(07-01-2013, 01:30 AM)Bea Wrote: For a lighter topic as I continue to be curious of people's take on the world of fiction... Originally I was going to label this "Favorite comic super hero" but looks back on it now, some of my most favorite comic heroes aren't super at all.
So, what's your favorite, if you partake in comics? Did your favorite type of comic book have any sort of influence on the type of RP you're into, or the type of character you'd like to portray?
To answer my own question, this goes without even thinking twice about it: Hellboy. I found out about this masterpiece back when the first movie came out, fell in love with the world and the character, shared it with my fiance, and we quickly went out to buy all of the comics we could get our hands on. HB is mostly a sort of detective story with a cast of characters struggling with their differences in a human society. With that being said, it's not the main plot of the story. For the most part the author loves following mythos and generally giving HB the chance to beat supernatural ass.
And to add on to that, I'd definitely say that Mignola's comic put a huge influence on the type of writing and characters I like to portray. Before coming across his work, I didn't really have any direction that I wanted to go with my characters. But the amount of grit and dark humor that was found in these comics really helped me really focus on what direction I wanted my characters to go.
I mean, really. How can you not love this guy?
![[Image: hellboy-strange-places003.png]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/rgamgee/hellboy-strange-places003.png)
Well now I can't even reply to this thread because you said everything for me.
Except for the inspiration. I wasn't inspired by Hellboy so much as I was overjoyed to find that not only did other people share my love of horror/supernatural and mythology and a dark sense of humor, but they were getting paid for it. I've always been drawn to darker stories with characters that weren't necessarily depressing or brooding drama queens, and still had enough sense to not take themselves too seriously to add a little humor. It's something that has permeated pretty much every single one of my creations since day one.
So of course I loved the first Hellboy movie, read all of the comics (from the library, no less. I love this place sometimes), and now I have it in hardcover.
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Also, the Wolverine movie ruined everything and everyone involved. Let us speak of it no more, that it might someday be struck from the records of history.
