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Contains a preview forHellboy Winter Special : The Yule Cat !
Screen Rant is excited to share undivided appendage art and commentary forHellboy Winter Special : The Yule CatfromDark Horse Comics . This one - shot comedian takes inspiration from Icelandic folklore as the ninety superhero investigate a extrasensory Christmas monster . Dark Horse has provided a unaired look at the upcoming special , along with behind - the - panorama notes from the creative team .
Hellboy Winter Special : The Yule Cathas the originative squad of Matt Smith , Chris O’Halloran , and Clem Robbins . The iconic Lord of the eccentric , Mike Mignola , will provide a variant top for the issue . The story is inspired by an Icelandic kat , known as the Jólakötturinn . According to Dark Horse Comics , the cat " is said to make out down from the mountains , on the prowl for people who have not receive any new clothes to wear down before Christmas Eve . "
This one - dead reckoning will be released on December 6 , take proofreader a tale that is many yr in the making , accord to Katii O’Brien , an editor atDark Horse Comics . This will stigmatize the return of aHellboy Winter Specialissue , since it was an annual claim from 2016 - 2019 .
Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat is a Great Jumping On Point
Dark Horse Comicseditor , Katii O’Brien say :
The Yule Cat has been a conversation since 2019 , even if we did n’t get around to it until this year . The neat Matt Smith started working on this narration as a conception before we even decided to do the Bones of Giants comic adaptation . A giant cat from Icelandic folklore that eats fry at Christmas ? It ’s right up our alley . There is n’t much to know going into the story , readers will jump right in alongside Hellboy as he starts to inquire the mysterious Yule Cat , so it is both a fun jump - on for our new reader and an instant classic Hellboy storey for the long - remain firm devotee . Like our most beloved one - shots and shorts , the adventure bristle in the action and the magic is in the detail . add up for the big cat fight , stay for the piffling kids that call Hellboy ' Mr. Hell . '
On working with Matt Smith , O’Brien add up :
Ever since we ’ve ferment with Matt we ’ve always been thinking about what we can take him to do NEXT , so that we can keep him bring on these books . He is a wiz with Hellboy , between his bash for the main character and his love for the traditional knowledge , which point so clearly in this Holy Writ . This is the first Hellboy world book he has both written and draw , and hopefully it will not be the last !
Matt Smith Reveals Creative Process Behind Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat
Matt Smith , author of thisHellboyspecial , read :
The Yule Cat account was initially an practice to make Hellboy in readiness for take on my first Hellboy jaunt , Long Night at Goloski Station . I had been contacted by Mike , but did n’t make out the Goloski floor yet so I cull my own scenario to head for the hills some trial page , work out in loose dialog as I was sketching the panels . All to calm my nerves I suppose and see if I could in reality pull off what I had consort to . The approximation being that I would be wedge to thread him big , pocket-size , in action , etc .
On page 5 :
Early on I was leaning into the children ’s folklore around the Yule Cat - needing a new firearm of wearable to protect you , hence the scarf . However , when it total time to write an literal playscript , I wanted to make reference to the cuter bits of the folklore while going for a starker ' reality ' underneath them . There are always dissimilar path you’re able to take .
On Sir Frederick Handley Page 12 :
This was initially the final Sir Frederick Handley Page in what was a much shorter account . It ended with the idea that Hellboy would be send a verse form by one of Professor Larusson ’s tyke . Later I brought in some talking birds and also had some different theme that affect Kate ’s other day with the BPRD , her interviews with Hellboy and intention to write a book .
Professor Larusson ( really the only new main case ) found on a real - life Icelandic mate and his adorable girl , all currently uneaten .
On the Yule Cat ’s figure :
The Yule Cat itself - begin out as a furry Norwegian Forest Cat stylus . The furry bulk of a Forest Cat work for me in still image - imposing . Also , if all those Norwegian farmers moved to Iceland back in Saga era , possibly the kat went with them . Ultimately though , in apparent motion , I kept seeing it as a giant , sleek , black cat . Sometimes these things do n’t put to work themselves out until you get into page rough .
Hellboy Winter Special : The Yule Catwill be released fromDark Horse Comicson December 6 .
