Geek Culture Reviews

RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced that its GraphicAudio brand is releasing three original Hellboy Universe audiobooks written by bestselling author Christopher Golden. The first audiobook in the series will be released in July. Written exclusively for GraphicAudio and produced with a full cast of actors, sound effects, and cinematic music, this audio-first series provides an immersive story set in the Hellboy Universe created by legendary cartoonist Mike Mignola. Each audiobook will be accompanied by cover artwork by Mignola and award-winning colorist Dave Stewart. The first of the audio projects, titled Hellboy: A Plague Of Wasps, continues the story from the fan favorite Hellboy in Love comic books. Golden said, “ Having written Hellboy comics and novels and co-written the screenplay for the upcoming Hellboy: The Crooked Manfilm, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to experiment with original audiobooks. The audiobooks form a trilogy that picks up k...

Rob reviews The Sword of Hyperborea #1... From legendary Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola and 2000 AD and DC Comics writer, Rob Williams comes the history of the Hyperborea Sword and how it shaped both the B.P.R.D and the wider "Hellboyverse". Set over four issues,  The Sword of Hyperborea will focus on a different part of the sword's history as we follow its many different bearers as the sword passes through time, from Gall Dennar, Sir Edward Grey, and right up to its current bearer - B.P.R.D Agent Ted Howards. Kicking off issue #1  Mignola and Williams set us off on a journey of discovery - one that's full of familiar faces, and situations. The titular sword has always had an aura of mystery around it - and it's one that's never been fully explained. While this mini-series plans to uncover this mystery, this opening issue doesn't offer anything new (as such). If you're not familiar with the wider Hellboy world, the narrative here is a ...

Rob Lake reviews Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #1... Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #1 picks up thirteen years after the conclusion to Mike Mignola's previous Baltimore series, The Red Kingdom.  Mignola and long time collaborator, Christopher Golden have in a sense rebooted this stunning world with not only a new Lady Baltimore but with more tales in the 'Outerverse'.  "Once she was Sofia Valk, living in a village overrun by evil. In time she became Lord Baltimore's most trusted ally. Now, more than a decade after his death, Europe has erupted with the early battles of World War 2 and dark forces are rising again. With witches, vampires, and Nazis on the march, Sofia must embrace the title of Lady Baltimore!  But can she fight monsters without becoming a monster herself?" This opening issue to The Witch Queens kicks off to a pretty decent start. Mignola and Golden add just enough elements of the original series to show the chan...