Hellboy :: Bones of Giants

I just finished this book. Christopher Golden really handles Mike Mignola’s “Hellboy” universe with amazing skill. As with Hellboy: Odd Jobs and Hellboy: Odder Jobs, short story collections edited by Golden, The Bones of Giants expands the Hellboy story in a natural, organic way. Hellboy and Abe Sapien speak as if Mignola had written them himself. The story moves forward with clean, quick pacing and the holds one’s interest from the first page through the last.

If you are a fan of the Hellboy graphic novels or the Guillermo del Toro film, you owe it to yourself to check out The Bones of Giants. Next up on my “reading for fun” list is Hellboy: The Lost Army. But first, I have to finish Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro. My future father-in-law introduced me to the book and I’ve found it a fascinating read.