August 27, 2025
Although artist Giuseppe Manunta may be unknown to the mainstream, his contributions featured in Heavy Metal magazine and his graphic novels are very telling. This pin-up artist has quite the imagination, and he’s done many graphic novels (Amazon link) since. And when he says he wants to draw something for Dark Horse Comics / Mike Mignola, I’ll be looking forward to the release of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey is Gone.
When he’s also contributed to the animated series Winx, I’m glad he’s not limiting himself to specific genres. This French production has a very distinctive style to it and to be part of that team of storyboard artists and costume designers had me tuning in! For this particular upcoming comic book, when an octopus is somehow involved, I’m curious! The season to go play at the beach is nearly here, and the release date is rather timely. After looking at Monster from the Ocean Floor (movie review) recently. I have to wonder….
From the Press Release:
“I’m a big fan of Giuseppe’s work,, so I was thrilled when he told me he wanted to do a Hellboy story—The only problem was that I had sort of (finally) run out of Hellboy stories,” says Mike Mignola. ”My head is so much in my new LANDS UNKNOWN series now that for a while I was really drawing a blank.
Then I remembered a plot I had given to Chris Golden a while back. He wrote it up as a Hellboy story for Weird Tales magazine (THE CITY IN THE SEA—Weird Tales issue 367) but that was an unillustrated prose story and there were (I thought) some terrific visuals in that story so I thought Giuseppe would be a terrific artist to put those on paper. So I reworked that original story and idea and turned it over to Giuseppe to work his magic.”
When a paranoid antiquities professor goes missing, Hellboy and the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense leap into action, but their search takes a dangerous turn as whoever was after the professor sets their sights on Hellboy. This thrilling one-shot features all the charm and excitement of a classic Hellboy adventure and introduces audiences to Manunta’s breathtaking, painterly artwork.