{"id":30838,"date":"2022-05-18T01:47:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T05:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=30838"},"modified":"2022-05-18T01:47:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T05:47:38","slug":"hard-copy-hellboy-creator-mike-mignola-and-writer-christopher-golden-take-on-frankenstein-with-frankenstein-new-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=30838","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola and Writer Christopher Golden Take on Frankenstein with Frankenstein: New World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, bestselling novelist and comics writer Christopher Golden, comics writer \"\"<\/a>Thomas Sniegoski, artist Peter Bergting, colorist Michelle Madsen, and longtime Hellboy letterer Clem Robins are returning to the Hellboy universe for Frankenstein: New World, an all-new four-part miniseries from Dark Horse Comics. Frankenstein: New World features the return of Mignola\u2019s take on the Frankenstein monster with the first story to be set chronologically after the conclusion of B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know, which had concluded the epic story of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Mignola will illustrate a variant cover for issue #1, colored by award-winning colorist Dave Stewart.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt the end of B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know when we burned down the world and then started it again with frog people, I really did think that would be all we\u2019d see of it,\u201d said Mignola. \u201cAnd in that same issue, that little glimpse of the Frankenstein monster in the center of the earth, that\u2019s the last I thought we\u2019d see of him. But\u2026when Chris and Tom came to me with the idea of having Frankenstein\u2019s adventures in Frog World, I think it took me about ten seconds to say YES. And then two minutes later I think we were on the phone talking about all the possibilities. I just don\u2019t seem to be able to put a lid on this thing\u2014which I guess is a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Safely tucked away inside the hollow earth where humanity survived after Ragna Rok, precocious young Lilja receives visions of a new darkness taking root on the surface. Defying her elders, Lilja awakens the timeless oracle\u2013\u2013once known as Frankenstein\u2013\u2013to investigate the warnings and, perhaps, even explore the new world above.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had a thing for Frankenstein\u2019s monster,\u201d said Thomas Sniegoski. \u201cI loved the idea of using him as a recurring character in his own adventures, so when Mike added him to the Hellboy universe, I was ecstatic. The stories that we got with the character were cool, but I most definitely wanted more. The last we saw of him was at the end of B.P.R.D. when he was leading some survivors of the apocalypse to the center of the earth. I always wondered if we would see him again\u2014and now, I guess we are! Working with Chris, Mike, and the amazing Peter Bergting has been an absolute blast. This is the kind of weird-ass Frankenstein story that I\u2019ve always wanted to read, and now I get to help write it!\u201d<\/p>\n