Summer getaways with the B.P.R.D.



With Hellboy II: The Golden Army coming in July, there’s no better
time to get up to speed on what’s happening with the characters in
the B.P.R.D. Dark Horse will be releasing three new B.P.R.D. titles
by Mike Mignola and B.P.R.D. vet John Arcudi into the Hellboy
Universe for summer reading pleasure—with new revelations for Liz
Sherman and the origin story for Johann Kraus, as well as a bit of
backstory for the Bureau’s battle with the infamous frog creatures.

June 5th will see the first installment of War on Frogs—a series of
four one-shots that pick up from the March-April B.P.R.D. feature on
MySpace Dark Horse Presents. Renowned artist Herb Trimpe (The
Incredible Hulk) joins regular B.P.R.D. writer John Arcudi and
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, with Guy Davis handling the inking, for
the first one-shot story in this series that will feature a different
legendary comics artist for each issue. War on Frogs chronicles the
Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense's fight against the frog
monsters, set mostly between the events of B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs
and B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame. As the frog cult spreads across
America, Roger the Homunculus returns to the site of the B.P.R.D.'s
first clash with the frog creatures—the ruins of Cavendish Hall,
where Hellboy, Abe, and Liz first encountered both the frogs and
Rasputin (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction)—to track down the final
pieces of the puzzle of the Cavendish family. War on Frogs #2 is
scheduled for a December release and will feature art by Eisner Hall-
of-Famer John Severin (Two Fisted Tales)!

On June 18th, The Ectoplasmic Man arrives! This one-shot comic tells
the origin of Johann Kraus—corresponding with Johann's appearance in
Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and including previously unrevealed
details of how he came to be. Mignola/Arcudi team up with illustrator
Ben Stenbeck (Living with the Dead) to round out the creative team!
The Ectoplasmic Man is the ideal introduction to one of the most
peculiar members of the remarkable Bureau for Paranormal Research and
Defense.

Finally, on July 9th, Mignola and Arcudi reunite with long-time
B.P.R.D. illustrator Guy Davis for B.P.R.D: The Warning, a five-issue
series that immediately follows the events of B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground.
The team rushes to track down the mysterious gentleman who's been
appearing in Liz's visions, as a slew of old enemies menace the
Bureau from all sides in a catastrophic escalation to the end of the
world.

“I’m excited,” says Mike Mignola. “B.P.R.D. is really picking
up speed now. Fans can start girding their loins for big,
catastrophic changes to come.”

“As many changes as we've already seen take place in the
B.P.R.D.,” says John Arcudi, “now is when it really starts getting
nuts!”