{"id":6066,"date":"2016-09-11T19:27:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T23:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:37:38","slug":"hellboy-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6066","title":{"rendered":"Hellboy in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ckifx2\">Hellboy in Mexico<\/a><\/em> (2016)  Mike Mignola, Richard Corben, Mick Mahon, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ckifx2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Hellboy-in-Mexico.jpg?resize=195%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hellboy-in-mexico\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6067\" \/><\/a>I generally like the Hellboy books that are collections of short stories, but for some reason I had a hard time getting into this collection.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_moon_dark_horse-628x971.jpg?resize=194%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_moon_dark_horse-628x971\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_moon_dark_horse-628x971.jpg?resize=628%2C971&amp;ssl=1 628w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_moon_dark_horse-628x971.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>It had lots of the things I generally like about Hellboy (like getting into (and losing) a fight with a demonic donkey.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_corben_dark_horse-628x966.jpg?resize=195%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_corben_dark_horse-628x966\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_corben_dark_horse-628x966.jpg?resize=628%2C966&amp;ssl=1 628w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboy_in_mexico_mignola_corben_dark_horse-628x966.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>And I liked the idea of Hellboy roving around Mexico as part of a vigilante group.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboyinmexico-06.jpg?resize=300%2C126&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hellboyinmexico-06\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboyinmexico-06.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hellboyinmexico-06.jpg?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>But for some reason, these stories didn&#8217;t peak my interest. Perhaps I&#8217;ll try again later.<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nPublished by Dark Horse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hellboy in Mexico (2016) Mike Mignola, Richard Corben, Mick Mahon, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba I generally like the Hellboy books that are collections of short stories, but for some reason I had a hard time getting into this collection. It had lots of the things I generally like about Hellboy (like getting into (and losing) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,2,9,291,16],"tags":[277,849],"class_list":["post-6066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthology","category-fantasy","category-graphic-novels","category-paper","category-supernatural","tag-hellboy","tag-mike-mignola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1zQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3091,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3091","url_meta":{"origin":6066,"position":0},"title":"Hellboy Vol 12: The Storm and the Fury","author":"Michelle","date":"August 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Hellboy Vol 12: The Storm and the Fury (2012) Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo Oh. 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