El sorprendente mundo de cómics de Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, has announced the birth of a new comic narrative universe called Curious Objects, created in collaboration with writer Ben Stenbeck, who has already been involved in the development of the B.P.R.D. universe linked to Hellboy over the years.

Curious Objects will debut in the United States on December 3rd with an anthology comic published by Dark Horse Comics entitled Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, featuring a series of original stories written and illustrated by Mignola, along with his long-time collaborators: colorist Dave Stewart and letterer Clem Robins. Subsequently, this new narrative universe will expand with additional stories written by Ben Stenbeck.

The stories in Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown will contain all the elements that have made Mignola famous: folklore, horror, fantasy, and gothic. It will range «from the search for the beating heart of an ancient dead warlock to a pirate girl who strikes a deal with the devil, to a boy who wins a grim prize in a match with the undead,» Dark Horse Comics explains when announcing the title.

«It all started with an Italian fairy tale about a boy going bowling with corpses,» Mignola said in the press release. «I fell in love with the story as soon as I discovered it, but I wanted to adapt it freely, so I created a completely new world. Not too different from our world a few centuries ago, but with many more gods and monsters. Once that world was created, new characters and stories began to flow from it. There’s a lot to play with in this universe, and I expect to do so for a long time.»