Maybe it's hard to accept, but creators sometimes get sick of their own characters. Maybe Mike Mignola just wants to move on to other projects or focus on different characters in the Hellboy universe. I don't think he's doing it just to be sensationalist. If that were the case, wouldn't he be resurrecting the character pretty much immediately a la the 5 dozen or so deaths of Superman?airrazor7 said:
Mike Mignola's Killing Off Hellboy
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Actually, I agree because I was thinking the same thing. The guy sounds like he's tired of it and it's really not that hard to accept. A writer will get tired of projects and will want to move on to something else.SemiHumanTarget said:
Also no, I don't think that if he is doing it for sensationalism's sake, he would immediately resurrect Hellboy because that is the very issue he has a problem with as stated in the article.
Who reads just for the conclusion of something? It's not the end that matters, but how they got there. Otherwise people would just pick things up in bookstores, flip to the last page and walk out feeling contented.Mister Benoit said:
They will kill him and BOOM end of the word as the apocalyse begins. Would be awesome. Now where is Hellboy 3?
How is this a surprise? Mignola pretty much made it clear he was going to kill off Hellboy back when he was outlining the difference between his Hellboy and del Toro's. "My Hellboy will never have kids or happy endings" and all that. From a narrative standpoint it's pretty clear that this character's destiny was always to die, it's the whole reason why he exists. I'm just glad that he's actually following through on it.
it seems he didn't think this throughMister Benoit said:
you sur just gave me another movie to watchPunkRex said:
Mister Benoit said:
Worked for Captain America, and one member of the Fantastic Four (I only saw they were doing this never saw who though)
Ohh well never was a big fan of the comics anyway
Woah. Is that even allowed, killing off a comic book (er, graphic novel?) character FOR REALZ? I mean, aren't the writers contractually obligated to wait a bit, then go "Oh JK, guys! He was just, um, trapped in this alternate reality and so it wasn't really HIM dying, only his self from the lesser dimension, which had been oppressing his true identity since issue #16, when the time-force broke the barrier separating the Veils of Paradox and unleashed all...."
Yeah, you get the point. Still...that's harsh, Mignola. :\
Yeah, you get the point. Still...that's harsh, Mignola. :\
Wow dude, you're just a dick. I've finished the series and such already but you still suck. Did people constantly shit on you as a kid and ruined everything you liked?beefpelican said:
Have to say I really wonder how they'll do it... in the comics, very little seems to slow Hellboy down and he's killed major mythological figures of pretty much every culture (Baba Yaga, Egyptien Gods, etc) - they're going to need a team up that puts the one that killed Chuck Norris to shame in the 'ultimate showdown of epic destiny' to do him in.
Sorry, I figured that you were done, but I guess I didn't know for sure.Mister Benoit said:
As for killing Hellboy, I'm not sure if I would mind Mignola doing so. It's an incredibly well done, very original series, and if Mignola has decided that it is time for the character to go, then I'm sure it's because it best serves the plot. It's kind of like how Monty Python stopped doing comedy because they didn't want to repeat themselves. I'm not sure why he announced it ahead of time though. Maybe it's supposed to make it more of an inevitable tragedy. Kind of like Hamlet or Othello, you know it's going to go poorly for everyone involved from the beginning, so it makes it all the more tragic when the heroes are powerless to escape their fate.
What do you think?