HELLBOY AND THE B. P. R. D. THE GHOST SHIPS OF LABRADOR AND OTHER STORIES TP

Follow Hellboy around the globe in this collection of standalone paranormal comics mysteries that is perfect for new readers.Hellboy and his fellow agents travel to coastal Canada to investigate a ghost-filled fishing town, an English manor to find a missing antiquities professor, Sardinia to fight off a monster terrorizing the locals, Iceland to battle the mythical child-eating Christmas cat, and Romania to solve a murder with a psychic twist in this collection of standalone paranormal mysteries!Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by Rob Williams, Laurence Campbell, Giuseppe Manunta, Matt Smith, Christopher Golden, Daniele Serra, Márk László and others in this collection of comics. Collects Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Ghost Ships of Labrador #1-2, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey is Gone one-shot, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Monster of Nivola one-shot, Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat one-shot, Hellboy: The Fortune Teller short story, and bonus material. Mike Mignola's fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age; reading Dracula at age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered. Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist. By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects like Cosmic Odyssey and Batman:Gotham by Gaslight. In 1994, he published the first Hellboy series through Dark Horse.There are thirteen Hellboy graphic novels (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien, and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder), prose books,animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman. Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and was the visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Mike's books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries. Mike lives in Southern California with his family.CHRIS ROBERSON is the co-creator of iZombie (with Mike Allred) and Edison Rex (with Dennis Carter), and the co-writer of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. and other titles in the world of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. In addition to his numerous comics projects, he has written more than a dozen novels and three dozen short stories.CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, and Red Hands. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories, and won twice. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world. ROB WILLIAMS comics works include Suicide Squad, Trinity, Martian Manhunter and Action Comics for DC Comics, Amazing Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Punisher Max and Daken for Marvel, Kingsman: The Red Diamond for Millarworld, Judge Dredd for 2000AD, Doctor Who for Titan Comics and Star Wars and Indiana Jones for Dark Horse. He has also written the Roy Of The Rovers Young Adult Graphic Novels for Rebellion and the pilot script for the in-development Judge Dredd: Mega City One TV show.  His creator-owned works include Unfollow and The Royals: Masters of War for Vertigo, Ordinary for Titan Comics, Old Haunts for AWA and Cla$$war for Com.X. His most recent work includes the World War 2 horror Out and The Sword of Hyperborea for Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe.LAURENCE CAMPBELL worked as a graphic designer for six years before studying, and later teaching, at Central Saint Martins. During this time he started drawing comics for Caliber Comics before working for Image, 2000 AD and Marvel on titles like Punisher Max, The Dark Tower and Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine. He is now happy drawing monsters while hearing his family around the house.DANIELE SERRA is an Italian illustrator. Three-time winner of the British Fantasy Award as “Best Artist” (2012, 2017 and 2021) and finalist at the World Fantasy Award 2021 and 2023, his work includes covers, internal illustrations and comic adaptations for such highly esteemed authors as Stephen King, Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale and Joyce Carol Oates. Daniele lives on a Mediterranean island, in his house studio with his wife, his cats, various exotic insects and a vast collection of horror movies and books.Born in Naples in 1968, GIUSEPPE MANUNTA an Italian comic book artist renowned for his unique, sensual style. After classical studies in the visual arts, he specialized in computer graphics before devoting himself fully to comics in the early 1990s. Over the course of his career, Giuseppe Manunta has collaborated with numerous publishing houses, both in Italy and abroad. He is best known for his erotic series published in specialist magazines such as Blue and Selen. His works have also been translated into French and published by publishers such as Vents d'Ouest and Tabou Éditions.Born in Hungary 1990, Hungary, MÁRK LÁSZLÓ started his drawing career by drawing ghosts, dinosaurs, and all kinds of crazy stuff at the age of 1, much to the delight of his mom. Since then he had the chance to work with his hero, Mike Mignola on a Hellboy short story, and he also drew an issue of Jim Henson's Storyteller comic series. He continues to fulfilling his life-long dream by drawing comics and creating masterful images with his unique and enticing style.BEN STENBECK is best known for his work on Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D., two Koshchei the Deathless series, and his new creator-owned series Our Bones Dust (Image). He is currently working with Mignola on a new Lands Unknown comics universe.MATT SMITH is an illustrator based in Cambridge, Massachusetts who is best known for his work in such children's magazines as Cricket, Highlights for Children, and Muse, as well as the graphic novel edition of Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux. His original graphic novel, Barbarian Lord, was published in 2014 and reviewed favorably by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, which called it a Game of Thrones for younger readers. He illustrated Matt Kindt's Folklords (2020). Smith is also known for creating album cover art and concert posters for Minibosses and as a contributor to FORTY-3, the official Massachusetts College of Art comic journal. He received a Xeric grant for the illustrated poem "Alec Dear", written by Tom Pappalardo of Standard Design. Smith was one of 5 winners of the 2007 Ain't It Cool News 8-bit Art Contest.