Between the covers and the preview of this issue it's very interesting watching two very capable yet different artists tackle Mignola's Hell.
Did they reuse Mignola's art from Hellboy in Hell or did Campbell actually manage a near perfect recreation...?
Pretty sure that's all Campbell. Which is to say, he might have copied layouts from In Hell, but that's definitely not Mike's line art.
Well that was incredible. Hats off to Campbell for an outstanding job on this issue. Easily one of the most striking issues of BPRD I've ever read.
I can't say much of this issue was a surprise, given the location and the covers, but Campbell did an amazing job making it still have a huge impact with each page turn.
I wish I was trade waiting this because waiting for the next issue is going to be torture.
Not a lot of forward momentum but man was the art awesome.
I thought this had a lot more forward momentum than it's being given credit for.
I loved this issue. Especially Iosif and Varvara holding hands walking down the streets of Hell.
Her body language contrasted against his was marvelous. I loved that it was a smaller issue in terms of 'events' and yet, it really wasn't. We're starting to see the ramifications of Hellboy in Hell on the shared universe, which was great because In Hell felt so independent of everything else.
The raising of the Titans is going to factor in, in a pretty big way, I imagine. So, again, I think this had a lot of forward motion, even if it felt removed from the larger narrative we've been reading.
Issue #145 is out tomorrow! A quick Google search led me to a nice preview provided by Paste Magazine. Very much looking forward to this and the new Hellboy and the BPRD series.
Link to that here -
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articl...e-bprd-19.html