Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, has been cooking up a complete new fantasy universe, and the primary guide set in it’s out now. Bowling with Corpses and Different Unusual Tales From Lands Unknown, is an anthology that reads like a set of myths and folklore. The tales are macabre with a contact of caprice (as in, occasional animal narrators), starting from a boy’s weird journey after he turns into the surprising wielder of a strong lifeless hand, to the creation of the world and gods within the eponymous Lands Unknown.
Mignola stated when the undertaking was introduced final 12 months that “it began with an Italian folktale a few boy who goes bowling with corpses,” which he wished to adapt, but additionally to “play quick and free” in doing so. “So I created a complete new world,” he stated. Bowling with Corpses hits comedian shops as we speak, and you may learn a snippet from “Una and the Satan” (certainly one of my favourite tales within the guide) beneath.
Unsurprisingly, Mignola’s model lends itself properly to the idea of creepy people tales, and there are some actually gorgeous visuals that carry all of it to life: a lady rising from a blood-filled casket; a person following a floating dagger via a forest bathed in pink; a newly reworked creature of the evening spreading her wings for the primary time. The guide accommodates eight tales throughout its 112 pages (and a promise for extra to return!), so there’s loads of great things to sink your enamel into.
Mignola collaborated as soon as once more with Ben Stenbeck (Our Bones Mud) to create the Lands Unknown universe, and the guide is the primary to be revealed underneath Mignola’s new imprint, Curious Objects, from Darkish Horse Comics. Bowling with Corpses and Different Unusual Tales From Lands Unknown was written and illustrated by Mignola, coloured by Dave Stewart and lettered by Clem Robins.
