COMENTARIO/REVIEWS Español:
"Hellboy es un brillante ejemplo de cómo elevar el cómic del futuro a un nivel literario más alto, al tiempo que se consigne mayor grado de emoción. El argumento combina los conceptos tradicionales con nuevos marcos de referencia, y todo ello es superado por un tratamiento virtuouso de efectos artísticos deslumbrantes. . .Es algo que está lejos del arte pop del mundo de Andy Warhol o de la imaginería insustancial de la cultura de las drogas. El enfoque creativo que el lector encontrará en Hellboy es una nueva forma de arte en evolución en sí misma, destinada al público actual y sintonizada con los tiempos que corren." Robert Bloch
"Mike Mignola es un maestro de ese arte impresionista dinámico que influye en el ritmo de la narración gráfica moderna." Will Eisner
"Conocí a Mike unos años antes de que empezara a publicar, y supe que sería uno de los mejores. Y estaba en lo cierto." Sergio Aragonés
"El mejor cómic de terror de los últimos años. Mignola es un mago." Frank Miller, Autor de Sin City and Batman: The Dark Night Returns.
"Adelante, pues. Disfruta de estas páginas, que te sumergen en un universo más profundo y más rico, y que vienen a coronar el trabajo pasado y a señalar un nuevo futuro prometedor para el personaje, sin por ello renunciar a su encanto primario, a sus placeres baratos y a sus horrores cósmicos que son el sello de Mignola. Estamos ante una obra que derrocha talento." Guillermo del Toro
"La elegancia y el estilo de Mike Mignola no tienen parangon entre el resto de autores de comics. Es un ídolo professional mío desde hace tiempo." Rick Geary, Autor de The Beast of Chicago and The Fatal Bullet
"Hellboy es un obra maestro del comic. Con su estilo, su imaginación y su cautivadora sencillez, crea un universo paralelo de misterio y horror, único en el mundo de la historieta. Mi admiración hacia Mike Mignola y sus secuaces es absoluta. Hellboy me ha hecho volver a disfrutar leyendo un comic." Clive Barker
"La recopilación que tenéis en las manos destila todo lo mejor de los cómics para convertirlo en un vino tinto, de color rubí, intoxicante. . .Siéntate y bébetela de un trago y después espera a que la experiencia de la lectura se convierta en una transformación alarmante y desconcertante. Hellboy es un pasaporte a un rincón del paraíso de los tebeos que nunca querrás abandonar. Entra y disfruta." Alan Moore.
English:
"The collection of 13 stories has no duds, and quite a few excellent pieces. Of the more successful ones, a few stand out. Bob Fingerman's hilarious slapstick version of Hellboy has him investigating a soda machine that ate his dollar. John Cassaday contributes a solemn and cinematic story about a ghostly circus that pays off with a dramatic ending. And Andi Watson tells a seemingly serious birthday story with a touching finale. Roger Langridge and Eric Powell keep things light, both contributing funny, lovingly rendered stories that treat Hellboy and the paranormal as fertile ground for jokes. This entertaining collection is accessible to even the Hellboy neophyte, and highly recommended for adventure comics lovers." Publishers Weekly
"Thanks to Mignola's visual flair, Hellboy has been so appealing that lots of other comics creators want to horn in on the act. Hence, the new comic Weird Tales, consisting of Hellboy capers writ and drawn by anyone but Mignola, the first four numbers of which make up this book. The word entertaining is an understatement for this stuff, which varies visually from UPI-cartoonish (i.e., like Mr. Magoo, Casper the Friendly Ghost, etc.) to delicately textured and toned black-and-white realism to alt-comics-looking minimalism to cursive, manga -ish abstraction." Booklist
"The ultimate artists' artist and a great storyteller whose work is in turns haunting, hilarious, and spellbinding."Dark Horse press
" ... Hellboy is a brilliant example of how to elevate the comic of the future to a higher literary level while achieving a higher pitch of excitement." Robert Bloch, from his introduction to Seed of Destruction.
"Since 1993, Mike Mignola's Hellboy, the adventures of a half-human demon who runs a government agency, has attracted a growing following that includes many comics industry professionals. Mignola's ability to rework mythic themes into visceral, character-oriented stories, along with his strong, expressive way of drawing, has not only brought him the admiration of fellow artists but also of Hollywood." Sequential Tart, a comics industry webzine.
Mike Mignolas art is darkly and uniquely beautiful, as are the stories themselves. . .You can tell by every story hes written that hes done his research into mythology and occult stories. . . Hellboy is the sort of comic where the art works hand in hand with the stories to create something you cant keep your eyes off of or stop reading. Sequential Tart, a comics industry webzine
"There tend to be two types of comic fans in the world. Those who love the work of Mike Mignola, and those who just haven't read it yet. . .Uncomplicated and accessible, yet also intelligent, witty and stylish, Hellboy is undoubtedly a rare combination in modern mainstream comics. The Chained Coffin is the perfect introduction to Hellboy so if you're not already reading the adventures of Mignola's hell-spawned hero, now would be an excellent time to start." Nick Brownlow, Ninth Art, a journal devoted to criticism and analysis of comics
"Trust me folks, if you ever want to try something new, its Hellboy. Come for the art, stay for the story." 411mania.com a webzine covering pop culture topics in film, television, music and print.
"Mignola skips around from pulp adventure to romp, from horror to action, from comedy to oddly human drama (odd, because they're moments between Hellboy and a homunculus named Roger) seemingly at whim, with little regard to what's come before or what'll come after and yet never, ever loses control. And it's easy, because you're having so much fun, to underestimate the intelligence and skill beneath it all. So I say again: Hellboys fun. Hellboy's great. And that Mike Mignola sure is smart." Artbomb.net, a webzine promoting graphic novels
Hellboys about as much spooky fun as you can manage to squeeze into a four color page. What makes Hellboy work is the wry wit and the moody art of Mike Mignola, the latter of which demands the unavoidable comparisons to the imaginations of Lovecraft and Poe. Artbomb.net, a webzine promoting graphic novels
A dark, moody, and fun catalog of American pulp -- Lovecraft meets R.E. Howard meets old serials meets Kirby meets B-movie sci-fi/horror/action meets whatever other cool stuff you want to throw in there -- the very distinct Hellboy universe is clever, beautifully realized, and briskly entertaining pop culture for the adults. 4colorreview.com, a comics industry webzine.
