Usually I’d welcome you to the latest news update, but I’m not doing the news this month. My heart wasn’t really in it. Don’t worry, we’ll still be showing the solicitations for January, but before we get to that, I want to pay tribute to Kees Lagerweij.

Those of you that used to be on the old Dark Horse Hellboy forum back in the early 2000s would probably know him. You’d also know him from the CBR Hellboy forums, or perhaps the recent Mike Mignola’s Art fan page on Facebook. If you listen to the Hellboy Book Club podcast you’ve certainly heard his name. He would regularly write in.

Kees was always an active fan in the Hellboy Universe community, and always ready to welcome newcomers. When I was first getting into the comics, he was one of those helpful fans that showed me the ropes. Before Mignolaversity’s Hellboy Universe Reading Order, I created a rudimentary publishing order list back 2009. Kees helped me put it together.

He helped a lot of people. He was always engaged in growing the community around these comics in positive ways. Just check in on those fan communities I mentioned above and you can see he had an impact on us.

Kees, you will be missed.

19 December, 1974 – 16 October, 2018. R.I.P.

B.P.R.D.: THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #12

Written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie

Illustrated by Christopher Mitten and Laurence Campbell

Color by Dave Stewart On sale January 2, 2019

Full color, 32 pages

$3.99

Ongoing The B.P.R.D. desperately grasps for a plan to save humanity from a deep-seated danger, while Hellboy is visited by an old acquaintance with new information.

JOE GOLEM: OCCULT DETECTIVE

THE DROWNING CITY #5 (of 5)

Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

Illustrated by Peter Bergting

Color by Michelle Madsen On sale January 9, 2019

Full color, 32 pages

$3.99

Miniseries Who will wield the enigmatic and unlimited power of Lector’s Pentajulum, and to what end? Attacked by the mad Dr. Cocteau’s henchmen, Joe Golem and Molly are separated, leaving Joe mortally wounded and Molly taken prisoner. As the moment Cocteau has waited for to contact the Outer Dark draws near, Joe makes one last heroic attempt to save Molly from powers unknown.

HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1956 #3 (of 5)

Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson

Illustrated by Yishan Li, Mike Norton, and Michael Avon Oeming

Color by Dave Stewart On sale January 23, 2019

Full color, 32 pages

$3.99

Miniseries Dr. Trevor Bruttenholm is drawn deeper into his off-the-books investigations, leaving the B.P.R.D. struggling to stay one step ahead of their Soviet counterparts. Meanwhile, conflict within the Soviet occult team flares as the tension between team leader Varvara and her subordinates comes to a head.

CRIMSON LOTUS #3 (of 5)

Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi

Illustrated by Mindy Lee

Color by Michelle Madsen On sale January 30, 2019

Full color, 32 pages

$3.99

Miniseries The Crimson Lotus strikes again! Shocked by the news of an agent’s death, spies Shengli and Dai must parry the Lotus again when they discover she is even closer than they thought. And can the pair avoid getting caught between Japanese soldiers and the Lotus herself?

And the final “B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth” omnibus is coming out in March…

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B.P.R.D.

HELL ON EARTH

—OMNIBUS EDITION—