Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Mike Mignola\u2019s Legendary Creation<\/p>\n
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November 15, 2018) Next year, on Saturday March 23, 2019, Dark Horse Comics will celebrate the 25th anniversary of legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola\u2019s most famous creation with Hellboy Day. In 1994, Dark Horse Comics published the debut issue of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction and introduced comic book readers to the Right Hand of Doom, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, and one of the most iconic comic book characters\u2014and universes\u2014of all time. For 2019\u2019s Hellboy Day celebration, Dark Horse will publish a 25th anniversary, promotional edition of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction issue 1, featuring a new cover by Mignola and colorist Dave Stewart, which will be given away at participating comic book shops; and select stores across the country will host Hellboy Day events.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen I created Hellboy way back when I never imagined he would be around long enough to celebrate a 25th anniversary,\u201d said Mike Mignola. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to the writers, artists, colorists and letterers who\u2019ve joined me in telling Hellboy stories for all these years. And, of course, so grateful to the fans. This thing could not exist without their support and it\u2019s a pleasure every time I get to go out to meet them.\u201d Mike Mignola will appear at a Hellboy Day signing at Earth 2 Comics in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles on March 23.<\/p>\n
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Dark Horse is inviting comic book retailers to celebrate this milestone anniversary for the world\u2019s greatest paranormal investigator by holding store events and sales of Hellboy titles. In addition, Dark Horse will be creating a series of Hellboy Day promotional materials for retailers, including a Hellboy Tattoo Sheet, a Right Hand of Doom bookmark, a window cling, an open\/close sign, and a new, folded version of the Hellboy double sided poster and Mignolaverse timeline that debuted at New York Comic Con. Retailers will have the chance to order promotional, giveaway materials and are invited to take advance of additional backlist sale pricing in order to hold celebrations at their stores. Qualifying retailers who take advantage of backlist sales promotion will be automatically entered to win special prizing packages from Dark Horse.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHellboy fans: please make sure to tell your retailer you want your local store to participate in this awesome celebration today,\u201d said Matt Parkinson, Dark Horse Vice President of Marketing. \u201cAnd retailers: look for the December Previews for February on Sale (Issue #363) for details on backlist sales and contest deals, as well as ordering information on the promotional material being created for the event.\u201d<\/p>\n
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For nearly 25 years, Mignola and a host of celebrated writers and artists have chronicled the adventures of Hellboy facing his supposed destiny as Beast of the Apocalypse, and explored the mysterious backstories of B.P.R.D. agents including Professor Trevor Bruttenholm and Abe Sapien. Hellboy\u2019s adventures have appeared in what are known as the Mignolaverse \u2014 the strange, shared universe of comic books and graphic novels, comprised of acclaimed titles including Hellboy & the B.P.R,D., Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D., Crimson Lotus, Frankenstein Underground, Lobster Johnson, The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed and Witchfinder. Hellboy has appeared in graphic novels and comic books, prose novels and short story collections, two animated features, two live action films, toy lines and all manner of merchandise. Neil Marshall\u2019s forthcoming Hellboy film starring David Harbour, Sasha Lane, Ian McShane, Penelope Mitchell, and Milla Jovovich will be released by Lionsgate on April 12, 2019.<\/p>\n
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For more information about the Mignolaverse comic books and graphic novels, as well as announcements of Dark Horse Comics\u2019 plans for 2019 to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of the first Hellboy comic book, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, follow the company on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Mike Mignola\u2019s Legendary Creation on March 23, 2019 \u00a0 November 15, 2018) Next year, on Saturday March 23,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[93,186,280,138],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HBYDAY19-PROMO-FLYER-rd2-1-page-001-e1542329275530.jpg?fit=1031%2C1334","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12511,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/06\/dark-horse-books-to-publish-hellboy-25-years-of-covers-this-summer\/","url_meta":{"origin":10095,"position":0},"title":"Dark Horse Books To Publish Hellboy: 25 Years of Covers This Summer","author":"DiRT","date":"February 6, 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"Featuring an All New Preface by Legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, A New Introduction by Award-Winning Colorist Dave Stewart And Over 150 Iconic Covers February 5, 2019) To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, Dark Horse Comics is publishing Hellboy: 25 Years of Covers.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Comic Book News"","block_context":{"text":"Comic Book News","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/category\/i-need-comics\/comic-book-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HBY25YR_CVR_MOCKUP-e1549464405631.jpg?fit=812%2C1200&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HBY25YR_CVR_MOCKUP-e1549464405631.jpg?fit=812%2C1200&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HBY25YR_CVR_MOCKUP-e1549464405631.jpg?fit=812%2C1200&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HBY25YR_CVR_MOCKUP-e1549464405631.jpg?fit=812%2C1200&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12681,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/12\/666-cases-of-hellboy-beer-on-tap-from-gigantic-brewing-and-dark-horse-comics-featuring-new-bottle-art-by-mike-mignola-colored-by-dave-stewart\/","url_meta":{"origin":10095,"position":1},"title":"666 Cases of Hellboy Beer On Tap from Gigantic Brewing and Dark Horse Comics, Featuring New Bottle Art by Mike Mignola colored by Dave Stewart","author":"DiRT","date":"February 12, 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"(February 11, 2019) To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, Oregon's Gigantic Brewing and Dark Horse Comics are teaming up to create 666 cases of Hellboy beer, based on award-winning cartoonist Mike Mignola\u2019s legendary character. 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