For the Batter

Here to mark National Pancake Day is one of my favorite comic-book panels ever.



I really have nothing to add except that if I’d been able to bring myself to bastardize Mike Mignola’s work (beyond what I did to straighten and flatten the photo I took from my Hellboy Library Edition printing of the story) I would’ve probably included the Campbell’s soup can for emphasis because it looks much to my frustration like posting will continue to be all too infrequent.

The panel is theoretically a great note on which to announce a project long, long in the planning but it’s just not there yet.


BSL photo of panel from “Pancakes” in Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 3, as
reprinted in color from Dark Horse Presents Annual 1999, © 2008, 1999 Mike Mignola.
Script, Pencils, Inks: Mignola. Letters: Pat Brosseau. Colors: Dave Stewart.

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