{"id":796,"date":"2008-11-07T21:12:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T02:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=796"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:37:39","slug":"hellboy-vol-7-the-troll-witch-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/796","title":{"rendered":"Hellboy Vol 7: The Troll Witch and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hellboy<\/a> Vol 7: The Troll With and Others<\/a><\/em> (2007) Mike Mignola, Richard Corben, P. Craig Russell<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is another collection of shorter stories, and as usual, these collections tend to be my favorites. Though I do have to admit, that from reading Mike Mignola’s introductions to the various Hellboy short stories, I have apparently missed my calling, as the only other people who seemed to be as fascinated with folktales as I am are comic book writers.<\/p>\n

I’ll have to keep that in mind next time I’m considering a career change.<\/p>\n

The Troll Witch and Others<\/em> is a collection of Hellboy stories, some drawn by Mike Mignola, some drawn by Richard COrben and P. Craig Russell. Although most of the stories were pretty good, there were some I really liked, and some I didn’t much care for. As usual.<\/p>\n

“The Vampire of Prague” was a strange story that was more art work story that written story, which didn’t make it a particular favorite, even thought I was amused by the the way the vampire looked.<\/p>\n

I liked Makoma quite a bit, and I’m sure the fact it was heavily based on folklore didn’t hurt that a bit. I especially liked the bag of holding, and Hellboy\/Makoma’s reaction when he discovers the empty bag. Well, that’s like as in thought it interesting, not like as in found it fun. Just so you know.<\/p>\n

But my favorite story in the collection was “The Troll Witch.” Hellboy always wants to talk to the bad guys, and it never made much sense before. It makes a lot more sense after reading this story. Because you can’t always tell who the bad guy is by looks alone. I particularly liked the ending of “THe Troll Witch” and I’d say it’s probably one of my favorite Hellboy stories so far.<\/p>\n

So if, like me, you’re a fan of the Hellboy collections full of shorter stories, this is a collection you don’t want to miss. It would also be a perfectly good place to start reading Hellboy, as it doesn’t particularly require previous knowledge of Hellboy or his past.
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