Hellboy: The Sleeping and the Dead

(53 votes, average 4.77 out of 5)
Comments (18)
  • TheDVDGrouch
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    It was nice to hear about Hellboy for a change and I especially liked the Satan costume at the start.
  • DoomPL
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    Lol, love the satan skit. You're reviews are a great combination of comedy and information.
  • LikaLaruku
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    Loved the opening there XD

    Do you know any "dark comedy" series, or issues of anything? Even unintentionally funny. I'm trying to make recommendations for some ladies I'm trying to get out of just manga & into comics. They will already ready pretty much anything staring Deadpool or Joker.
  • LastAngryGeek
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    Secret Six. Very funny. Very Dark.
  • Zolton
    Even this decent Hellboy story, when presented to an audience, seems light-years better than the utter shlock Linkara has to deal with week after week.

    Also, I don't really think the main Hellboy series is all that hard to get into. Volumes 1, 4 and 8 are good spots to jump on, but even the stuff in-between isn't tough to figure out.
  • rockybalboa211  - Great once again :D
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    Great analysis LAG, and the opening was brilliant!

    I liked the congress joke... I have no understanding of humor :(
  • writrzblok
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    The Satan bit was pretty funny. Keep up the good work.
  • Natsu_Ronin
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    You ended on a strong joke, excellent job.

    I enjoy your reviews and watch them whenever they come out, please keep it up.
  • EvilAshTwin
    Is it my imagination, or does the old British man look like he's been drawn to resemble Donald Sutherland?
  • whatever42
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    Nice review Geek. I don't really know very much about Hellboy beyond the first movie, but this comic seemed pretty good and it seems as though the series is quite enjoyable.

    For the record, I thought that the OMD joke at the beginning was pretty funny, even if Satan demanded it. Keep up the good work.
  • Shinigami
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    Hellboy is among those indy comics that rarely fails.
  • ofer4
    4:45-4:52
    Vampire: the masquerade
    was the first that came to my mind too
    but I must admit the only reason I know about it is the video game
    Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
    Which is one of my favourite games of all time.
    Which is saying alot considering of how many flaws it has.
  • FunkyM
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    Great vid LAG. And I always wanted to read more Hellboy. :)
  • Basque
    Nice job with this review! I don't comment much but I wanted to give a shout out for the Satan sketch at the beginning because it came out so well. I especially liked the list of Satan's specialties, and that was a clever reference and way to explain the Spiderman Broadway Musical.

    I appreciate you reviewing miniseries and standalone stories and such because while I do appreciate a good comic I am on a budget and really don't want to waste money on something subpar. I've been burned in the past so it's great to have someone like you around to do these kind of reviews.

    A couple of points about you reviews in general: I think you have a good sense for writing imaginative description, I really liked how you talked about the impact of the artwork in this issue particularly. However, I would like to see you give more detail when you talk about story or character points such as explaining more why something feels tacked on or going more into character analysis. I will say even with my limited Hellboy knowledge your comments about the routine Hellboy formula rang true-you can see as much in the animated Hellboy adaptations. You do seem to do a good job summarizing an overall arc like that.

    As a side note, because I didn't leave a comment back when you did it your Gold Digger video is far and away one of the coolest things I've seen on this site for its subject alone. Chalk that up to personal opinion more then anything else but I never thought I'd see Fred Perry's work here and I'm glad you proved me wrong. Now this might be personally bias so take this advice with a grain of salt but I think you might do a good job reviewing more independent works like that or even like DV8 (which was another good review from you). I think you go into more character detail with these (probably because the audience is lees likely to know them) and that's what I think could improve your reviews the most. In addition one of the strong points of your work for me is the aforementioned being on a budget and valuing you advice for which comics to buy; a lot of independent work is smaller and more easily affordable as well.

    Otherwise the only issue I'm afraid you might run into with work like this is it can be a struggle to get entertaining out of something decent. If something is extremely good or extremely bad there's plenty of things to talk about but not so much when it's so okay it's average. You did well compensating for that here with a witty opening. Overall I think your reviews are more informative than entertaining but that's not at all a bad thing. Using that kind of opening hook to get people's attention is a good idea and after that people who are actually interested in buying the book will be looking for more information than humor anyway.

    I apologize for rambling and I'll try to end this quickly. Good work, I appreciate your dry wit (especially in this opening) and I'm looking forward to seeing ...
  • KrisKnives
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    Great work with the opening. That was pretty funny and unlike a lot of skits in review videos didn't wear out its welcome. Comic Book issues continues to get better with each installment.

    One suggestion though, you might consider getting a slightly more interesting background. That wall, even with the art inserts, can be a little bland at times.
  • TBTabby
    Making fun of One More Day won't get old until Marvel comes to their senses and undoes the retcon. Until then, it shall remain the albatross around Joe Quesada's neck.
  • kawaylon  - hell boy movies
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    i thought both were very good movies and hope to see another one.
  • alex!!  - Nice
    You used to be one of the most interesting to watch reviews mainly based on your seemingly endless knowledge of comic stories.
    Recently, you've become really funny as well. Great review, hope to see you on that front page scroll more.
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