Written by Mike MignolaArt by Duncan Fegredo
There is often a paint-by-numbers quality to Mike Mignola's Hellboy comics. In recent years, he's tried to stretch the character into new territory by killing him and dumping him in Hell, but the stories are much the same as they were before. He's also started exploring Hellboy's earlier years a little more, and to me, that's been a more interesting and successful endeavour.
The Midnight Circus is a one-off hardcover graphic novel that came out in 2013 and features art by the amazing Duncan Fegredo. The story is pretty straight-forward - young Hellboy sneaks out of the BPRD offices one night to try smoking, and ends up visiting a strange circus.
Mignola does not push this into any new directions. The person running the circus is a demon or something, and is interested in testing the lad, while the woman with him wants to try to kill Hellboy, fearing his prophesied future.
While the story is nothing special, the art is very nice. Fegredo is always good, and colourist Dave Stewart really knows how to bring out his better qualities. I like the way the colours help separate the circus-world scenes from the rest of the book.
This is a very quick read, but it's still a decent comic.
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