{"id":22763,"date":"2026-05-01T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=22763"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:51:45","slug":"return-to-lands-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2026\/05\/01\/return-to-lands-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulp comics: Return to Lands Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2025, writer-artist Mike Mignola<\/a><\/strong> did an original hardcover graphic novel, Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown<\/em>. 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.<\/p>\n

\"Lands<\/a>As he credits Howard<\/a><\/strong>, Smith<\/a><\/strong>, Lovecraft<\/a><\/strong>, Dunsany<\/a><\/strong>, Leiber<\/a><\/strong>, and others as inspiration, I felt it fit here, as I could see these sorts of stories being published in Weird Tales<\/a><\/em> or the like.<\/p>\n

In 2026, we get further “Tales From Lands Unknown.” Also published by Dark Horse<\/a>, they appear under Mignola’s new imprint Curious Objects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First up, in March and April, is the two-part comic series Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man<\/em>, written and drawn by Ben Stenbeck<\/a><\/strong>. This horror-fantasy story has a strange and sinister man who avenges himself on those who wronged him.<\/p>\n

Next, around the same time, we got a new hardback graphic novel by Mignola: Uri Tupka and the Gods<\/em>. This story tells of the quest of Uri Tupka<\/strong> 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<\/em>, 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

If you enjoyed Mignola’s work on Hellboy<\/a> and other series, this is certainly one to pick up as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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