"My Present Misfortune" - Johann Kraus (Hellboy)

"My Present Misfortune" - Johann Kraus (Hellboy) - Part 2

You say I'm not human, but on the contrary,

I understand your pain all too well.

You see, a long time ago, I lost the woman I love,

and that was, in fact, the cause of my present misfortune.

I will tell you about it someday.

Johann Kraus - Hellboy II (2008)

Welcome back one and all! Pull up a chair, because it's time for The Art of Caesura!

I feel like I've just had my head down over the past few months since Isla's birth, I haven't really checked in on you guys. So I hope you're all well, and I'm sending lots of positivity your way, especially if you need it today.

Over here on the blog we're going Hellboy mad! I'm having a really joyful time with these miniatures - it's just the break from larger painting projects that I was looking for.

Today, we're picking up from where we left off last week, with everyone's favourite ectoplasmic emission: Johann Kraus.

I feel like I'm a pretty big Hellboy fan. I've read two of the omnibuses, and loved all the movies (yes, even the 2019 one with David Harbour). But, like with any fandom, the more you look into it, the more you realize that you're just scratching the surface.

In preparation for this post, I did a quick Google on Johann, because, while I remember him from Hellboy II, I didn't remember him from any of the comics.

It turns out that after Hellboy leaves the B.P.R.D. (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense) to go off and have adventures of his own, Mignola continued telling stories about the B.P.R.D. without Hellboy and one of the first characters introduced is Johann Kraus. Apparently, Johann (a ghost in a suit with a tragic past), actually becomes the reader's entry into the B.P.R.D.. Through his induction into the gang, the reader is brought into this world.

After reading that, I thought, "man, I should pick up some B.P.R.D comics" but a quick search revealed a WHOLE LOT more to the Mignolaverse than I had realized!

Seeing how the completed model looks, I'm quite happy with the air brush effect.

I'll see you next week for more Hellboy on The Art of Caesura!

Reading: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Listening: Russian Girl - Jenia Lubich

Next Week:

Big(ger) Red!

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