. As the moment Cocteau has waited for to contact the Outer Dark draws near, Joe makes one last heroic attempt to save Molly from powers unknown.
HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1956 #3 (of 5)
Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
Illustrated by Yishan Li, Mike Norton, and Michael Avon Oeming
Color by Dave StewartOn sale January 23, 2019
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesDr. Trevor Bruttenholm is drawn deeper into his off-the-books investigations, leaving the B.P.R.D. struggling to stay one step ahead of their Soviet counterparts. Meanwhile, conflict within the Soviet occult team flares as the tension between team leader Varvara and her subordinates comes to a head.
CRIMSON LOTUS #3 (of 5)
Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Illustrated by Mindy Lee
Color by Michelle MadsenOn sale January 30, 2019
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesThe Crimson Lotus strikes again! Shocked by the news of an agent’s death, spies Shengli and Dai must parry the Lotus again when they discover she is even closer than they thought. And can the pair avoid getting caught between Japanese soldiers and the Lotus herself?
And the final “B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth” omnibus is coming out in March…
Continued belowB.P.R.D.
HELL ON EARTH
—OMNIBUS EDITION—
Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Illustrated by Peter Snejbjerg, Julian Totino Tedesco, and Laurence Campbell
Colored by Dave StewartOn sale March 13, 2019
Full color, 408 pages
$34.99
HardcoverHell on Earth comes to an end when the B.P.R.D. must defend earth from one of the mythical Ogdru Jahad, the dragon believed to bring about the end of the world. The agents must destroy the dragon and the countless monsters it creates. Elsewhere, Russian occult director seeks help from a demon as he follows her through Hell.
This is the final volume of the B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth omnibuses, leading into the current storyline B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know.
This hardcover edition collects B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth volumes 12–13, and 15, plus bonus material.
