It’s 2017, and though a lot of Mike Mignola’s books wrapped up in 2016, there’s still much more to come this year. This week Mignolaversity talked to various creators about what’s ahead. I hope you enjoyed it (and if you missed any, I’ll put links to them all below). And now, for one final glimpse ahead, here are the solicitations for April 2017.
BALTIMORE
THE RED KINGDOM #3 (of 5)
Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
Art by Peter Bergting
Color by Michelle MadsenOn sale April 5
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesBaltimore’s team fight their way into the Vatican as the Red King prepares for his coronation day.
“The writing is a good old fashioned slay-em-dead story.” —Comic Attack
HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1954
GHOST MOON #2 (of 2)
Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
Art by Brian Churilla
Color by Dave StewartOn sale April 12
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesHellboy squares off against a pair of Chinese demons while Sue psychically hunts down the source of the supernatural trouble in Hong Kong.
LOBSTER JOHNSON
THE PIRATE’S GHOST #2 (of 3)
Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Art and color by Tonci ZonjicOn sale April 26
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesThe Lobster searches for a connection between a missing reporter and the appearance of a ghostly pirate ship.
THE VISITOR
HOW AND WHY HE STAYED #3 (of 5)
Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson
Art by Paul Grist
Color by Bill CrabtreeOn sale April 26
Full color, 32 pages
$3.99
MiniseriesThe resurgence of a dangerous woman believed to have been killed long ago by the BPRD leads the Visitor to a cult’s compound in the Southwest.
ABE SAPIEN – VOLUME 9
LOST LIVES AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, and John Arcudi
Art by Santiago Caruso, Juan Ferreyra, Alise Gluškova, Mark Nelson, Kevin Nowlan, and Michael Avon Oeming
Color by Santiago Caruso, Eduardo and Juan Ferreyra, Alise Gluškova, Mark Nelson, Kevin Nowlan, and Dave StewartOn sale June 7
Full color, 152 pages
$19.99
trade paperback, 7″ x 10″These six stories trace the history and prehistory of Abe Sapien’s adventures, from his earliest days in the Bureau with Hellboy (as drawn by Kevin Nowlan) through the frog war, featuring an appearance by deceased homunculus Roger, to his current evolved form, when he’s looking back on his life as a man in 1850s England. Collects the Abe Sapien one-shots #8, #15, #23, #27, and #30 and “Abe Sapien: Subconscious” from Dark Horse Presents (Volume 3) #11.
Ahead in 2017 (just in case you missed any)
• Interview with editor Scott Allie
• “Lobster Johnson”: Interview with John Arcui, Stephen Green, and Tonci Zonjic
• “Baltimore” and “Joe Golem, Occult Detective”: Interview with Christopher Golden, Peter Bergting, and Patric Reynolds
• Robots From Tomorrow: Interview with Mike Mignola
• “Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal”: Interview with Thomas Sniegoski
• “Witchfinder,” “Rise of the Black Flame,” “The Visitor,” and “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.”: Interview with Chris Roberson, Paul Grist, and Brian Churilla
• “Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea”: Interview with Gary Gianni
