{"id":704,"date":"2008-10-12T20:51:01","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T00:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=704"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:37:40","slug":"brpd-vol-1-hollow-earth-and-other-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/704","title":{"rendered":"B.P.R.D. Vol 1: Hollow Earth and Other Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

BPRD <\/a>Vol 1: Hollow Earth and Other Stories<\/a><\/em> (2003) Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Tim Sniegoski, Ryan Sook, Curtis Arnold, Brian McDonald, Derek Thompson, Matt Smith<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ve been enjoying the Hellboy<\/a> comics, so I thought I’d branch out and check out the B.P.R.D. series. Hollow Earth & Other Stories<\/em> takes place after the events in Conqueror Worm<\/em>. Hellboy has left the B.P.R.D. and Abe and the others are unsure of their place and if they want to remain in the B.P.R.D. without Hellboy (and in consideration of the events that led to Hellboy’s resignation.)<\/p>\n

IN this collection of stories, we discover where Elizabeth Sherman went, and now that she is in danger and Hellboy is not around, Abe must take out Roger and the Kraus, the newest member of the team, to attempt to save her. We also catch a glimpse into Abe’s past, and learn how Roger became a member of the team.<\/p>\n

As with the Hellboy volumes that are short story collections, I enjoyed the shorter format for B.P.R.D. stories. Unlike the Hellboy stories, Mike Mignola shared writing and drawing with others, I have to say I preferred the stories where Mike Mignola shared writing credits, but all the stories were good.<\/p>\n

Because this is a comic format, you should be able to pick up these stories without knowledge of the previous Hellboy tales. But I always think that having read the backstory makes the following stories richer.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BPRD Vol 1: Hollow Earth and Other Stories (2003) Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Tim Sniegoski, Ryan Sook, Curtis Arnold, Brian McDonald, Derek Thompson, Matt Smith I’ve been enjoying the Hellboy comics, so I thought I’d branch out and check out the B.P.R.D. series. Hollow Earth & Other Stories takes place after the events in Conqueror […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,9,291,16],"tags":[289,277,849],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-graphic-novels","category-paper","category-supernatural","tag-b-p-r-d","tag-hellboy","tag-mike-mignola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-bm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":793,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/793","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":0},"title":"B.P.R.D. Vol 6: The Universal Machine","author":"Michelle","date":"November 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"B.P.R.D. Vol 6: The Universal Machine (2007) Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis Roger is dead. Abe is still lost in his thoughts of his past. And Johann is trying to bring Roger back from the dead. While Kate Corrigan heads off to France in search of a book that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/BPRD-Universal-Machine.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":740,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/740","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":1},"title":"B.P.R.D. Vol 3: Plague of Frogs","author":"Michelle","date":"October 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"B.P.R.D. Vol 3: Plague of Frogs (2005) Mike Mignola and Guy Davis I have to admit I was a tad bit disappointed when I saw Vol 3 was a single story and not a collection of short stories. It's not that I dislike the longer format, it's simply that I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/BPRD-Plague-Frogs.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":721,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/721","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":2},"title":"B.P.R.D. Vol 2: The Soul of Venice & Other Stories","author":"Michelle","date":"October 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"B.P.R.D. Vol 2: The Soul of Venice & Other Stories (2004) Mike Mignola, Miles GUnther, Michael Avon Oeming, Brian Augustyn, Guy Davis, Geoff Jones, Scott Kolins, Joe Harris, Adam Pollina & Cameron Stewart In The Soul of Venice & Other Stories, Mike Mignola invited several other artists and writers to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/BPRD-Soul-Venice.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":780,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/780","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":3},"title":"B.P.R.D. Vol 4: The Dead","author":"Michelle","date":"November 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"B.P.R.D. Vol 4: The Dead (2005) Mike Mignola. John Arcudi, Guy Davis Set in the aftermath of Plague of Frogs, the BPRD has to figure out how to stop the frog monsters, while Abe has become obsessed with his past, and the man he may have been in another life.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/BPRD-Dead.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":830,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/830","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":4},"title":"Hellboy Vol 8: Darkness Calls","author":"Michelle","date":"November 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Hellboy Vol 8: Darkness Calls (2008) Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo Hellboy is slowly working his way back to the world, after spending six (or however many) years under the sea. But now Hellboy is on his own, separated from B.P.R.D., and Baba Yaga and several others who were taken down\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Hellboy-Darkness-Calls.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":784,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/784","url_meta":{"origin":704,"position":5},"title":"B.P.R.D. Vol 5: The Black Flame","author":"Michelle","date":"November 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"B.P.R.D. Vol 5: The Black Flame (2006) Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis In the 5th BRPD volume, the frogs released in Plague of Frogs are now appearing everywhere, and wreaking destruction as they go. In the meantime, Roger, who was extra simple last volume, has decided to imprint on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/BPRD-Black-Flame.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}