'Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus'Just so we don't get to bogged down in retro-nostalgia, I wanted to post up w/ some more recent work i'm enjoying as well. I've been a big admirer of Mike Mignola's 'Hellboy' since the film thrust the actual comic into the shelves of the more major booksellers. However, due to a current obsession w/ collecting the work of another artist we'll talk about later this week, I have yet to actually add an 'Hellboy' or 'B.P.R.D.' to my collection as of yet.
So funny enough, the first actual Mignola-related book on my shelf, while written by him, is actually drawn by someone else...Jason Armstrong to be exact. Within the Hellboy universe, Lobster Johnson was a clandestine vigilante who worked in NYC during the 1930s. Although the public believes that 'The Lobster' was only the hero of pulp serials and comics, he was a real man who faced gangsters, Nazis and even paranormal threats.
'Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus' is the recently released trade paperback collecting issues 1-5 of his 2007 solo series into one book. The character draws upon a pulpy/b-movie serial mix of Indiana Jones...Doc Savage...The Shadow...The Rocketeer...all to amazingly fun results. The story throws everything but the kitchen sink at you, including (but not limited to) robots, giant snakes, Nazis, a mysterious Fu Manchu like villain and even a...wait for it...YETI!
Couple this rollicking story w/ Armstrong's eye popping artwork that, while leveraging the Mignola aesthetic, more than stands up on it's own and you've got yourself one hellofa good time! I think it just came out this week, so if you are looking for some Summer fun...rock w/ this Lobster, kids. 
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