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Hellboy Volume 10: The Crooked Man and Others (Hellboy (Graphic Novels)) |  | Authors: Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, Richard Corben, Jason Shawn Alexander, Duncan Fegredo, Dave Stewart
Artist: Mike Mignola
Publisher: Dark Horse
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 1595824774
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781595824776
ASIN: 1595824774
Publication Date: June 22, 2010
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Product Description
The Eisner Award-winning mini-series The Crooked Man, by Mignola and Richard Corben, teams Hellboy with a wandering hillman in a devilish tale of Appalachian witchcraft. This volume also includes the rare "They Who Go Down to the Sea in Ships" by Mignola, Josh Dysart (B.P.R.D.: 1947), and Jason Shawn Alexander (Abe Sapien: The Drowning), never before available for purchase; Mignola and Duncan Fegredo's "The Mole," from Free Comic Book Day 2008; and Mignola's most recent solo outing, "In the Chapel of Moloch."
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 The Crooked Man is my favorite Hellboy story July 4, 2010
Clay Mckinney (Dickson, TN United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Crooked Man is a wonderful, self-contained gem of a story. You absolutely don't have to read volumes 1-9 before you read this. This is a great place to start. The story is set in Appalachia. I'm a Tennessean, Scots-Irish, and I love bluegrass. The story captures something really cool and unsettling about Appalachian folklore and witchcraft, seeming authentic w/o making fun of the stupid hillbillies. It's a jewel.
Straight up awesomeness June 19, 2010
Wiggles (Somewhere... over the rainbow...)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"The Crooked Man", despite being Vol 10 in the Hellboy series, isn't a continuation of the events of the previous book but rather a collection of shorts written by Mignola and illustrated by the best comics artists around. While I would've liked to see what happened after Vol 9, "The Crooked Man" more than makes up for it by providing story after story of high quality, brilliant storytelling and art.
"The Crooked Man" showcases Richard Corben's artwork as Mignola takes Hellboy into rural North America to fight mountain witches and the devil himself. The depiction of the devil, or "The Crooked Man", is truly amazing as are panel after panel of ruined churches, idyllic countryside, and horrifying creatures. If you're a Discworld fan and always wondered what Granny Weatherwax entering the body of an animal might look like, you get to see the graphic depiction here. It's the best story in the book and can easily see why it won an Eisner award in 2009.
Jason Shawn Alexander (the guy who drew "Abe Sapien: The Drowning") lends his talents to a tale of a headless pirate Blackbeard, while Mignola himself draws "In the Chapel of Moloch", a Goya-esque tale of demon worship. The fanciful strip "The Mole" rounds out this superb collection with the inimitable Duncan Fegredo drawing beautiful countryside vistas, a ghostly poker game, and a derelict house with equal skill.
Totally worth reading whether you're new to Hellboy or not, it's an amazing book and a fantastic contribution to one of the best comic series around.
Alone worth buying 10 'Hellboys' for July 9, 2010
Ravanagh Allan (Melbourne, Australia)
This book is the perfect graphic novel, and what I mean by that is (a) they've raised the quality of the graphics for it. It's not your run-of-the-mill semi-graphic novel, like so many of them seem to be these days, don't they.
And (b) it's not at bottom still a comic-book story either, as so many of them are. And I might say, if you don't mind my doing so, that one of the reasons I like the writing of it so much is that I'm a bit spiritual myself, and I can vouch for the truth of about 3/4 of this story (the rest isn't necessarily untrue, I just don't know about it) (and I plan to keep it that way, but you can't fight fate, especially when you're dealing with someone so tricky).
While we're on the subject, I was reading 'R. Crumb Draws the Blues' the other night, and that's got some moments in it that have to do with powers being derived from the dark side of spirituality (African voodoo). And it's non-fiction. It's interesting (always nice when someone else gets the information for you!).
More Mignola Awesomeness July 19, 2010
S. Hawkins
I love the collections of short (or shorter) stories, and this is another great addition to the collection!
Scary, Freaky, Headless, and some other Propositions as well September 1, 2010
TastyBabySyndrome ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA)
Hellboy has been a long way from home for a while now. On those trips he's run into a lot of odd fellows. Here, we have a few of those tales, along with a few tales that are shorts and haven't been included in anything before. Personally, I thought the shorts were great, and having the insight into the process that Mignola utilizes is also great. In one of the stories, for example, he explains how he uses a statue of Moloch in the story and prepares a little clay statue so he can see all the angles. I like that. I also like the things you find out when you read the forward he puts in. In the mole, for example, you find out that it is based on an experience he had and on some "itch you can't scratch." Intersting how the mind works. Equally interesting are the people that inspire the tales.
The Crooked Man is a tale of witchcraft and a personal journey we are witnessing, set in the backwoods of the Apps. The Crooked Man is freaky and some of the story is freaky as well, making it bizarre and interesting at the same time. When you look at it, look at the way Mignola's influences shine through in the tale - there's an area in the book that tells you all about it. if you already know Manly Wade Wellman's work, you can envision what is going on here.
They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships pits Abe and Hellboy against a certain body and head that want to be reunited and that are not exactly the friendliest cast to walk the Earth. The way the art comes together with the tales of this person is great, taking all of the things that people have said over the years and putting them in the story. Honestly, I thought the subject of this was a good one because he's someone that people have heard odd things about - as a kid those things used to creep me out.
In the Chapel of Moloch is a great story because it goes back to that true Hellboy feel for me. You have a painter that wants to do creepy work and that gets his own foreign studio/ chapel to work in. his partner sets him up and exhibition, too, and then leaves him to his work. When he returns, however, he finds the work undone and something built in the chapel that frightens him. and when Hellboy comes in, you know it gets worse.
The Mole is just a short that is informative in soem way because it dwells on the fears. Even Hellboy has them, that's what the story says, and we know what he has haunting his mind.
All in all, this is a great collection. You don't have to be schooled in anything to enjoy it but you don't have to be a novice to walk right up and play ball. Its good stuff - and it is something to divert from the massive story going on right now. Hellboy has great things inside and hopefully people see them all. I personally think this deserves a solid five.
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