One Panel of Pain
Spacebooger, fight promoter extraordinare, has set the Pre-Fight Rules for tonight’s Round.
My entry for tonight’s FNF: O.P.P. – Round 3 shows the cult leader, Abraham Van Rogh, staring wide-mouthed in agonizing pain as a fountain of blood spurts out of the stump where his right arm used to be: that arm just shot off by secret Vatican assassin, Heinkel Wulf.
This panel comes from the bonus story, Cross Fire 3, which appears in the back pages of Hellsing vol. 3 the manga written and illustrated by Kohta Hirano, which was first published in Japan in 2001 by Shonen Gahosha, and was most recently published in America by Dark Horse Manga in June of 2004.
Later tonight after he’s collected all the combatants, Spacebooger will present the action at the fight link. (The link will become active when Spacebooger makes it so.)
Spacebooger now invites audience participation. All participants and all visitors are encouraged to visit the the fight link between Friday night at 11:00 PM and Sunday night at 11:00 PM and cast a vote for their favorite panel of pain by leaving that vote in a comment there. The winner of this round, the one receiving the most votes, will be announced next Tuesday.
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What a fabulous illustration! Esther has become a huge Hellsing fan since you gave her those volumes.
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 06:00 ¶I’m glad Esther’s enjoying Hellsing.
Even though the Hellsing manga was written before the Hellsing anime was made, most Americans know it from the anime rather than the manga. By the time Hirano wrote the 3rd volume, from which this graphic panel comes, the two were beginning to develop along different paths, not only in terms of plot line but also character portrayal. These differences are so profound that it’s really difficult for fans of Hellsing in one medium to carry on a conversation with those who know it only from the other.
As for me, having been exposed to both, I greatly prefer the manga, written, drawn, and totally controlled as it is by the original manga-ka.
Posted 06 Mar 2009 at 08:02 ¶Trackbacks & Pingbacks 1
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