In 2025, writer-artist Mike Mignola did an original hardcover graphic novel, Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown. Not set in the “Hellboy Universe,” this was a collection of short stories written and drawn by Mignola, set in “Lands Unknown,” a new dark fantasy setting of his.
As he credits Howard, Smith, Lovecraft, Dunsany, Leiber, and others as inspiration, I felt it fit here, as I could see these sorts of stories being published in Weird Tales or the like.
In 2026, we get further “Tales From Lands Unknown.” Also published by Dark Horse, they appear under Mignola’s new imprint Curious Objects.
First up, in March and April, is the two-part comic series Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man, written and drawn by Ben Stenbeck. This horror-fantasy story has a strange and sinister man who avenges himself on those who wronged him.
Next, around the same time, we got a new hardback graphic novel by Mignola: Uri Tupka and the Gods. This story tells of the quest of Uri Tupka to find evidence of the gods, while encountering monsters, bandits, and more, including some of the actual gods. His story will continue in a further volume, Uri Tupka and the Devils, which will come out in November. The first volume also included a cool sketchbook section, and I expect to see the same in the second.
I have no idea what further works we’ll see in this setting. Certainly, the fact that Mignola allowed someone else to do a story within it may mean we might see further comic series from others in the future. Time will tell.
If you enjoyed Mignola’s work on Hellboy and other series, this is certainly one to pick up as well.
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