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A podcast about reading Hellboy comics and talking to our friends.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close reading, continuity knowledge, and unabashed enthusiasm make Hellboy's sprawling comics world easier to follow and more rewarding to revisit.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast turns close reading into an ongoing conversation among John Salinas, Aubrey Loveless, Danielle, and a rotating circle of friends.
Hellboy's treatment of witches becomes your invitation to argue back at the page.
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A holiday Hellboy hangout that makes comic talk, sidebars, and shared enthusiasm feel like the main event.
This holiday Hellboy Book Club episode stays with the group’s ongoing read-through of Hellboy comics, but it never feels boxed in by the assignment.
A loose Hellboy Book Club hangout that blends listener notes, B.P.R.D. lore, and comic talk into an easy conversation.
The episode keeps Hellboy Book Club in its familiar groove: John Salinas, Aubrey Loveless, and Danielle swap jokes, shout-outs, and comic talk with an easy, lived-in flow.
A clean, lively discussion of voice acting, accent choices, and audio drama flair.
Hellboy Book Club keeps the discussion grounded in voice, tone, and the odd pleasure of hearing the story performed aloud. The clip gives the talk its shape, and the cast gets real credit for sounding clear and never awkward.
A shaggy Hellboy hang that finds its best moments in lore, monsters, and page-turning weirdness.
This episode plays as a comic-shop hang centered on Frankenstein New World, with Mark Tweedale joining John Salinas and Aubrey Loveless to trace the book's stranger hooks.
A loose Hellboy hangout built from music memories, Scream talk, and comic shop chatter.
Matt Strackbein's visit gives this Hellboy conversation the feel of a comic shop hangout that keeps wandering in a good way. It moves from a Huey Lewis and the News memory to Scream talk to a fresh stack of comics, and the best moments come when one half remembered detail nudges…
A loose, lively comic-book chat that finds its best footing in the book's visual clues and Witchfinder links.
Hellboy Book Club starts in loose, easy banter, then settles into a close read of Miss Truesdale & The Fall of Hyperborea. The panel works best when it tracks the cover's red envelope, the red right hand image, the Paris in 1883 setting, and the story's ties to Witchfinder…
Comics talk that feels like a lively table full of people who know the books and each other.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast turns its Hellboy reading into a brisk club conversation that keeps its footing even when it wanders. The episode moves through listener mail, show lore, and the hosts' banter with an easy, familiar rhythm, so the discussion feels shared rather than…
A feedback episode that turns Hellboy fandom, jokes, and memory into a warm comic shop hangout.
This Hellboy Book Club episode feels like a comic shop after hours, with listener mail setting the pace and the hosts wandering through memory, jokes, and the occasional hard turn.
Great books, taken chapter by chapter, with delight
Book talk with room to wander.
The crew gathers around a Hellboy story set in churches, cemeteries, and the English countryside, with strange apparitions hanging over everything.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast episode 191 opens with John Salinas, Aubrey Loveless, Danielle, and Wes explaining the show’s comic-book-and-feedback format, including their joke about accepting messages by telepathy, dream walking, or email.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast episode 193 brings back Mark Tweedale for a conversation about Hellboy Universe loose ends, from Hecate’s offer in the island story and Ragnarok to the ancient priests who once drove back the Ogdru Jahad.
The Hellboy Book Club hosts a detailed discussion of 'Miss Truesdale & The Fall of Hyperborea,' examining how this storyline connects to broader Hellboy mythology, analyzing Mignola's narrative and visual techniques, and exploring the thematic significance of this arc within the larger series.
Hellboy Book Club’s stop is mostly a loose, fan-forward hang between John Salinas, Aubrey Loveless, Danielle, and Benny Decker.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast Episode 174 spends its opening stretch on a meeting with Fabio Moon at Bedrock City Comics, including his remarks in Hellboy in Mexico, B.P.R.D.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast Episode 173 focuses on Frankenstein New World, the 2022 series by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, Peter Berkting, Michelle Madsen, and Clem Robbins.
The hosts discuss the Hellboy comic 'Frankenstein: New World - The Sea of Forever', analyzing its story, art, and connections to BPRD lore, including a twist about Merck being a vampire.
Matt Strachbein returns to Hellboy Book Club and talks about his Letterhack YouTube channel, where he runs live streams five days a week and interviews politicians, academics, journalists, artists, and activists.
The crew kicks off in their usual book-club chaos.
Mike Oeming returns to Hellboy Book Club to talk about William of Newbury, the Green Children of Woolpit, and the way those medieval stories shaped his new comic.
Hellboy Book Club’s "Episode 188 - Panya: The Mummy's Curse" opens with John Salinas and Danielle revisiting the Hellboy reading project and naming this week’s book as part of the wider Mignolaverse.
I feel like a horse that's been in the little racing gate for two years.
Hellboy Book Club Episode 184 centers on San Diego Comic-Con Hellboy news, including the new trailer, cast interviews, a Lobster Johnson figure from Thousand Toys, and the announced mini-series The Serpent in the Garden.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast marks Episode 200 with Chris Roberson, whose credits include Witchfinder, Rise of the Black Flame, Hellboy in the B.P.R.D., The Visitor, and The Golden Crane Society.
The crew reunites with Mark for a second week in a row and jumps right back into the familiar comic-table chaos.
Hellboy Book Club Podcast episode 179 brings back Drew Campbell, a book club member who has been giving feedback for about five years, and opens with the show explaining its read-discuss-listener-response format.
Hellboy Book Club uses this episode to mix listener mail, show updates, and a return to the comics after a run of interviews with Adam Hughes and Michael Avon Oeming.
Christopher Golden maps his long partnership with Mike Mignola back to a short-lived New York magazine interview, then to Hellboy prose backups and his first novel.
John Salinas opens with Aubrey Loveless and Danielle in full holiday mode.
The club stays on the Hellboy trail.
The crew opens with familiar book club banter around Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
The little details matter—Ponyo's mouse nickname connects across multiple comic series in ways most fans miss.
The hosts discuss listener feedback, including Kickstarter promotions and personal stories about Hellboy's impact, then explore fan ideas for new series and debate movies with Hellboy vibes.
John Salinas opens with Aubrey Loveless, Danielle, and Matt Strachbein.
The Hellboy Book Club crew welcomes Chris Egan back for a proper Hellboy episode.
John Salinas, Aubrey Loveless, and Danielle turn the episode into a listener-feedback special.
The hosts read and discuss Hellboy in Love: Goblin Night, sharing detailed listener feedback on Hellboy comics, films, and lore, including critiques of the 2019 movie and deep dives into mythological symbolism.
Hellboy Book Club opens with John Salinas, Aubrey Loveless, and Danielle running through listener shout-outs, including Muffin But Good Vibes, Matt Strachbein’s eight days without power after Helene, and the Drawing Monsters documentary pair Jim DeMonacos and Kevin Hanna.