Hellboy Library Edition, Volume 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil

I've seen the Hellboy movies and loved them, but mostly because Ron Perlman is just fabulous (and I also think Guillermo del Toro does amazing work). So it took me a while to decide to pick up the GNs. Not that I thought it'd be bad, but I knew the movie would obviously be at least a bit different, and because it's already been out so long, so many issues waiting, and it's got tons of hype over the years. All that stuff, I tend to shy away from. But I figured, Mignola is pretty good, and now there's these various other Hellboy offshoots and I "can't" read them until I actually read Hellboy, so... it's about time. lol.

I enjoyed it. I actually had picked up the first regular volume a month or two ago and liked it, so I thought I might as well go for the massive library editions with their extra content and all. It's fun looking through the old sketches Mignola had before the concepts were fully fleshed out. I like Hellboy and Abe, probably because they're such original characters; quirky, witty, solid, good guys! But no one else has really been in focus much so it's kind of odd; usually even if there's one main character, there's a handful of companions of some sort that you also get to know. It seems like most of the rest just float in & out though. Regardless. I love the bits of history and mythology that are tossed in, added level of interest! Quite glad I finally picked these up. ( )

Facinating and interesting. I enjoyed this, I really had never got into Hellboy when I was younger and this was a great chance to familiarise myself with that which the films were based on. Granted it's better but I think they are complimentary.

Hellboy combats evil to try to help the world, even though by his nature he is part of evil, apparently. ( )

Beautiful large-scale Hellboy collection: the art and colours look stunning, and the binding is much more durable than the trade paperback editions. This is probably only for the real Hellboy or Mignola fan; most people won't want to spend the extra coin, but if you love good books and Big Red, this volume is a beautiful luxury.

http://www.piruett.se/2008/10/21/hellboy-gor-dig-glad/ ( )