Story Details and Art For Mike Mignola's HELLBOY Spinoff Horror Series MISS TRUESDALE AND THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA
Mike Mignola has a Hellboy spinoff comic series coming to Dark Horse Comics titled Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea. The four-issue series was written by Mignola, and it was illustrated by Jesse Lonergan, and we have some story details and art to share with you today!
The supernatural miniseries will follow “the titular Miss Truesdale—one of the final followers of the secret society known as the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra. Gifted with a vision from the Brotherhood’s leader, Truesdale finds her life in Victorian London connected to ancient Hyperborea, and the life of a young gladiator there—giving her an opportunity to tweak the past and change her future.”
Jesse Lonergan shared in a statement: “When Mike asked me if I would be interested in doing something in the Hellboy universe, it felt a little bit like a dream. He’s one of the artists whose work I revisit the most, and there have been times when I’ve been working on something and asked myself, ‘How would Mignola do this?’ And then to get to do a story that introduces a new character, expands the lore, and has gladiators, Victorian spiritualists, and lizard people—it’s just been so much fun.”
Mignola added: “I fell in love with Jesse’s stuff the moment I stumbled across it, but it took a long time for me to wrap my head around a way we could work together. His storytelling is so great but amazingly unique and I’m such a control freak when it comes to how to pace a story—I didn’t want to tie his hands with the way I structure things. But he is just so good…”
He continued, saying: “Eventually I came up with the idea for Miss Truesdale (an odd one, even for me) and just couldn’t think of anyone better to draw it. We met, we talked, and I think we settled on a way to collaborate. It meant writing a plot that was tight in some places and very, very loose in others,” Mignola continued. “I had to trust Jesse to work his magic—and for me it’s hard to really trust an artist I’ve never worked with, even one as good as Jesse—but I did it and he did what he does and I couldn’t be happier with the results. I think this ends up being one of the most unique extensions of the Hellboy Universe, and after almost thirty years (and some very odd stories) that’s saying something.”
This looks and sounds like a fun horror comic series and I’ll be looking forward to reading it! I’m up for any story set in the Hellboy universe!
Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea will be released on May 17, 2023.
Source: Gizmodo