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Writer John Arcudi has spoken about the forthcoming B.P.R.D: King of Fear miniseries, which will end the ongoing 'Frog War' storyline.
The roots of 'Frog War' can be traced back as far as the first Hellboy story, 1993's Seed of Destruction, the series of which B.P.R.D. is a spin-off.
King of Fear debuts in January, and also forms the final part of the 'Scorched Earth' trilogy, which began with The Warning and The Black Goddess miniseries.
"[King of Fear is] about the beginning of the end," co-writer Arcudi told Newsarama. "At the same time, it really is the end of the 'Frog War' continuity.
"We're going to wrap that up in a way that will, we hope, give longtime B.P.R.D. readers a feeling of satisfaction. They've made it to the end of a storyline. But, as in life, endings creates all kinds of difficulties. The B.P.R.D.'s work is far from finished."
Arcudi promised that although the miniseries would wrap up some major plot threads, there would still be plenty of storylines left to resolve.
"The B.P.R.D. is a sprawling history book that carries through lots of character development from series-to-series. We can't have everything come back to square one at the end of every arc, we can't have characters return to the way they were in the first issue of that arc.
"This is not a super-hero book that has to maintain a status quo. Things are changing."
B.P.R.D. stands for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence, a US government organisation that first appeared in the pages of Mike Mignola's Hellboy.
The roots of 'Frog War' can be traced back as far as the first Hellboy story, 1993's Seed of Destruction, the series of which B.P.R.D. is a spin-off.
King of Fear debuts in January, and also forms the final part of the 'Scorched Earth' trilogy, which began with The Warning and The Black Goddess miniseries.
"[King of Fear is] about the beginning of the end," co-writer Arcudi told Newsarama. "At the same time, it really is the end of the 'Frog War' continuity.
"We're going to wrap that up in a way that will, we hope, give longtime B.P.R.D. readers a feeling of satisfaction. They've made it to the end of a storyline. But, as in life, endings creates all kinds of difficulties. The B.P.R.D.'s work is far from finished."
Arcudi promised that although the miniseries would wrap up some major plot threads, there would still be plenty of storylines left to resolve.
"The B.P.R.D. is a sprawling history book that carries through lots of character development from series-to-series. We can't have everything come back to square one at the end of every arc, we can't have characters return to the way they were in the first issue of that arc.
"This is not a super-hero book that has to maintain a status quo. Things are changing."
B.P.R.D. stands for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence, a US government organisation that first appeared in the pages of Mike Mignola's Hellboy.
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