Hellboy
by Mike Mignola
read: 2018
I worked my way through the complete Hellboy story arc on Comixology last year and loved the blend of X-Files meets classic mythology meets Indiana Jones. I also thought of H.P. Lovecraft and how his heroes all descended into madness when confronted with the evil alien world that exists in parallel to our own. Who could withstand such knowledge without succumbing to insanity? Mike Mignola's answer is a demon with a heart of gold and a fist of stone, a fist that is prophesied to bring on armageddon. He smokes, he cracks wise, he does dumb stuff sometimes, but he is as heroic as any character in fiction.
