The risky venture of Hellboy and his ally in the pages of Dark Horses comics have always examined the spooky underpinnings of the occult . But this week ’s issue of Abe Sapien take a whole new look at westerly occultism , through the splendidly macabre art of Santiago Caruso — and io9 has an exclusive flavor !
A admonition : some of the graphics below might be a petty NSFW for work fourth dimension browsing .
Abe Sapien # 30 , out tomorrow , is a standalone history that delve into the history of the mysterious human being named Gutav Strobl , a regular supporting role in the series who is becharm by Abe . The issue dives into the dark fine art to fulfill his desire of stand alongside the Devil as his right hand man when the apocalypse comes ( an Apocalypse that Abe plain need to quit ) .
But Abe Sapien # 30 is also one of the first funnies to be drawn by Argentinian creative person Santiago Caruso , who gives Strobl ’s backstory a dark , mystifying look that ’s both super creepy and on the face of it pulled from the page of some ancient tome . Mike Mignola , Hellboy creator and carbon monoxide gas - author on Abe Sapien with Scott Allie , is full of extolment for Caruso ’s artistic creation in a quoted ply to io9 :
I ’ve been capture by Santiago Caruso ’s workplace since I first laid eyes on it . It never fails to be beautiful ( even the very distressing pieces ) and wildly inventive , so dumb with symbolisation that often his objet d’art feel like a puzzle we will never be able to solve . I was overjoyed when he require to solve with us and can think of no creative person good beseem to illustrate the chronicle of one of our strangest and most complicated characters .
But without further ado , here ’s an sole look at Caruso ’s body of work on Abe Sapien # 30 :
Abe Sapien # 30 hits mirthful book storehouse shelves tomorrow , January 13th .
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