Hellboy is no stranger to smashing up scary monsters and folklore creatures. In Dark Horse Comics’ Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat — written and drawn by Matt Smith, colored by Chris O’Halloran, and lettered by Clem Robins — Hellboy takes on the Icelandic mythological beast Jólakötturinn — more commonly known as the Yule Cat. Needless to say, events get a little furry, and this catty beast isn’t about to give the hero a peaceful holiday season.In an exclusive interview with CBR, Smith opened up about the concept of the story and how he adapted the existing folklore for Hellboy. In addition, the writer-artist divulged the main influence for the monster’s look and how much influence the domestic cat played on the overall approach to the character. Finally, Smith revealed the possibility of Hellboy facing off with the Yule Cat again down the line.Matt Smith: Many thanks. It started in preparation for the first Hellboy story I worked on, Long Night at Goloski Station, some years back. I thought I could practice drawing Hellboy in scenes, talking to people, that kind of thing — maybe the kind of stuff you wouldn’t think of if you were drawing Hellboy alone on a page in action poses, etc. I started sketching in loose dialog for a story idea. It was a fun way to ease my mind that I could pull off a Hellboy story. Later, I showed these to Mike [Mignola], and he suggested I could finish it up, and it could run in a collection possibly. Some years went by, working on Bones of Giants and Hellboy in Love, and when we got back to talking about it, it turned into a Winter Special issue.
Hellboy is no stranger to smashing up scary monsters and folklore creatures. In Dark Horse Comics’ Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat — written and drawn by Matt Smith, colored by Chris O’Halloran, and lettered by Clem Robins — Hellboy takes on the Icelandic mythological beast Jólakötturinn — more commonly known as the Yule Cat. Needless to say, events get a little furry, and this catty beast isn’t about to give the hero a peaceful holiday season.
In an exclusive interview with CBR, Smith opened up about the concept of the story and how he adapted the existing folklore for Hellboy. In addition, the writer-artist divulged the main influence for the monster’s look and how much influence the domestic cat played on the overall approach to the character. Finally, Smith revealed the possibility of Hellboy facing off with the Yule Cat again down the line.
Matt Smith: Many thanks. It started in preparation for the first Hellboy story I worked on, Long Night at Goloski Station, some years back. I thought I could practice drawing Hellboy in scenes, talking to people, that kind of thing — maybe the kind of stuff you wouldn’t think of if you were drawing Hellboy alone on a page in action poses, etc. I started sketching in loose dialog for a story idea. It was a fun way to ease my mind that I could pull off a Hellboy story. Later, I showed these to Mike [Mignola], and he suggested I could finish it up, and it could run in a collection possibly. Some years went by, working on Bones of Giants and Hellboy in Love, and when we got back to talking about it, it turned into a Winter Special issue.
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