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Creator Mike Mignola Shares His First Ever Drawing of Hellboy

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Diehard fans have probably already seen this, but with a brand new Hellboy movie coming next year, now seems like a good time to revisit the big guy’s origin story.

Artist Mike Mignola is the man responsible for creating Hellboy, the character first appearing in August 1993’s San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2. Of course, it was Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman who introduced the bright red half-demon to a whole new audience with their two-film series, but Hellboy is Mignola’s baby no matter how you slice it.

With a new film on the horizon – “Stranger Things” star David Harbour is taking over the role – Mignola took to Twitter today to share his very first Hellboy drawing.

Via Wikipedia, “Hellboy originated with a drawing Mike Mignola did at a comic book convention of a demon with the name HELLBOY written on his belt. The demon itself bears virtually no resemblance to Hellboy, and Mignola had no intention of doing anything serious with the concept, but later decided he liked the name.”

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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