Writer: Mike Mignola
Artists: Guy Davis, Dave Stewart(c)
Publisher: Dark Horse
Whoa. Just when you thought Mike Mignola was settling down in terms of weirdness, he comes up with this conclusion to BPRD: Plague of Frogs. The story is a Moebis Strip referring to Abe Sapien. Meanwhile, happy endings all around for the material world.
I honestly cannot speak much about the story. What I can say is that some of the elements refer to Jules Verne's Captain Nemo, and Guy Davis successfully recreates the visuals of Verne's works within the tale.
The story alludes naturally to H.P. Lovecraft, but unlike Lovecraft's insanely alien universe, Mignola's orobouros acts in a more delicate and benevolent fashion. Davis again succeeds in conveying an ethereal beauty of an alien world at the bottom of the sea. The serene colors by Dave Stewart are particularly soothing and sharply contrast the subdued oranges of an inferno.
Mignola somehow manages to work the conspiracy against Lincoln and his subsequent assassination into the plot. Some critics might argue that it's a throw away piece of grandstanding, and yet the impact fits with the resonance of the characters the story explores.
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