S01E07: Hellboy — Making Your Monsters

Yan serves as Nat's guide through the wild and wondrous adventures of Mike Mignola's "Hellboy". Yan discusses the significance of creator-owned characters like the titular horned hero, while Nat is thoroughly alarmed by a monkey with a gun. --- In this episode, Nat reads three Hellboy stories: The Corpse, Pancakes, and Box Full of Evil. Transcript and bibliography available here. Hear an interesting ad? Learn more about our advertisers here. If you enjoyed the show, consider supporting us on Patreon! You'll get access to the exclusive Comic Sans Aftershow, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. And tag us @comicsanspod on Instagram and Bluesky — we'd love to hear from you! --- 00:00 - Preamble 07:33 - Unhinged Yant: Making Your Monsters 31:48 - Nat Reads "Hellboy" 36:39 - Discussion — "The Corpse" 51:04 - Discussion — "Pancakes" 56:07 - Discussion — "Box Full of Evil" 1:05:43 - Yan’s Final Questions --- Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Roshan Singh Sambhi, and co-produced by Scott Lee Chua. Cover art by Isabel Fang. Marketing by Shevon Leck. Transcribed by Josephine Kim. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.