Aw...Crap, a Hellboy Podcast

Season 2 Episode 13 - Kait and MDC are sent into a spiral about Hellboy’s true name Anung Un Rama in another segment of Oh, Boy email then witness a brief Hellboy Movie rant before they focus up and get to the page by page discussion of two great short stories pencilled by Matt Smith and inked by Ryan Sook.

Kait and MDC are graced by the presence of Kait’s fiancée Jessica Ross (College Humor, UCB’s Bombardier). They discuss her relationship with comic books and comic book characters including the horniness of the 90’s X-Men Animated TV show and how this is the first Hellboy story she’s read before all three go page by page discussing the story that Mignola says was written to “resolve the whole Beast...

Via facetime from Utah, Kait and MDC have the creator of our theme music and his son, Taylor Williams and Elliott, on the show to discuss the two-page story, that also happens to be the first Hellboy story Taylor read with Elliott, Pancakes. In addition, we get Elliott’s suggestion to read FableHaven, Taylor’s skeptical thoughts on the new Hellboy coming in 2019 and thank goodness Kait asked how t...

We’re joined by another best friend of Kait’s Luke Field (College Humor, UCB Harold Night) and discuss his Exhumed band t-shirt, admiration for Elvira and enjoyment of the first-four Hellboy trade paperbacks then before all three discuss the H.P. Lovercraft inspired short story Kait surprises MDC with another gift.

We get to know our guest and best friend of Kait’s Andrew Stanton (UCB Harold Night - Heartthrob) and his love for Fantasy/Horror novels (Tolkien, King, Gaiman) then before jumping into the vampire filled story, The Vârcolac, all three discuss the action figures featured in the Mignolaverse.com article Retro as Hell: Hellboy ReAction Figures Series 2 and their desire to play with them.

This is a sweet and simple episode, a brief email from a regular listener and emailer then Kait & MDC go right into discussing the short story The Right Hand of Doom [August 1998] before signing off until the next episode!

Season 2 Episode 7 - The entire first half of this episode is dedicated to the segment Oh, Boy Email to catch up with listener’s responses to the show. After that MDC and Kait discuss the 8 page story The Baba Yaga [August 1998] then close out with Countdown to Hellboy 2019 and a special audio gift from friend of the podcast and Mignolaverse.com contributor Alex Aronowicz.

MDC & Kait get Countdown to Hellboy 2019 caught up with recent poster releases and the NYCC panel then discuss the first comic book in the Mignolaverse to be written and illustrated by someone other than Mike Mignola, Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead followed up with discussion about the back-up story inspired by a Japanese folk-tale Heads. Before signing off, Kait and MDC watch a clip of Hellboy fro...

MDC & Kait get into the holiday spirit by discussing the short story A Christmas Underground from the first ever Hellboy Christmas Special. Before diving into the pages there are new installments into the segments Aw, Crap Email and Countdown to Hellboy 2019 [we are fully aware that release the date is April 12th - that change occurred between recordings] plus another More Mignola segment befo...

MDC & Kait are joined by the hosts of Screw It, We’re Just Gonna Talk About Spider-Man, Will and Kevin Hines. This episode wastes no time, Will and Kevin discuss their relationship with Hellboy then all four dive into a full discussion of the two issue story Almost Colossus (June and July 1997) plus we’re inspired by their podcast’s awards and give out our own to this beloved Hellboy story.

MDC & Kait welcome Jason Inman (Jupiter Jet, Science!, Geek History Lesson) to the podcast. MDC and Jason discuss their respect for Superman, Jason talks about his Kickstarter for his next comic book venture Science!, sciencecomicbook.com, then Jason talks about his history and relationship with Hellboy and Mike Mignola’s art, and touches on the struggle of giving up graphic novels when moving. Al...

MDC & Kait discuss David Harbour’s thoughts on Hellboy from his Vanity Fair interview, another round of Oh Boy, Email, an old unnamed segment gets crowned Hell to Pay as your hosts talk about the new Hellboy figure being released by Dark Horse Direct and 1000toys. Kait surprises MDC with a classic Hellboy gift. They talk Wake the Devil with issues 3 and 4 plus, they introduce the segment More...

MDC & Kait kick off a new segment called Oh Boy, Email, discuss MDC’s first visit to San Diego Comic-Con, MDC gives gifts to Kait then they dive into the first two issues of Wake the Devil. Theme music written by Taylor Williams & performed by Taylor Williams, Jeff Anderson and Andy Paterson.

MDC & Kait dedicate an extra episode to discuss the beautiful original covers that Mike Mignola created for each of the 4 Issues of Seed of Destruction. (March, April, May and June 1994) Hosted by Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson. Theme music written by Taylor Williams & performed by Taylor Williams, Jeff Anderson and Andy Paterson.

First off, Kait talks about finally watching The Descent directed by Neil Marshall (Hellboy 2019) followed by MDC reading a quote from Mike Mignola about Hellboy 2019 and talking about David Harbour’s interview on the WTF podcast with Marc Maron then they jump right into panel/page discussion of both short stories The Corpse and The Iron Shoes (January 1996).

MDC and Kait take a brief detour into a new segment From the Pages of Hellboy to talk about MDC picking up Issue One of Witchfinder: The Gates of Heaven, Kait gives her overall impressions of Hellboy so far then they go into a panel/page discussion of the short story The Chained Coffin (Dark Horse Presents #100-2 August 1995 - originally printed in Black & White).

MDC and Kait are joined by comic book artist Jonathan Marks-Barracvechia (The Dark Tower: The Lady of Shadows and Bitter Medicine, Wolverines, Savage Wolverine, Dr. Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Man-Thing) to discuss his history from fan to artist and his own fandom for Hellboy then all three dive into a panel/page discussion of The Wolves of Saint August (Dark Horse Presents August-November 1994).

MDC and Kait briefly discuss Abe Sapien’s absence in the upcoming 2019 movie then dive into a page/panel discussion of the last two issues/chapters of Seed of Destruction (May and June 1994) the first full length Hellboy story that ignited the 25 years of the half demon hero we’ve loved so far. Hosted by Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson. Theme music written by Taylor Williams & perform...

MDC and Kait discuss the Hellboy movie banner posted by Milla Jovovich then dive into a page/panel discussion of the first two issues/chapters of the first full Hellboy comic book story Seed of Destruction (March and April 1994). Hosted by Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson. Theme music written by Taylor Williams & performed by Taylor Williams, Jeff Anderson and Andy Paterson.

MDC and Kait discuss their history with comic books, relationship with Hellboy comics and discover their shared love for Cy-Gor and McFarlane Toys then dive into Hellboy’s first two official stories from Dime Press #4 (March 1993) and San Diego Comic Con Comics #2 (August 1993). Hosted by Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson. Theme music written by Taylor Williams & performed by Taylor William...

A short and sweet introduction to the podcast dedicated to the half-demon hero, Hellboy. Hosted by Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson. Theme music written by Taylor Williams & performed by Taylor Williams, Jeff Anderson and Andy Paterson.