Litsy

Baltimore: Or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire | Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola

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What an amazing book! Full of monsters and vampires oh my! Love the illustrations throughout as well.

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Enjoy!

Jess This is one of my all time favorites. I met Mr. Golden this year and had him sign my old hardback copy and he said it was one of the best things he ever did. Would love to see this adapted! 2w

TieDyeDude Nice! I've read the first four volumes of the comics series and really enjoyed them. I'll have to add this to the list 😋 2w

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AroundTheBookWorld

Gotham by Gaslight | Mike Mignola, Brian Augustyn

I remember the moon.
A cold and bloated orb, it watches with indifference as we pass below.
I remember my parents smiling—recalling some incident of our evening in town. They are so happy.
How quickly that can change, eh?
Something happens … the coach stops abruptly.
#GothamByGaslight #BrianAugustyn #VictorianBatman #book #books #bookart #bookartist #Comics #GraphicNovels #Batman #DCComics #Superheroes #Fiction #ComicBook #HistoricalFiction 🦇💚💚

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Soscha

Gotham by Gaslight | Mike Mignola, Brian Augustyn

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Dirty, grimy noir for Victorian steampunkers. ⚙️🚂

AnnCrystal 🤩🦇💝💝💝. (edited) 11mo

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Bookwomble

Gotham by Gaslight | Mike Mignola, Brian Augustyn

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Rereading some GNs to decide whether to keep or release.
Gotham by Gaslight is an Elseworlds story before Elseworlds was a thing. It's 1889, and Bruce Wayne returns from a European sojourn where he has honed his skills with Sherlock Holmes (a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference) & Sigmund Freud.
Jack the Ripper is terrifying Gotham, and the newly arrived Batman is out to stop him, while his alter ego is suspected as the killer. Mignola's art is ⬇️

Bookwomble ... superbly matched to the story and scenario, the story itself wraps up a bit too quickly, but it's a keeper, I think. 4🦇 ⬇️ 13mo

Bookwomble The sequel, Batman: Master of the Future, had the same writer, different artist, and a different tone: lightly steampunk rather than darkly Victorian gothic, which could've still worked, but fell rather flat.
The villain is a Verne-esque would-be technocratic global overlord, but never delivers on that promise, and his motivation and behaviour are muddy and disconnected. A squandered opportunity. 3🦇 It shall be released. 13mo

Luke-XVX I love the Elseworlds with Batman, Starman & Hellboy! 13mo

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quietlycuriouskate Totally tangential but I can imagine Rupert Everett condemning heretics with a wave of his hand and a chilling "It shall be released." ("It" being the soul, perhaps. Maybe they were guilty of painting the pope on a Harley... I have yet to let that go; it was just too good!) 13mo

Bookwomble @Luke-XVX I've read a fair few Batman Elseworlds, though not Starman or Hellboy, but I don't know the original material for those characters, which I think is a grounding you need for the alternate takes. I did find them becoming a bit repetitive after a while - new bottle, old wine. I think the execution of these things often doesn't match the conception. 13mo

Bookwomble @quietlycuriouskate I did feel rather imperious as I condemned it to the outer darkness with a casual sentence. Now you've invoked the spirit of Rupert Everett, I'm totally channeling that energy! 😄 Post-apocalypse Pope on a Harley was a mood 😎 13mo

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TieDyeDude

Baltimore Omnibus Volume 1 | Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola

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An excellent take on vampire lore by gothic extraordinaire Mike Mignola. Lord Baltimore travels Europe on the hunt for the vampire that killed his family; the vampire he awakened during a battle at the height of WWI. Fueled by guilt and revenge, Baltimore's hunt is complicated by the rising of ancient evil throughout the continent.

Luke-XVX I love this series! 14mo

TieDyeDude @luke-XVX I have read a few of Mignola's one-offs, but I haven't read much Hellboy or B.P.R.D. so I'm really enjoying his world-building and lore. Diggin into Hellboy might need to be a 2025 reading goal :) 14mo

Luke-XVX There‘s a lot of gaps in my Hellboy reading but a lot of it is still enjoyable as standalones.I‘d recommend his Witchfinder series and if you can track it down, he did the art for the Dracula comic adaptation of Coppola‘s film (edited) 14mo

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RamsFan1963

Baltimore, Volume 2: The Curse Bells | Various, Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola

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75/150 I didn't realise this was volume 2 going into it, but it was easy to pick up the story anyway. I also didn't plan to read another vampire story so soon after the last one, but this reminded me more of the old Universal monster movies of the 30s & 40s but with a bit more blood and gore. Very atmospheric artwork really set the mood for the story, and of course a cliffhanger ending to go on to the next volume. 3 ⭐⭐⭐💫

RamsFan1963 75th book finished for #Readaway2024 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65 I'm half way to my reading goal for 2024!! Woot! Woot! 1y

DieAReader @RamsFan1963 🥳❤️‍🔥Fantastic!!! 1y

Bookwomble I did the same thing - picked this out at the library without realising it was #2, but found it easy to get into. Pretty good story and artwork 😊 1y

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RamsFan1963

The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects | Mike Mignola

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4/150 I'm not sure how to describe this. It's dark, gothic, kind of steampunkish, but also has the flavor of old pulpy adventure stories. Screw-On head works for President Lincoln, as an agent investigating strange and occult events. It's actually pretty funny, in a dark quirky way.
3 ⭐⭐⭐💫
4th book finished for #JumpStart2024 @Lizpixie and #Readaway2024 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Andrew65