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Mr. Higgins Comes Home

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by Mike Mignola
Warwick Johnson-Cadwell
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Preparations begin at Castle Golga for the annual festival of the undead, as a pair of fearless vampire killers question a man hidden away in a monastery on the Baltic Sea. The mysterious Mr. Higgins wants nothing more than to avoid the scene of his wife's death, and the truth about what happened to him in that castle. However, these heroic men sworn to rid the world of the vampire scourge, inspire Higgins to venture out and to end the only suffering he really cares about--his own. This send-up of classic vampire stories sees Mignola teaming with British artist Warwick Johnson-Cadwell (Solid State Tank Girl, No. 1 Car Spotter) for an original graphic novel as outlandish as The Amazing Screw-On Head.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Our Encounters with Evil: Adventures of Professor J.T. Meinhardt and His Assistant Mr. Knox

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 18, 2017

  • Pages

    63

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781506705972

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      December 1, 2017

      A pair of vampire hunters seeking a guide through the crypt of the nefarious Count Golga find their man in Mr. Higgins, an asylum patient whose encounter with the count years earlier left him tortured, broken, and perhaps even cursed. A promise to free Mr. Higgins once the vampire lord is eliminated coaxes him back to the scene of his previous torment, where much to our band of heroes surprise they find themselves invited guests to an annual vampire celebration. Mignola (Hellboy; B.P.R.D.), comics' greatest practitioner of horror and supernatural tales, pens something between homage and lighthearted satire of classic Hammer vampire films. This story is perfectly suited to Johnson-Cadwell's (Solid State Tank Girl) creepily angular illustration style, which manages to be at once slightly cartoonish and darkly atmospheric. Readers might feel as though the tale here is a bit slight as they approach its conclusion, but the ending has bite. VERDICT Every release by Mignola is an event, and while this lacks the epic scope or foreboding darkness that most of his work is known for, fans are sure to find a lot to love.--TB

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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